Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Excitement with a capital X...coming soon to a galaxy near you...or mine ;)

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Okay okay so I absolutely have to share this with everyone. I am just tingling with excitement while waiting for a complete Celestron Cometr...

Blast from the past....observing reports from downunder 2002

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10/11th of May 2002 Viewing conditions: Excellent transparency magnitude 7++ skies ; Telescope 6" Synta Catadioptric Newtonian (1400m...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

The weekend of JOVE...and the our celestial neighbour our moon

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The weekend is here again and this weekend I devoted some time to scrutinizing good old Jove. Jupiter is at opposition on the 21st of Septem...
Friday, September 10, 2010

On the subject of light pollution and finding the best time/setup to observe

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Light pollution has always been a problem and it is the bane of modern observational astronomy. Its funny how we live in a "golden age...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Fantastic observing night in LA...plus blast for the past 2002

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Managed to get out under the stars tonight and the session was super. Transparency seemed much better than last weekend (the nights have ...
Saturday, September 4, 2010

Blast from the past....observing reports from downunder 2002..more to come!

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12/13th of January 2002 Viewing conditions: Good transparency magnitude 7 skies; Telescope 6" Synta Catadioptric Newtonian (1400mm f/...

Blast from the past....observing reports from downunder

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I will be publishing several or my observation reports over the course of the next few days, weeks or whenever I get the chance that I metic...