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Nova Delphini 2013 – the one that almost got away… 18 Aug 2013 | 01:03 pm
I thought I was going to miss the whole thing. I really did. When Nova Delphini “popped” a few nights ago, it coincided with the onset of a period of truly grotty weather here in Cumbria (after some l...
Starfest Memories… 14 Aug 2013 | 04:34 pm
I have a few regrets as an amateur astronomer. One is that I didn’t get to see Comet West blazing in the sky in 1976. It was a real beauty by all accounts, far better than Hale-Bopp or any of the othe...
When We Waved At Saturn… 21 Jul 2013 | 05:42 pm
So, after all the build-up, all the hype, all the hard work, how did it go? What happened when amateur astronomers and skywatchers gathered at an 800 year old castle in South Cumbria, after dark on Ju...
Echoes from the past… 14 Jul 2013 | 05:04 pm
Ok, I’m not a superstitious person, and I don’t for a moment believe in “omens” or “signs”, but every now and then a nice coincidence crops up that makes me smile. And as coincidences go, this one is ...
Smile please… 21 Jun 2013 | 05:41 pm
When I heard about this idea yesterday I couldn’t help it. A Huge, silly, Cheshire Cat smile spread across my face and I just thought “Oh yes… that’s brilliant…!” What’s happening? Well, on July 19th ...
…and the NLC Summer of Glory continues… 9 Jun 2013 | 03:29 pm
Oh… wow… Last night was just fantastic. Another great display of noctilucent clouds lit up the northern sky above Kendal. The pictures I took are… well, I’ll show you those in a few minutes. This is s...
Another gorgeous NLC display… 7 Jun 2013 | 06:01 pm
My, summer 2013, with these early noctilucent cloud displays you are really spoiling us… Bit late writing this up, I know, but been busy. There was another lovely display of noctilucent clouds – NLC f...
Exit Matt… 2 Jun 2013 | 03:33 pm
WARNING: This post contains spoilers if you haven’t got through to the end of the most recent series yet. If you still need to catch up on a few episodes but keep reading, and find out what happens, d...
2013 NLC Season Begins in a Blaze of Glory..! 1 Jun 2013 | 02:09 pm
Well, I wasn’t expecting that! Every year amateur astronomers – not all of us, have to be honest – turn into insomniacs and start to live the lives of vampires, as we stay up until oh my god o’clock h...
The Great Spring Triangle 28 May 2013 | 12:12 am
Well, I say great. It probably would have been great – beyond great! – if I’d been looking at Venus, Jupiter and Mercury forming their sunset triangle in a perfectly clear sky, as it had been the prev...
