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Wednesday 27 November 2013
Tuesday 2 April 2013
Comet PanStarrs at last!
Clear skies finally arrived after a month of poor weather. At about 8:30 I ran out to the nearby garages and placed my camera and small tripod on the roof of my car, pointed it in the general drection of where I thought was the comet and shot off four or so 30sec exposures. I used an IDAS light pollution filter on a 24-42mm 4/3 micro lens, Panasonic Lumix gf3 camera.
Spent about an hour looking at the images and processing them on my PC along with a deep sky location map of the comet from the web.
Managed to track down the exact loaction of the comet. By jove I have it on the image!
The comet is near the triangle of stars towards the bottom left of the image. Near the top center of the image, directly up from the comet is the Andromeda Galaxy.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Spent about an hour looking at the images and processing them on my PC along with a deep sky location map of the comet from the web.
Managed to track down the exact loaction of the comet. By jove I have it on the image!
The comet is near the triangle of stars towards the bottom left of the image. Near the top center of the image, directly up from the comet is the Andromeda Galaxy.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Friday 15 February 2013
A close shave! Asteroid near miss tonight.
Asteroid set for record near-miss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863
Tuesday 1 January 2013
Stargazing Live 2013
Happy New Year!
Stargazing Live is upon once again and its bigger than ever.
Events are taking place all over the country. Check the BBC website to find out what events are happening in your local area.
I am a member of Loughton Astronomical Society and they will be holding events to coincide with the screening of the Stargazing Live third series. Check out our web pages for event details over the coming weeks.
Thanks
Martin
Stargazing Live is upon once again and its bigger than ever.
Events are taking place all over the country. Check the BBC website to find out what events are happening in your local area.
I am a member of Loughton Astronomical Society and they will be holding events to coincide with the screening of the Stargazing Live third series. Check out our web pages for event details over the coming weeks.
Thanks
Martin
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