My third time in this race, previous years being 2016 and 2017. Didn’t get a personal best, but given much of my preparation for the race consisted of eating and sitting still, I don’t think I did go badly at 53.45 Same time next year.
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Super Wolf Blood Moon – Or, a Luna eclipse.
Partial Luna eclipses (where the moon slides through Earth’s shadow, but a bit remains uncovered) are not particularly rare, there are at least two per year. Full Luna eclipses (where the moon is entirely covered by the Earth’s shadow) are a tad rarer, but not overly. This isn’t good enough in these social media times, …
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Merry Christmas
A quiet one this year, needed after a busy year. 🎄
Neptune attempt 2
Back in January last year I managed to get a photograph of Neptune, a planet I’ve long harboured a soft spot for. This month, Neptune has been nicely placed close to Mars in the south after dark. Having a new telescope I’d planed to get a better image, and perhaps work on imaging all the …
Astrophotography – M31 – Andromeda
I’m getting back into astronomy after a very long hiatus. I really want to do some astrophotography, something I didn’t really achieve before. My previous attempts at imaging the sky though a telescope were with a self-guided Az-El mount crap-scope and a self-made 110 film camera. The results were underwhelming to say the least. I’ve …