Monthly Archives: February 2011

There is more than one Lion in the night sky jungle

Posted on February 25, 2011 by chippin1

Blog Thursday 25th Feb 2011   At the moment I’m under a bit of pressure, work is busy so I’m spending extended hours there which I don’t like to do and in addition to this I have two deadlines looming, … Continue reading →

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A Valentines’ date

Posted on February 16, 2011 by chippin1

Blog Monday Feb 14th 2011   Valentine’s Day evening an out in the observatory! Naughty but true! Actually the truth is Lady Luna is the other women in my life ;¬) I wasn’t out for long just 60 minutes or … Continue reading →

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The race is on! Who can get to an Orion galaxy first?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by chippin1

Blog Feb Sat 12th 2011   Recently Owen Brazell took is 20” Dobsonian down to North Devon for some new Moon deep sky observing. In the report that he shared with a group of likeminded fellow observers he mentioned observing galaxies … Continue reading →

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Not a bad start to the day!

Posted on February 3, 2011 by chippin1

Blog Thursday Feb 3rd 2011   A call to the little boy’s room at 2am, this morning told me that the sky was clear and it looked like it was set to stay that way. With a busy day of … Continue reading →

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Not a bad session at all!

Posted on February 1, 2011 by chippin1

Blog Monday Jan 31st 2011   Astronomy today began as night fell, my friend ,work colleague and indeed current ‘web master’ James Cooper accompanied me home from work with the intention of getting my newly installed Weather station to talk … Continue reading →

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