Self Isolating To The MAX! Monday 2020/3/23 Found out an acquaintance had died with symptoms of the virus. Rest well Simon. Clear night – imaged M81 Tuesday 2020/3/24 Didn’t go to donate platelets today. Trains were far too busy to be safe. Kitchen work started. Slow cooker chicken stew for dinner. Wednesday 2020/03/25 Meetings on …
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Quarantine – Week One.
Self Isolating before it was popular. Monday 2020/3/16 Went to work for a meeting and to start shutting things down. No announcement had yesterday been made, but it was obvious something was coming. Tuesday 2020/3/17 Stayed home, took part in some teaching chats. Did some admin. Took dog to park. Wednesday 2020/3/18 Sister’s birthday – …
Winter Astronomy
I was really looking forward to the winter of 2019/2020, long dark nights, clear skies, low humidity, and lots of bright deep sky objects to observe and image. I’d planned ahead and worked out what would likely be best seen on what days, and what settings and equipment I’d use to record those archaic photons. …
Bode’s Galaxy
Another year has flown by with not as much time for astronomy and astrophotography as I’d like. Light pollution is terrible from my observing location in East London, so only the brightest deep sky objects are really suitable targets for me (at least until I get a decent filter, or go for narrowband imaging £££). …
Christmas 2019
Christmas is always a bitter-sweet time for me, I’m not one for big family get-togethers and my family seem to enjoy dying at the end of the year too. Over the years at least four have popped their clogs between Xmas Eve and New year. Let’s hear a hearty FUCK CANCER here too. This year …