It’s been a busy one.
3I can’t believe how busy today has been for me! A long day out at work and then a talk for the Astronomy Club. It was my quarterly...
Astronomy
Solar Sunday
2Today, in the building heat, we had a Solar Sunday booked at RSPB Old Moor in Manvers. A few scopes built up, one running Hydrogen Alpha and a...
100 miles done. 100 miles started.
0Last month I rode 100 miles for Prostate Cancer UK with sponsorship from various friends. This month I’m doing the same but for Mexborough and Swinton Astronomy Society...
Comet NEOWISE
0The weather hasn’t been too good for this, but we had an opportunity and I jumped at it. I give you Comet NEOWISE. Photo taken using my Galaxy...
So many telescopes!
0We’re trying to have a clear out of the club room and we’ve found that we are collecting a hell of a lot of telescopes; often donated by...
Open at last!
0We opened the MSAS Observatory earlier. The mayor and our local MP came down, as well as the local papers. We had Paul Money and Dr Allan Chapman...
Super Wolf Blood Moon
0In the early hours of the morning we’ll be treated to a lunar eclipse. Probably above the clouds, where we can’t see it. As per usual, the papers...
The Oxford Trip
0The Oxford trip was yesterday; meeting up with Dr Allan Chapman to go and the Radcliffe Observatory and then to the Museum of the History of Science. After...