A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of part or all of the Sun, which casts a shadow over a certain area of the Earth. This can only happen at New Moon, when the Sun, Moon and Earth … Continue reading
Cleaning the Mirrors of a Newtonian Telescope
Cleaning the mirrors of a Newtonian telescope is a very dirty and very polarising subject! People are divided into two camps – those who will never clean their mirrors and those who aren’t afraid to do it often, if required. The … Continue reading
Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007
A Lunar Eclipse is when the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. Observers in Australia will be able to view the Total Lunar Eclipse on the 28th August, 2007. The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in … Continue reading
A busy night on Jupiter
I’d been looking forward to this busy night on Jupiter for over a week and was lucky enough to wake to clear skies and above average seeing. Unfortunately though, I’d only captured 3 runs before blanket cloud put an early … Continue reading
Jupiter + 3 red spots from the 9th May
This image of Jupiter with its 3 red spots was captured on the morning of the 9th May 2008. The smallest of the three is fast heading for a collision with the GRS – likely to happen in the next … Continue reading
