VLT image of Neptune

If you were ever in doubt about the power of adaptive optics….take a look at this image of Neptune taken…

Saturn images

A late Sunday night session getting images of everyone’s favourite ringed planet. As usual – conditions weren’t ideal. Saturn was…

Clear sky and good transparency towards the southern horizon last night so I went for my first shot of Mars…

As I mentioned before we’re expecting some reasonably bright comets between now and the end of the year. First up…

I’ve had a quick look ahead to see if we’re due any bright comets anytime soon. Good news! C/2017 S3…

I usually post a planetary elongation chart around Christmas showing where the bright planets will be the following year. Went…

Haven’t had the Dobsonian out in ages. No excuse really….it takes a minute to set up and I only have…

I’ve added a page with my mathematics lecture notes. They cover a range of topics from approximately GCSE to maths…

I made an app on Geogebra which shows the link between solar eclipse magnitude (fraction of the solar diameter covered)…

The sky never reaches astronomical darkness during July in Northumberland. As you can see from the star chart this is…