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…

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…

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 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,…

Tonight. (Tuesday the 8th of May) I will be presenting to Rushden And District Photographic Society. I will be giving them my Finding your way around the night sky…

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

So, no observatory. Back to the good old days of slumming it, having to set the scope up each time you want to observe or image. Luckily the…

So Eagleseye Observatory is no more. The dome was taken away on Wednesday and will be re-sited in a friends house. The day it was removed ended with…

This weekend I started to clear and de-commission Eagleseye Observatory. As you can imagine, this has given me very mixed emotions. On the one hand, it’s very sad to…

Next Saturday (21st April) I am pleased to have been asked to do a Photoshop Essentials Workshop for http://astrophotographycourses.co.uk This full day hands-on workshop is being held in…

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…