The weather is scorching, the residual heat from a thousand local BBQs are not helping the situation and it feels like my sunglasses have melted on to my…
That tiny round black dot is Mercury. The 2016 Mercury transit of the Sun in a relatively rare astronomical event and visible in the UK for the entire…
A quick spot of solar astrophotography with ZWO ASI120MC camera on Sunspot AR2529 using Baader solar film white light filter. Nice to see some detail coming through with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It may not look much to you, but this image shows solar filaments on the surface of the sun. My best yet with my meagre equipment. Taken using…
Grab the clear skies while you can, seems to be fleeting moments between clouds for the past few weeks. Only managed a couple of Perseid meteors in the…
Britain bakes, BBQ’s and blisters, this sunshine is not to be wasted. A chance to try and image the sun in hydrogen alpha using the Coronado PST, Canon…
Watching the evolution of sunspot AR1785 changing shape rapidly as it crosses the sun. The top part of this image was taken late evening two days ago and…
Aphelion is when the Earth is at its most distant point in its elliptical orbit around the sun. For 2013, that’s today, 5th July 2013. This image was…
The sun is finally starting to show some activity and it would finally appear the sun’s 11 year pattern is reaching a peak known as solar maximum. Quite…
Remember this shot from last year? Well, it made it into this month’s Sky at Night magazine in the Hotshots CD section, which is nice because its the…
Today is the vernal equinox, where day and night are of equal length. At a little before 3 o’clock this afternoon, the Sun crossed the celestial equator heading…
Being pretty rubbish at staying up late is a bit tricky when you like astronomy, so in order to keep on observing, I’ve purchased a dedicated solar telescope…