Noctilucent Clouds
A guest blog post today, from John Pahl: If you were to ask me what my favourite cloud would be, I wouldn’t hesitate: it has…
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Uranus, Venus and Mars in the West
My thanks to Kevan Hubbard for the following message: “There is a very impressive alignment of Uranus, Venus and Mars in the west at present,…
Finding Your Way Around the Night Sky
I enjoyed cooking some new recipes on the weekend, baking mainly, and this made me think about the night sky. Many people want to make…
Bertram Thomas Crossing the Rub’ al Khali and Wilfred Thesiger
A big thanks to Mark Evans at Outward Bound Oman, for sending over images and the actual star sightings used by Bertram Thomas, from when…
Oman Desert Navigation Training
As promised, here is a more detailed update on my short time in Oman last week. My main reason for being there was to train…
Mars in the East
For much of the UK, tonight promises to be a good night for some stargazing. With a bit of luck the only clouds for many…
Moonlight Pyjama Mayhem
For better or worse I seem to have a sixth sense for when conditions are great very early in the morning. I woke at 5.30am…
Corvus and Crater
First thing this morning our bathroom was bright with diffused light from the blinds that had been filled with moonlight from the west. I put…