Monthly Archives: September 2011

I say Jupiter’s looking sharp!

Blog Sept 15th 2011   Recently what with the Harvest Moon hanging around illuminating the countryside and the sky, admittedly with quite a degree of beauty and the remnants of Hurricane Irene blowing, observing has been either possible or attractive. … Continue reading

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Here Sun you gotta big spot on your chin!

Blog Monday 12th Sept 2011   On a compulsion I grabbed a quick White Light solar observation on Sunday afternoon using the 6” refractor and was delighted to see such a large spot which I now know to be AR1289. … Continue reading

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NGC 6760 in Aquila

Blog Sunday 4th September 2011                                                                  Yesterday was a fabulously warm and sunny one in the south east of England allowing me a short while out in the observatory after dark, shorter than I anticipated due to building cloud … Continue reading

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A break in the cloud…at last!

Blog Friday 2nd September 2011 After what feels like forever I got a sky, or rather a window in one that allowed a deep sky sketch. Recently in writing my (advanced) Deep Sky notes for the SPA Mag Popular Astronomy (PA) I … Continue reading

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