Observing Calendar May-June 2010

Observing Calendar May 11th to June 7th by Steve Woodbridge (all times BST)Date May 11th Arcturus, the leading star...

May 10th, 2010 | Sky Diary | Read More

M3 Imaged by John Moore

This beautiful globular cluster was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 but its true nature was recognised by William Herschel. M3 is a rich globular cluster comprising over half a million stars and an estimated mass of over 800,000 suns. At a distance it of 34.1 light years it orbits our own...

May 7th, 2010 | Featured Articles, John Moore | Read More

Waxing Gibbous Moon by Peter Campbell-Burns

The following image of the Waxing Gibbous Moon was taken on Sunday 25th April using a small Williams Optics SD66 and Philips ToUcam. The telescope was mounted on a photographic tripod (i.e. unguided) allowing only short AVI video sequences to be captured. Although the SD66 has a short focal...

April 26th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

National Astronomy Day at the Alexander Telescope

Members of Farnham Astronomical Society marked National Astronomy Day (on 24 April 2010) at Aldershot Observatory with the Patrick Alexander telescope.Society member Eric Grieve opened up the dome to the afternoon sunshine and talked through the operation of the telescope with members and their...

April 25th, 2010 | Danny Thomas, Eric Grieve, Featured Articles, Kevin Pretorius, Observing, Past events | Read More

Images of Lunar Features by Chris Thayer

Chris thayer took the following excellent images using his 10″ LX200 amd meade DSI2Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus by Chris Thayer Eudoxus crater by Chris ThayerCopernicus Crater by Chris Thayer

April 24th, 2010 | Chris Thayer | Read More

The Leo Triplet and NGC 3628 by Peter Campbell-Burns and Kevin Pretorius

Peter: Kevin and I met at my house for a night of imaging. Despite the cloud of volcano ash over the UK we enjoyed a lovely sky. The promised glorious sunsets had not appeared suggesting that the cloud was having minimal effect, but my images showed a brighter than usual background which may have...

April 19th, 2010 | Featured Articles, Kevin Pretorius, Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Volcanic Eruption in Iceland

The news today forecast a spectacular sunset from the UK due to the cloud of volcanic ash passing over the UK following the eruption in Iceland. The sunset from Lightwater country park was not that spectacular, but the view from Curley Hill did yield a surprise view of Venus and the New Moon emerging...

April 15th, 2010 | Danny Thomas, Observing | Read More

Observing Calendar – April 13th to May 10th 2010

Observing Calendar – by Steve Woodbridge (all times BST)Date April 14 New Moon.April 14 Mars culminates at dusk....

April 11th, 2010 | Sky Diary | Read More

M82 Imaged by by John Moore

This stunning image of M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) was taken by John Moore. M82 in the constellation of Ursa major was discovered by Johan Elert Bode in 1780 and observed by Charles messier in 1781. Located 12 million light-years away it’s an amazing example of a starburst galaxy. Regions...

March 25th, 2010 | Featured Articles, John Moore | Read More