Tagged: Astronomy

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Star Gazing in Wales with Morgan

At last, we’ve had a couple of clear nights, the first since Xmas, so we’ve been able to get our new telescope out. Anna was out rehearsing and doing the pantomime with the Scouts, so it was just Morgan and me. We set the scope up under clear skies, but on the first day night it wasn’t...

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Using an SLR with a Skywatcher Explorer 130M Telescope

I’m really keen to take some photos through our new telescope. I knew this wouldn’t be easy. The world of astro-photography is complex with many diverse techniques that need to be learnt, practised and perfected. Some of the photos you can achieve are truly outstanding, but I think it will be many years before we...

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Choosing and Buying a Telescope

Anna’s Mum bought Morgan and I a telescope for Christmas. I did of course have quite a bit of input into which one to get, and choosing a suitable telescope isn’t as easy as it might sound, so I thought I’d share some of my research here. The Factors to take into consideration. There were...

Clear Skies at Last – The Moon, Jupiter, Mizar and Alcor 1

Clear Skies at Last – The Moon, Jupiter, Mizar and Alcor

Following the amazing sunset we had yesterday here at Ynyslas I was hopeful that we might finally get a chance to use our new telescope. My optimism was short lived though because as soon as I had I returned from taking a photo of the sunset it started pouring with rain again. They do say that...

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Enough with the Mist, Murk and Miserable Weather

I think it may be our fault. Since Christmas there seems to have been nothing but mist, murk and miserable weather. We’re used to that here in Wales but it has been pretty bad. We’ve barely been able to se Aberdovey across the river, let alone out to the hills and we’ve had no chance...

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Viewing the Moons of Jupiter

We had an amazing view of the Gallilean Moons of Jupiter last night. It was a lovely, clear, still night and Jupiter could be clearly seen in the South South East, shining brigher than all the stars around it. We could see the Milky Way too, but with a pair of standard binoculars it was...

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Planets in the Night Sky

I’ve always wanted to know more about the various objects we can see in the night sky. I know a few of them but I’m certainly no expert, I just have never got around to really studying the sky and learning what everything is. [Edit April 4th 2015 – I’m actually getting a bit better...