Monthly Archives: November 2010

Blog Saturday 27th Nov 2010 Today I attended the first meeting of the BAA Historical Section, now this section has just been‘re-formed’ under the directorship of the very enthusiastic Mike Frost. I found out at the meeting that this was … Continue reading →

Blog Thursday Nov 25th 2010 With a cold snap firmly settled over the UK, the Moon now waning and the recent foggy nights clearing out I was presented with an opportunity for a little Deep Sky observing. I won’t make … Continue reading →

Blog Monday 15th November 2010 A very foggy evening in Chipping which is indeed a fog and frost prone hollow gave rise to a sky devoid of stellar decoration but graced by a delightful conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon, … Continue reading →

Blog 15thNovember 2010                                                  I was working in my observatory yesterday afternoon (14th) whilst it was raining; I like to do this as it feels like I’m actually doing some astronomy work despite the grim weather outside, if you know … Continue reading →

Blog Nov 12th 2010 It had been a windy night, pretty clear by and large apart from some scudding cloud, I hadn’t observed on Thursday evening because of the wind it would have blown my big scope about and made … Continue reading →

Blog 10-11-2010 A bright day gave way to a chill clear evening, without the mist and murk of recent days! Typical I had a busy evening and with the clocks now changed I could probably have been working in the … Continue reading →

Blog Nov 10-2010 News had broken 48hrs ago of a new ‘bright’ comet Ikeya-Murakami C/2010 V1  low in the morning sky in the constellation of Virgo and currently close to Saturn. Click here On Tuesday I had printed off a … Continue reading →

 5th Nov 2010 I have been having collimation issues with my 20” mirror since taking it out of the Dobsonian chassis and putting it into a new custom built open tube in the observatory. The builder who is a friend … Continue reading →

30-10-10 With the help of my youngest son Aubrey and good friend Simon Kidd on Saturday morning we stripped the old a leaking roof felt off of the southern leaf of the Fry observatory which houses the HST (Hay Steavenson … Continue reading →

 28th October 2010-10-31 My friend of many years Scott Poynter called around this evening, now Scott isn’t an astronomer per se but he does have an interest and indeed it was Scott whom I have to thank for sparking my … Continue reading →