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There are many resources, news sources, articles, astro-photos and links on this site and the navigation bar (at top and at right) will let you navigate around … Read the rest of this article
Having to move the Night Sky Observer and its associated sites, like the Telescope Guide to a new webhosting company proved to be more problematical than anticipated.
While the main sites were moved at the end of last month, there were some subdomains that had to be moved as well.
All this was compounded by there being a problem on … Read the rest of this article
You may have noticed that the Night Sky Observer was offline earlier this week. That’s because the webhost I was with was having capacity problems and I had to move the site to a new webhost. Not an easy task given that this site is 15 years old and has accumulated a lot of stuff over that time.
The site … Read the rest of this article
I’m recently back from vacation down in Tenerife:
I didn’t get any astronomy done aside from a quick look at the stars on the clear nights. I was too knackered from all the hiking and walking we did each day to do anything in the evenings!
See that mountain in the photo above. That’s Mt. Teide, a dormant volcano and … Read the rest of this article
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been running the Night Sky Observer site since 1997 but this sub-blog is intended primarily to document my progress in getting back into astrophotography after a number of years’ absence. I’ll also be posting about other astronomy-related stuff that’s better suited to a blog than the main site. If you want to know more about … Read the rest of this article
By Kevin Berwick
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SolarMax 90 Etalon |
I recently decided to buy a SolarMax 90 filter from Coronado. Before I launch into the review proper, you may be interested to hear about the process which lead me to the purchase of this filter, and my current ‘observing lifestyle’ for want of a better phrase.
I live in Dublin, Ireland and … Read the rest of this article
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The Sun Now (H-Alpha light)
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Aurora Oval
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