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Thursday, 23 May 2013

Moonlight on the western wall and a touch of blue.

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Last week was spent at a friends' smallholding. I had no telescopes, no binoculars and most importantly no streetlights...! The s...
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Sunday, 5 May 2013

Maybe Dione, could be Tethys..... definitely Halley's globular.

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The clouds rolled in early this evening, bang went my chance of sketching Saturn. or so I thought. At about 10.00pm UT the clouds moved...
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Last night's Saturn sketching.

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  I've been waiting for weeks to have a decent view of Saturn.. Last night I was rewarded with a fair view of the ringed planet. ...
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Monday, 22 April 2013

First light for Tal2.

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 First Light for the Tal2, what better target than tonight's lovely gibbous Moon. The Tal2 is noticeably showing more detail ...
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Saturday, 20 April 2013

The Seed Moon is on the rise... Deckchairs at the ready.

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Tonight's eight day old Moon, captured (afocal) with my Tal1 Newtonian. In folklore this month's Moon is sometimes called th...
Friday, 29 March 2013

Shining Bees & Whirling Galaxies...on a cold night in March.

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The sky was clear and cold, the stars were shining, and my eyes were adapting to the darkness. Armed with my trusty 8x30's I de...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

First Light, PANSTARRS... Big Bino convert..

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Yesterday evening near sunset, a bank of heavy black cloud lay to the North, but the North West through to the South was fairly clear.......