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.

One of my life list goals is to have something named after me, so for my 29th birthday my sister bought me a star name gift.

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!

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.

Time for a quick update, the pain and swelling from my wrist operation are subsiding now which is good, and I'm sleeping better at night which is also good.

It has been a while since I have done any astrophotography, mainly due to all the clouds and lack of a summer this year!

Tonight I had a very good nights astronomy, starting with my first visual of Jupiter this year.

Sunny during the day while I'm stuck in the office, get home and the skies cloud over. Typical.

A new sunspot has developed on the surface of the Sun. Designated AR953, this sunspot is approximately three times the size of our little planet.

I started off photographing the Moon, experimenting with the mirror lockup feature on the camera which lifts the mirror and lets the vibrations dampen off before taking the picture.