Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) currently in the constellation of Andromeda at a brightness of magnitude 9.2. Comet C/2013 X1 is expected to get brighter with perihelion, its closest approach to…
Tuesday November the 3rd sees us limping lamely along to the London Science Museum (£ Free), currently hosting the stunning Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition, a little…
I am, by every definition, a nerd, a geek, a space nut, from astronomy and astrophotography to astronauts and Apollo from aged 4 to 44 (as I currently…
Apollo 7 Astronaut Walt Cunningham was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 7, the first manned mission in the Apollo program after the fatal cabin fire of Apollo…
Sunspot 2396 has grown rapidly over the past few days and yesterday I had a chance to quickly capture between the clouds. Sunspot 2396 stretches more than 150,000…
Moving around the galactic circles that I do (even though I’m not a heavenly body or will ever be accused of having a heavenly body), I’m up in Manchester…
Hot on the heels of meeting high flyer Eileen Collins, today I’ve met Chuck Deiterich, NASA RETRO Flight Controller during the Apollo program, to attend his talk ‘A…
Today I met Eileen Collins, a former United States Air force Colonel, test pilot, instructor and NASA astronaut becoming the first female pilot and first female commander of…
My photo of the partial UK Solar Eclipse 2015, taken by my very own hands in Nottingham. I’m desperately trying to avoid using terms like celestial dance, but…
Jupiter, King of the planets. Jupiter has recently passed opposition (exactly opposite the sun in the sky) and majestically shines away in the night sky with a magnitude of…
These images are the first light with ZWO ASI120MC astronomy camera. Of course, every seasoned amateur astronomer knows that the purchase of any astronomy equipment immediately brings on…
Moving in the kind of galactic circles that I do, I’m off to meet another Apollo astronaut, Fred Haise. The fantastic team at www.space-lectures.com have managed to persuade…
A view of the sun in white light revealing the sun’s visible surface, called the photosphere. Of course, looking at the sun is dangerous and it’s important to…
Sy Liebergot was a NASA flight controller on EECOM (originally standing for Electrical, Environmental, Communications but after Apollo 10 became Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager) during the Apollo 8 -…
The International Astronomy Show 2014. A 2 day weekend event to myself, subjected to death by Powerpoint on a series of astronomy related lectures and a line up…
Astronomy round up for week up to 17th April. Spent the day in the garden trying to coax the Philips SPC900 webcam to work. Tried imaging the Sun…
Today, I met Apollo and Space Shuttle astronaut Ken Mattingly and listen to his lecture The Spirit and Triumph of Apollo 13. The significance of the date is…
This weeks astronomy round-up is starting to confirm my suspicion that my Philips SPC900 webcam used for astro imaging is on its way out. Used to be able…
Jupiter, King of the Planets. Shining majestically in the evening sky in the constellation of Gemini at magnitude -2.8. The giant gas planet is unmistakable, helped by being…
Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged around the moon. Twelve of those men on board unearthly shaped spacecraft, stepped foot onto the surface of another world,…