Monthly Archives: July 2011

Blog Friday 29TH July 2011  I managed to nip out into the observatory and ‘tick off’ another of the planetaries of Owen Brazell’s list of planetary & pseudo planetary nebulae in Lyra last night. The star hop was straight forward … Continue reading →

Blog Monday 25th July 2011 Yesterday I attended an excellent outdoor music concert with my good friend Simon Kidd a first rate planetary imager and his young lady Jan. Both being astronomers we kept a close watch on the sky, … Continue reading →

Blog Saturday 16th July 2011 Just last week I took delivery of a new WIFI hand controller for my Watec cameras. The main purpose was that it gives greater control over the camera allowing timed exposures up to 60 seconds … Continue reading →

Blog 8th July 2011   A busy day ended well, after returning from work past 6pm local time I had a weekly harmonica lesson to attend in the local town which I really do relish, some real progress was made … Continue reading →

Blog Sunday 3rd July 2011-07-04 Continuing to work through planetary nebulae that Owen has highlighted in the Webb Society Journal I set to work under a darkening sky. As has been the theme for this new moon for me the … Continue reading →