Jupiter in Glorious Mono with the QHY5v – 13/02/2014
As well as the moon, I targeted Jupiter last night. Jupiter is currently in a very favourable position – nice and high in the sky, and closer to Earth than its been for a...
Monthly Archive: February 2014
Imaging the Limb of an Almost-Full Moon – 13/02/2014
Last night was one of those nights where I would have loved to have been imaging another deep sky target, but was prevented from doing so by the massive glare of the 98% full...
The Orion Nebula – 02/02/2014 – Progress!
It’s nice to see measurable and obvious progress on imaging an object for the first time in a year. This is my latest image of M42, the Great Nebula in Orion (along with some...
M81 and M82 – The Ursa Major Duo – 03/02/2014
I’ve finally captured this lovely little duo of galaxies in Ursa Major properly. M82 (on the left) is the galaxy that currently has a supernova showing to us (the one that happened 12 million...
Lecture by Dr. David Mannion – the Search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy
I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by Dr David Mannion on the search for dark matter and dark energy at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. It was a fascinating,...
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