Downsizing I just sold my beloved 203mm SCT so that I can get a tiny scope to piggyback on the 90mm. Had to do it, the system is too heavy with the SCT to..
The Lord of the Rings Returns Some views of Saturn. What a stunning object. The rings are closing fast now so these coming months are probably the last chance to get decent..
A better Saturn Well we had better seeing recently so I tried Saturn again. Only had the Megrez to use this time as I sold the large SCT (the light pollution is..
The red eye, the dead star and the comets! I saw an interesting article on the BBC science pages today. It seems that NASA’s Spitzer IR telescope has discovered a dust ring around the white..
Touch the Moon Although we see it all the time the Moon is quite fascinating. Take a look at these closeups. You could almost touch those craters! First up is..
Latest M42 under a Full Moon M42 on the 04th Feb 2007. Almost a full moon up but the IDAS LPS-P1 filter did a good job (though it’s not narrowband). Pity that guiding was a bit..
Weather Weather is the main reason why this site hasn’t been updated in a while. After three months of storms and clouds we only had about 3 nights of..
Lunar/Saturn Conjunction Feb 2nd 2007 Lunar Conjunction with Saturn What a sight! It’s 22:35 on Friday night and Saturn has moved to within 10 arc minutes of the Moon. Visually Saturn..
PST I’ve always had a passion for solar viewing and previously observed in the white light domain. Given an opportunity to purchase a PST Hydrogen..
William Optics Megrez 90FD APO Now this is by far my favourite possession. Like many people who had not looked through an APO scope before I had always thought that they were a..
