Last month I rode 100 miles for Prostate Cancer UK with sponsorship from various friends. This month I’m doing the same but for Mexborough and Swinton Astronomy Society – a charity and organisation which means a lot to me and has meant a lot to me for nearly 40 years now. I first joined MSASContinue reading “100 miles done. 100 miles started.”
Category Archives: Astronomy
Comet NEOWISE
The weather hasn’t been too good for this, but we had an opportunity and I jumped at it. I give you Comet NEOWISE. Photo taken using my Galaxy Note 10+
So many telescopes!
We’re trying to have a clear out of the club room and we’ve found that we are collecting a hell of a lot of telescopes; often donated by people who find them in garages and lofts. Often these are broken in some way – but today we’ve cleared a load of them up and cobbledContinue reading “So many telescopes!”
Open at last!
We opened the MSAS Observatory earlier. The mayor and our local MP came down, as well as the local papers. We had Paul Money and Dr Allan Chapman give short talks for us. Unfortunately I had to bail slightly before the end due to having a gig.
Super Wolf Blood Moon
In the early hours of the morning we’ll be treated to a lunar eclipse. Probably above the clouds, where we can’t see it. As per usual, the papers are hyping it up because it’s a Perigee (close to Earth) moon. Wolf moon is just the old English name for the January moon. It’s apt though,Continue reading “Super Wolf Blood Moon”
The Oxford Trip
The Oxford trip was yesterday; meeting up with Dr Allan Chapman to go and the Radcliffe Observatory and then to the Museum of the History of Science. After a bouncy journey down we arrived at the university. The Observatory was first on our itinerary. Then on to Oxford town centre, and firstly a lunch inContinue reading “The Oxford Trip”
40 years!
The astronomical society I’m a member of has just celebrated its 40th Birthday. It’s quite amazing to think that I’ve been a member on and off for 35 of those years! I first attended in 1982 and joined in 1983. I’ve watched us go from a tiny society of about 15 people, all the wayContinue reading “40 years!”
RoSfest preparations
We’re now less than 90 days away from RoSfest and it’s getting rather frightening.We’re actually talking Visas, and flight times – now why are only the London airports the ones offering the cheap flights? Do you think it’s grossly unfair that anyone living away from London automatically gets penalised in taxi / fuel costs whenContinue reading “RoSfest preparations”
I feel small…
2/341:365 – I feel small Originally uploaded by Last Human Gateway The last few days have been an interesting time for me. On Friday I popped into the Montgomery Hall to see Pallas and generally just see people (and drop off the Wasp box). The Montgom doesn’t feel nice for me any more since theContinue reading “I feel small…”
Nömen Loony 