Let the Hydrogen - alpha experiment begin.

After nearly a twenty year wait, I finally get my hands on a hydrogen alpha telescope.

It's going to take a bit of fiddling and tweaking to get a decent image, but so far so good.

I managed to take a few very basic afocal camera shots today, crude but with promise!

Also, this daytime solar astronomy lark is handy for topping up the vitamin D levels!

"Can you speak Venusian"

An amazing array of astronomical eccentrics. 

Or "Independent thinkers", as Sir Patrick Moore used to call them.

Well worth watching on a cloudy evening.

Astronomy typed memories from 2006

 

I well remember taking these observations, the telescope used was a tiny 40mm refractor. 

Even though the telescope was really a toy, it still returned some lovely images of the lunar surface.

Sunspots AR2822 and AR2823.

A quick solar capture from this morning's observing session.  

The Nikon D70 and the Tal1 refractor are a good combination. 

Great to see such a prominent grouping, in the form of AR2822. 

The Story of Palomar, 1948

Highlights from SOHO's 25 Years in Space.

Beautiful images from the SOHO satellite.

Learn more about this amazing satellite in these links:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/soho/in-depth/

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

Weather satellite image - 18/02/21

 

Clear skies this morning, with looming cloud on horizon. 

A bit warmer than last week, but still wooly hat weather.