Total Lunar Eclipse December 2010

Posted on: December 21, 2010 /
Categories: The Moon

I was up nice and early today in the freezing conditions, even with a really bad cold to try and capture the total lunar eclipse . I put on several layers and headed out with my new Canon 550d camera on a tripod with a remote cable attached and my 300mm lens and a very

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Wonders of the Solar System Book

Posted on: December 8, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Alongside the Wonders of the Solar System DVD is the Wonders of the Solar System book. The book accompanies the excellent DVD and TV series from the BBC. The book is split into chapters which relate to the episodes of the series. The great thing about The Wonders of the Solar System book is the

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Wonders of the Solar System DVD

Posted on: December 8, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Gifts

Here is a great gift for someone this Christmas, The Wonders of the Solar System DVD by Brian Cox. This astronomy/space series was originally shown on the BBC. It is presented by Professor Brian Cox, the series takes time to investigate the solar system around us, and the many natural beauties contained within it. Across

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Lego Space Shuttle

Posted on: November 16, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Gifts

Just found this on my travels of the web, amazing – a brilliant Lego Space Shuttle on it’s launch pad. This is what all astronomers really want for Christmas, forget all that boring astronomy equipment, more gloves, scarves and hats, we want to sit in the warm of an evening and build something like this

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Bahtinov Masks Review

Posted on: October 24, 2010 /
Categories: Equipment Reviews

I have heard so much about Bahtinov masks lately on the web and in magazines, so I thought I should check them out for myself. Bahtinov masks designed by Pavel Bahtinov, basically aid you when focusing your telescope for either visual or imaging use. They appear to be an improvement on the Hartmann mask (which

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Celestron 114LCM Computerised Telescope Review

Posted on: October 21, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Gifts

The Celestron 114LCM Computerised Telescope is a 114mm or 4.5 inch telescope with a focal length of  1m or 100cm. It is a Newtonian reflector type telescope. The Celestron 114LCM telescope automatically locates the wonders of the universe with its motorized system & on board computer! The Celestron 114 has fully coated glass optics which

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Sunspots on 10th October 2010

Posted on: October 12, 2010 /
Categories: The Sun

I managed to get out on the day of Sunday 10th October to try out a 2″ red type filter I received which looks homemade. It was supposed to be an H-Alpha Solar filter, but it did nothing visually.  So I thought I would try it whilst imaging with my Imaging Source DMK21 camera and

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Daytime Moon and Venus

Posted on: September 17, 2010 /
Categories: The Moon

Whilst away on holiday in Menorca for the week, was the chance to see and image the daytime showing of the Moon and Venus close together. I would not have known about this had it been for me reading Sky at Night magazine in the plane a few days earlier. I did not take my

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Observing The Moon Book Review

Posted on: August 18, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Observing the Moon is a hardback book from Cambridge University Press by Gerald North. This is the second edition of the book. When I started reading the book I was thinking that it was going to be a boring book just about the moon, but how wrong I actually was. It does contain a lot

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Latest Sunspots 1092 and 1093

Posted on: August 5, 2010 /
Categories: The Sun

After several days of cloud and rain, the clouds parted and I managed to get a shot of the current sun with its sunspots. These are recorded as sunspots 1092 and 1093 from left to right. This is not a great image, as it’s a bit blurred. Taken with my homemade DSLR solar filter on

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