Archive for July 2013

Pin the tail #1

Posted by on July 13th 2013 in Great Escapes, Just for fun

We know where we are. Do you?

Here's Saturday's pic (sorry it's a bit late):

 

View SW from basecamp.

Observing Report 5th July 2013 (A big group of sunspots)

Posted by on July 6th 2013 in Astrostuff, Observing Reports, Pics
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Yesterday saw an improvement in the weather. I managed to get out for an hour to nab this sunspot group:

Active Regions 1785 and 1787 (05/07/2013).
DMK mono camera on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.

What SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) saw.

Close-up of Active Regions 1785 and 1787 (05/07/2013).
DMK mono camera with 2.25x Barlow on C80ED-R, Baader Solar Film filter.

It’s Park Like A Tw@t Day… again.

Posted by on July 5th 2013 in A bit of a rant, Driveway-blocking feckwits and piss-poor parkers

And the award for "Tw@t of the Day" goes to the driver of Blue Nissan Micra S32HOJ:

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, here's a full-res crop:

 
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