Pembrokeshire Astronomer

I was pleasantly surprised that the media didn't whip up a doomsday prophecy about the recent fly by of asteroid 2012 DA14  -   or &qu...

Last night there was an Io transit, between 20h 48m UT - 22h 48m UT. Perfect timing, as the skies were cloud free. With help ...

Early yesterday evening the clouds filled the skies, I thought there was to be no observing .....  thankfully I was wrong. At around...

I felt the cold last night in the observatory ...especially in my feet... Even though the observatory floor is made of wood, I coul...

Around 8.00pm the clouds cleared to reveal a lovely gibbous Moon high up in the sky. After training the Tal1 onto the lunar surface, I w...

I was out observing Jupiter yesterday evening, specifically looking for the Great Red Spot, which was transiting the Central Meridian a...

Seeing: Antoniadi III Last night was cold and windy, and the fast moving clouds were also playing havoc with my Jupiter observations. T...