Monthly Archives: December 2010

Blog 17th & 18th Dec 2010 Both Venus and Saturn are putting on a fine show in the pre-dawn sky and on the above 2 dates I concentrated on each in turn. Friday 17th: I spent an hour or more … Continue reading →

Blog 11th & 12th December 2010 I was surprised that the later evening turned out to be clear, it wasn’t forecast for my location. I got out into the observatory around 10pm local time and got straight to work in … Continue reading →

Blog Extra 10th Dec 2010 Whilst observing on Wednesday night using a wide field set up in Orion nebula I observed what I assume to be a fast moving satellite crossing the constellation just above M42. I grabbed a number … Continue reading →

Blog 9th Dec 2010 The sky tonight was nowhere near as transparent as the previous night (Wed) but it was clear enough to ‘have a go’ it was considerably warmer too, but still cold, around freezing. I had a harmonica … Continue reading →

Blog 8th December 2010 The unseasonably early and very severe cold snap hadn’t been delivering clear skies to Chipping, the hamlet sits in a small hollow on the southern edge of one of the more eastern of the Chiltern hills … Continue reading →