Observing Saturn’s Rings – A Tip
My thanks to Prof. Otta Wenskus for an interesting tip for observing Saturn: This has been a lousy summer for stargazing, though great for learninglots…
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Mabiniogion and the Stars
A couple of nights ago I listened to an interesting talk about the Mabinogion and the night sky, by the astronomer Martin Griffiths (pictured). We…
Venus and Spica
The frost crunched under the Ugg boots this morning and the cold crept in under the ridiculous hat as I helped myself to views of…
Finding Saturn
I crept outside this morning, trying not to wake the kids, and treated my self to a pre-heliacal viewing of Saturn. He was happily nestled…
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…
Equinox, books and other words that don’t rhyme…
Nice article on the Beeb website about the Saturn equinox. A succinct definiton of ‘equinox’ in the article too: ‘Equinox is the moment when the…