Monthly Archives: January 2012

Blog Friday January 27th 2012   A clear evening on Thursday saw me too tired to go out into the obsy, hours at work have been long recently and with family commitments and the odd observing session things were catching … Continue reading →

Blog Wednesday 25th January 2012   Alarm was set for 4am with a clear sky forecast, I awoke on time and indeed the sky looked good. I brewed up some tea and had the observatory open for 04.30. My target … Continue reading →

Blog Monday 23rd of January 2012   Here we have an evening session and a detour or perhaps more of a night off from chasing faint Hickson groups. Tonight I stayed with the bright and positively glitzy in comparison with … Continue reading →

Blog for Mon 16th and Tues 17th of January 2012   Written well after the evenings above due to the hectic nature of both work and family life at the moment, not a complaint more of an observation! Monday 16th: … Continue reading →

Blog for Friday 13th and Saturday 14th January 2012 Very hurriedly trying to catch up with Blogs, life is very hectic and whilst great news I have had a run of clear skies it put added pressure on to keep … Continue reading →

Blog for Thursday 12th January 2012 Yesterday evening gave me a window, albeit a very hazy murky one. Undeterred I went for a couple more of the Hickson groups 23 in Eridanus and 25 in Cetus I managed to catch … Continue reading →

Blog for Thursday 5th January 2012 The winds have dropped here in the SE so I got a more ‘relaxed’ observation of the terminator line last night. 3 rims strikingly bright and close to Schiller rose above the receding tide of … Continue reading →

Blog Tuesday 3rd January 2012   A truly stinking day with pouring rain driven and whipped into frenzy by winds gusting to 85mph miraculously gave way to a bright sunny late afternoon and a blue sky. The wind had dropped … Continue reading →

Blog Bank Holiday Monday 2nd January 2012   This is going to be a brief blog detailing an early morning foray into Leo, bagging 2 Hickson groups, takes my tally to 17 I think? And the catching 2 lovely NGC … Continue reading →