Pages

▼
Monday, 14 May 2012

Venus Transit 2004 .. I found another picture.

›
Goodbye Venus ..See you in 2012 Yesterday I was looking through one of my old astronomy log books, and I found the above picture. I...
3 comments:
Friday, 11 May 2012

Waiting for the evening star....

›
Tal1 patiently waiting to snag the evening star The back garden doesn't get used that often for astronomical observing, it's a ...
4 comments:
Saturday, 28 April 2012

Astronomy and Poetry go hand in hand.

›
Camille Flammarion All astronomers are poets of that I am sure. You can't help but feel the calling of the poet, once you'...
4 comments:
Friday, 13 April 2012

Unfold the Stars.... Hello to warmer weather...

›
An old photo of Orion Tonight Helen and I set up our small wood burning stove out in the garden, and lit a fire. The hot plate on the...
4 comments:
Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Mars Mars and Mars again....plus Ladder Astronomy

›
" It was a most clear and frosty night, enough to make Mark haul out the telescope... and it was so worth it.  He saw the dales and va...
4 comments:
Friday, 24 February 2012

Saturday night under the Martian Light.

›
Saturday's initial sketch of Mars Saturday Evening: Last Saturday evening I was all set up in the observatory to take some ...
2 comments:
Monday, 6 February 2012

Pickering, the Moon, Mars and Leo.

›
I thought tonight would be a no go for astronomy as the clouds were back, and they covered much of the darkening sky.  I managed a qui...
4 comments: