I got this title from my friend Eric Emms (one of the organisers of the excellent Baker Street Irregular Astronomers), and when he came up with it on Twitter, I thought he has being rather rude about astro-imagers in general. All … Continue reading
This was my first image of 2016 and first of Jupiter this apparition. I had good seeing on the morning of the 1st, but transparency was rapidly falling when I took this, and there was a halo around the Moon … Continue reading
Here’s a hazy and low gibbous Moon from very early in the morning. Thanks to the magic of processing it comes out quite nice. This is just exactly the largest phase that can be fitted in in one go on a … Continue reading
A lucky brief break in the clouds allowed this capture of the conjunction of Venus and Saturn this morning. The two were 5 minutes of arc (1/6 Moon breadth) apart, 12 degrees high in the dawn twilight. (Click to enlarge) … Continue reading