Leo Yet again, with the scarcity of observing opportunities lately, except for a brief but brilliant session with the local scouts group (I posted a brief report about this on my blog), my mind has turned to contemplating what there is to look forward to over the coming weeks...
Wow! Last night (Tuesday the 8th) was spectacular. After weeks and weeks of full cloud, with only the occasional break, and these coinciding with a bright moon, finally we got a good ’un. I’d been checking the forecasts throughout the day (I use clearoutside.com, 7Timer.com and the Met Office...
I sat down on Saturday afternoon (21st of November) to write my latest astro piece with no idea what I was going to write about. Having endured yet another two weeks of cloud, rain and high winds with no stargazing opportunities, and facing the prospect of the moon (full...
Following on from a hugely successful summer of competing, which included a number of impressive appearances at the Litchfield GTROC / MLR Sprint Series and also at the Ten of the Best event held in York, Turbo Dynamics' customer Duncan Cowper was back out on the track again over the weekend - this...
Well, Dorset seems to be having another pretty dismal time at the moment, weather-wise, with full-on Autumn rains and high winds. Needless to say, I haven’t been out with the scope for a few weeks now, but that has meant there’s been plenty of time to research and plan...
I began the last piece by complaining about how terrible the weather had been, and how there’d been no opportunities for stargazing. Well, no sooner had I submitted the piece but the skies cleared. It’s now Sunday the 25th of October, and for what is my tenth astronomy piece...
Coleman Insurance Brokers is offering practical advice to boat owners to ensure that their boats are put into hibernation for the winter in good condition, thereby making their re-commissioning in the Spring a much more straightforward task, and reducing potential insurance risks. Yacht & Commercial Craft Development Executive, Tony...
Turbo Dynamics recently received a historic turbocharger belonging to the legendary Porsche 964. The vehicle that the unit belonged to had not been fired up in 23 years, but the owner recently decided to get motor back on the road - and the team at Turbo Dynamics couldn't be more...
It’s been a terrible few weeks weather-wise, and it feels like ages since I’ve been out with the scope. In fact, not since the 22nd of September, and even that was a brief binocular session on a night with a very bright, first quarter moon. As it was I...
Ursa Major In last week’s piece I mentioned in passing how easy it is to take some astronomical objects for granted (referring to Andromeda). That reminded me of Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Book of Astronomy, in which he says of a number of constellations that they “… contain nothing of...
