Observations

I have been a keen astronomer since 2006 my parents bought me my telescope for Christmas. Since then I have bought several other telescopes, completed university courses and even created my own website where I share even more writings and my astrophotos.

29Sep2015

Supermoon Lunar Eclipse 2015

A supermoon total lunar eclipse took place between September 27 and 28, 2015. It was seen in the early hours of Monday morning, September 28.

21Feb2015

First Moffat Astronomy Photos

It's been a while since I've been out under the stars, but tonight I took out my camera and photographed some of the stars and the moon from my own dark sky area for Moffat Astronomy.

10Dec2013

Open Clusters, Double Stars and a Nebula

Last night I literally dusted off my 200mm (8") Newtonian reflector and set about imaging some more of the winter nights sky.

06Dec2013

Getting Back into Astronomy after a Long Break

It's been a long time since I have done any night sky viewing, according to my last post on this website it was back in 2010! Well, now I have been out every clear night for the past month (only two nights!) with some new equipment and taken some amazing new photos.

19Nov2013

Photos of the Moon

Tonight I took out my small telescope and camera and took a few pictures of the Moon and also used a camera lens with the same focal length for comparison.

12Mar2012

An Alignment of Planets in the Sunset Sky

The brightest planets in the solar system are lining up in the evening sky, and you can see the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter even before the sky fades completely black. Wrap up warm, head outside and look west!

14Aug2010

My First Meteor Shower Photo!

With the annual Perseid meteor shower at its peak, I set up the camera under clear skies to try again at photographing a meteor. After a number of years trying I finally managed to get one on digital film!

29Oct2009

First Clear Night In Ages - And A Comet!

It was a nice cold, clear night tonight, and I was finally able to go out and see what all the fuss was about over Comet 17P/Holmes which I've been hearing so much about.