Old poster ~ Old camera.

 

This was a poster I made for the Preseli Astronomy Group back in December 2011. 

I haven't seen this poster for many years.  I happened to find it whilst surfing the mighty Google.

All the photos you see on the poster were taken with our now long deceased Nikon D50 camera, an excellent camera for a bit of astrophotography. 

The poster asks you to "Take a peek at your closest neighbours" ! 

It sounds as if I was literally asking you to train your telescopes onto the house next door!  

I was actually referring to the the Moon and  Planets. 😃😮

The Mighty Atom revisited **.

 

Some weeks ago I was rummaging through a box, at one of our local car boot sales.

I found an intriguing item.

It appeared to be a fountain pen, but on closer examination it opened out into a small refractor.

It works well considering the 1/2 inch aperture of the objective glass.

I christened it The Mighty Atom.

Last night the clouds were sauntering once again around Pembrokeshire, and the Moon low on our neighbour's trees, could occasionally be glimpsed.

I grabbed the Mighty Atom, put it over the lens of the digicam and captured this shot.

Also I have found, that if you reverse the scope and look through the objective glass, it makes a really handy microscope..

If you ever happen upon a box full of dubious junk, and see a Mighty Atom, buy it...you won't be disappointed.

**This post was originally published on July 8th 2011.    Eleven years ago!  ...... Time, it seems, does fly!

Hydrogen-alpha - July 7th 2022.

"Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe... 

We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe".

Marcus Aurelius