Once upon a time the sky use to be clear
Why I Moan (A little bit of Science) I’ve been moaning quite a lot about how few clear nights we’ve had this year, or at least nights where it’s been
Nik Looker (BSc, PhD, MIET) – Former academic, daytime software engineer, full time astronomy nut
Why I Moan (A little bit of Science) I’ve been moaning quite a lot about how few clear nights we’ve had this year, or at least nights where it’s been
Over the years I’ve tried various routes to move away from having a Windows computer sitting hooked up to my rig. Long USB cables, x86 Single Board Controllers, voodoo, but
About 3 hours of nice clear dark skies on Friday night before: a) the moon appeared; b) the clouds came in. Finished before 11.30 which makes a change. In other
A couple of nights of properly dark skies this week (no moon and none of this nautical twilight summer rubbish). Got about 8 hours of light but still think I
Got back from holiday and August has departed. Thought I’d have another quick go at the planets again with my Barlow x2 this time. Better but still not great although
I know August isn’t the best month for Astrophotography from my latitude (52deg North). No full dark for most of July and August but having a near permanent cloud deck
I’m now losing count of the weeks since I’ve managed to get my scope out (Well actually I took this image on 21st July). Albireo. About 20 x 60s stacked
So I’m trying out a new setup on NGC6960. I was going to try my Sigma 200mm lens with my Canon 1300D with my reborn Skywatcher EQ3-2 Pro. This would
So it’s been cloudy basically for the last few weeks and now it’s full moon and summer solstice, so I thought I’d take what I have of NGC6960 and see
Finally the weather has changed and there are a few reasonable nights ahead to start my summer project. Last night was a bit truncated with cloud starting to come in