Occultation of Mars – 8th December 2022
In the early morning of the 8th of December on the day of Mars reaching opposition, The Moon moves in front of (occults) Mars. Timing is roughly… Disappearance:…
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Lunar Occultation of Uranus – 5th December
On the evening of the 5th of December The Moon moves in front of (occults) Uranus. Timing is roughly… Disappearance: 16:45 UT. Moon and Uranus are low down…
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Naked eye in the new year?
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is meant to become just about bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in the new year. It is currently at about…
My latest astrophotography guide now available to order.
Star-Gazing Guide to High Resolution Lunar & Planet Imaging. My latest imaging guide is now available to order from my online shop. Click here to visit my online shop.…
Mars Approaches Opposition.
Mars is approaching Opposition. As a result the distance between The Red Planet and Earth is decreasing, so the apparent size is getting bigger. It reaches opposition on…
A morning of planets
I managed to wake in time to catch Jupiter and Mars before the sky started to brighten. I could see Saturn just about to dip below the neighbours…
Webb’s First images and data release
As my last video turned out to be so popular, I have now recorded another one explaining about the other images the James Webb Space Telescope team released…
The most distant galaxy known – GLASS-z13
The James Webb Space Telescope is really out of the blocks with so much style. It has imaged and worked out the distance of an extremely remote galaxy…
Webb’s Solar System Test Images
In a much quieter way, some images of some solar system objects were released by The Webb Space Telescope team. OK, they may not be as spectacular as…
Webb’s Carina Nebula
Webb also revealed a NIRCam image of the “Cosmic Cliffs” within the Carina Nebula. This nebula is also in the far southern sky, and shows an absolute wealth…
Webb’s Stephan’s Quintet
Another extraordinary couple of images returned by Webb is of five galaxies interacting with one another, Stephan’s Quintet. This is a group of Galaxies located in the constellation…
Webb’s Southern Ring Nebula
Webb returned data to create two images of The Southern Ring Nebula. These images were created using data from the NIRCam (Left) and MIRI (Right) Instruments The Southern…
Webb Spectra
A huge part of The James Webb Space Telescopes capabilities is to analyse the collected light using a spectrograph. This splits the light into the different colours, where…
Webb’s First Image Release.
After much anticipation, there was a very delayed, frustrating and extremely brief, shambolic and somewhat farcical media presentation to show the first image from The James Webb Space…
All good things come to an end.
Those of you who joined The Virtual Astronomy Club last night will know that I announced after Karim Jaffer’s talk on the 17th of May, instead of VAC…
20220224 – A worrying day, but success in Makemake
If you saw my last blog entry you’ll know that I think I captured the Kuiper Belt object Makemake on the 22nd of February. So I was determined…
20220222 – A Productive Palindrome Night
After all the rain and winds over the last few days, it was good to see a nice clear sky, with relatively still air. So I set up…
Webb Space Telescope – The big gun comes out.
After a rest of a couple of days, on a very clear and frosty evening (It was very slippery under foot), I decided to do some Moon images…
Webb Space Telescope on the 9th of January.
After what I thought was going to be the last opportunity to catch The Webb Space Telescope on the 8th of January, I did manage another couple of…
Near Earth Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1
You may have seen on the news recently that next Tuesday, there is going to be a near Earth object passing us by. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/59963475 Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1…
Webb Space Telescope – Last Gasp?
Another relatively clear night last night (8th January), so another chance to try and better my images of The Webb Space Telescope. By now, I was fairly confident…
Webb Space Telescope – My best resolution image so far
Naaahhh!! Don’t take things too seriously folks. ? Have a great evening. Where’s Eaunds anyway? ?
More Webb Telescope Stalking and Ariane Booster?
I had some success using another Web page to make predictions of where The Webb Space Telescope is as it goes out to its L2 orbit. Nasa’s Horizon…
A New Challenge? The Ariane Upper Stage.
I’ve had great fun trying to capture The Webb Space Telescope since launch. A new challenge beckons. I am going to see if I can also catch the…
A Productive Evening (Eventually)
Last night was a very cold but a really nice clear night. Are we really closer to The Sun this time of the year? Anyway, I was determined…
How prediction matches reality.
After creating new predictions earlier, I thought I’d give you an update on where I actually found Webb tonight. Well, it took a bit of finding tonight, mainly…
Webb Space Telescope Predictions
I have had some fun the last few clear nights we have had, catching The Webb Space Telescope as it passed from Orion into Monoceros. It has been…
Webb Space Telescope fading as it gets further away.
Last night my stalking of The Webb Space Telescope continued. Yes, I went out to see if I could still catch The Webb Space Telescope. I compared a…
Webb Space Telescope brightens
Since The Webb Space telescopes sunshield was extended on New Years Day, the brightness has increased quite a bit. I imaged Webb on New Years Eve and roughly…
Webb Space Telescope captured on New Years Eve
Wow!! I managed to capture The Webb Space Telescope on New Years Eve. It’s been another truly awful year, but this has at least finished 2021 off with…