Astronomy is one of those hobbies that can, if you let it, very quickly get out of hand (but I hear you say, so can many hobbies). The…

On Friday the 6th of April, I will be re-visiting my very good friends Stanion Astronomers. This time I will be bring them my presentation about: “The Voyager…

My free monthly sky diary for April 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and…

After a short rest, @Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out presenting once again. This time it’s a re-visit to my friends at  The Open University Astronomy Club on Tuesday…

My monthly sky diary for March 2018 showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print.…

On Monday the 26th of February, I will be presenting to Retford & District Photographic Society I will be giving them my Finding your way around the night sky…

After a short rest, @Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out presenting once again. This time we will be visiting my closest astronomy group, Nene Valley Astronomical Society, on Monday the…

After the media frenzy about the Super Blood Blue Moon on Wednesday, I thought I’d look through my collection to see if I have any full Moon images…

My monthly sky diary for February showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print. Click…

So, the Moon’s back once again! Yes, so the Moon is nice to look at on the odd occasion, but boy, does it so regularly interfere with everything…

Finally finished my animation of Comet C/2016 R2 from Friday the 19th of January. Phew! That was some effort teasing that out.

Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze). This fast moving comet is rapidly moving south. Here’s an image I captured on Friday the 5th of January. Over 10 minutes during which…

On Tuesday the 23rd of January, I will be re-visiting Cranfield Astronomical Society. My first presentation of the year will be entitled “The Voyager Missions; 40 Years and Counting”…

On the 7th January, early hours beckoned me from my nice warm bed. Time to grab some lunar images before catching the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars before…

Now does that feel good! A clear night and nothing to get on with, plus the Moon won’t be up for a while. So why not let myself…

My monthly sky diary for January showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print. Click…

@Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out once again for what will now be my last presentation of the year. This time we will be visiting Chipping Norton…

Next week sees the maximum of the Geminid meteors. This fairly active shower is one of the richest showers of the year. This shower is active from the…

My monthly sky diary for December showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print. Click…

A very late booking. @Flat_Tim, Buzz and I will be out once again for what will now be my penultimate presentation of the year. This time we will…

On the way home from work a strange sight beheld me. Looking towards the north-east, it looked like the shutters were being rolled back. A clear night, with…

On Friday the 10th of November, after meeting the real thing a couple of weeks ago @Flat_Tim and Buzz will be taking me out once again for my penultimate presentation of…

On Monday the 6th of November, after meeting the real thing a couple of weeks ago @Flat_Tim and Buzz will be taking me out once again. This time we will be re-visiting…

My monthly sky diary for November showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print. Click…

On Wednesday the 25th of October, @Flat_Tim will be taking me out once again. This time we will be visiting my home astronomical society in Bedford. I will be presenting my…

Over the next few weeks Comet ASAS-SN01 gets brighter and moves further northwards. This fresh comet from the Oort cloud was discovered on the 19th of July 2017,…

A small asteroid (Do they still call them that these days?) is due to buzz past the Earth over the next few days. It is likely to reach…

On Thursday the 5th of October, @Flat_Tim and Buzz will be taking me out once again. This time we will be re-visiting Walsall Astronomical Society. We will be presenting my audience-participation…

My monthly sky diary for October showing the events of the night sky visible from the UK is now available in pdf form to download and print. Click…

Dates for my astronomy workshops for next year have now been confirmed. Although I have had people travel as far afield as Sheffield and Hampshire, if these workshops…