A Llyn Brenig October
This was a reasonable session with intermittent misty clouds, the NELM down to 6 and a bit. A welcome outing!
Paul Clark Observing in Ripon 28/12/2002
First off, some ‘easy’ globular clusters in M31.
Paul Clark Observation 15/11/2002
Desperation had set in. A hint of a few hours on Tuesday was enough to brave the conditions.
1/9/02 Observation in Gradbach
Richard and myself had a productive few hours at Gradbach on Sunday night. I started off early and spent the time digging through DSOs in Cygnus. Richard arrived a little later. He soon set up his new coffee grinder. The LX90 worked very effectively throughout the session. 8 inches was lots of aperture under the darker sky and object location very precise. I observed some bright and interesting planetaries near Deneb, NGCs 7026, 7027 and 7048.An HII region Sh2-112 was easily
Supernova Discovery 31/1/2002
A supernova has been discovered in M74, announced on IAU Circular 7810 today.
The IAU in UMIST, Manchester, UK, August, 2000
Thursday, 17th August, the IAU celebrity lecture at UMIST was again hosted by Patrick Moore and featured Prof.
A Supernova Discoverer's Diary 24th Feb 1987
Observed in the evening. Suspected a super nova in the large magellanic cloud near 30 Doradus!