Sky Diary for October 2018
My free monthly sky diary for October 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…
Star-Gazing
Getting to grips with new gear.
You would think with running my imaging workshops, I knew a lot about astrophotography. Well, I think I do, but there’s nothing like getting a new piece of…
Retford & District Photographic Society – 17th September.
Tonight I will be presenting to Retford & District Photographic Society I will be giving them my Finding your way around the night sky and starting out in Astrophotography…
Coventry and Warwicks Astronomical Society
On Friday the 14th of September I will be once again re-visiting Coventry and Warwicks Astronomical Society. This time I will be presenting The History of Manned Space…
Kelling Skycamp Beckons
The darker skies of Kelling Heath and Loughton Astronomical Society’s annual Autumn Kelling Skycamp are calling. Well, it is that time of year once again. Towards the end of this…
Sky Diary for September 2018
My free monthly sky diary for September 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…
FAS Convention – 22nd September 2018
The Federation of Astronomical Societies is holding it’s annual AGM and convention. Click on the white text above for more details. This year it is being held at…
Imaging Moving Comets – Shorter Exposures Rule.
Imaging comets offers many challenges over deep sky objects. Deep sky objects stay still relative to the stars, so as long as you are tracking the sky OK,…
Trying something new…
So, we moved home on the 4th of July. Much as I hate the way US traditions are infiltrating British culture, this date meant that due to us downsizing…
South West Astronomy Fair – 11th August 2018
I have the privilege of speaking at The South West Astronomy Fair this Saturday (11th August). @Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will once again “Celebrate Tim Peake’s Principia Mission”, so there will…
Peterborough Astronomical Society – 2nd August 2018
Here we go again. 🙂 More Tim Peake fun and games for all ages. @Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out once again on Thursday the 2nd of August.…
Sky Diary for August 2018.
My free monthly sky diary for August 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…
Mars Opposition and Lunar Eclipse – 27th July.
Mars comes to opposition and is at its biggest and brightest on the 27th of July. But that’s not going to be the only bright red object visible…
Moving. One of the most stressful times?
We often hear that moving home, alongside getting married, having kids or somebody close to you dying, is a very stressful time. Well, we’ve just moved and downsized…
Northants Amateur Astronomers – 17th July 2018
On Tuesday the 17th of July I will be re-visiting my good friends and fairly local group of Northants Amateur Astronomers to give them a presentation on Mars –…
Comet C/2017 S3 PANSTARRS in Outburst.
Comet C/2017 S3 PANSTARRS has had an outburst and has rapidly brightened. UPDATE – 8th August 2018. The comet has suddenly faded rapidly, so it looks like it…
Sky Diary for July 2018.
My free monthly sky diary for July 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…
Ain’t no cure for the summertime blues?
Astronomically, Summer in the UK is always fraught with frustrations. It doesn’t really get dark, astronomical twilight persists throughout the night and you have to stay up so…
Kings Lynn Astronomical Society – 25th June 2018
@Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out presenting once again on Monday the 25th of June This time it’s a re-visit to Kings Lynn and District Astronomical Society. Once…
Peterborough Astronomical Society – 7th June 2018
On Thursday the 7th of June I will be re-visiting my old friends Peterborough Astronomical Society on an emergency visit to give them my new presentation, Why The Universe…
Saturn Reaches Opposition
On the 27th of June Saturn reaches opposition, adding to the plethora of planets and asteroids currently at their best. Pity most of them are so low…
Mars Opposition 2018
The excitement is definitely building. Mars, the red planet, is coming to opposition on the 27th of July. And who doesn’t love looking at Mars? Due to its…
Vesta Reaches Opposition
The asteroid Vesta reaches opposition in Ophiuchus on the 19th of June. This asteroid was explored by the Dawn Spacecraft between 2011 and 2012, before going on to…
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner is now starting to approach Earth. Click here to download this Observing Guide as a free PDF. Discovered in 1990, this comet has a 6.5 year…
Sky Diary for June 2018
My free monthly sky diary for June 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…
Aylesbury Astronomical Society – Monday 4th June
@Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out presenting once again on Monday the 4th of June This time it’s a visit to a new society Aylesbury Astronomical Society Once again,…
Creating a Solar Animation
On Sunday the 20th of April, I set the scope up to do some solar imaging. There was a nice trio of prominences on edge of the disk…
Photoshop Astrophotography Image Processing Guide.
Following on from the success of Photoshop hands-on workshops, my full guide to Photoshop image processing techniques is now available to order. Star-Gazing Guide to Photoshop Astrophotography Image…
Solent Amateur Astronomers. Tuesday 15th May.
On Tuesday the 15th of May I will making my very first visit to Solent Amateur Astronomers to present: Rosetta & Philae: From Concept To Reality My second…
One of these nights…
…one of these crazy old nights. Yes, so Jupiter is just reaching opposition. That’s fantastic, because it’s the best the planet will look all year, but, Oh Yes,…