The Scintillating Secrets of Twinkling Stars
A guest blog about the secrets of scintillating stars by Dan Bennett Most of us know what stars are (“I always thought they were balls…
Tag: Sirius
Sirius is South at Midnight on New Year’s Eve
The brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, will be due south at midnight on New Year’s Eve. This is true every year.* Depending on…
Natural Navigation with the Tuareg in the Libyan Sahara
The following article by Tristan Gooley was published in Navigation News in March 2010. My research to date has failed to uncover another soul who…
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…
Stargazing Weather
A blog of two halves for you today. Late September can bring some of the best early evening experiences for those who enjoy looking upwards.…
Which way are we looking? Updated.
My thanks to Mark Evans who not only flew over from Oman for a course, but also sent me this great time lapse photo from…
Great Nebulae and Emerging Expeditions
We are bearing down on stargazing-season. It is getting dark early enough in the evenings, staying dark long enough in the mornings and doesn’t yet…
Stargazing Before Dawn
Once more my pre-dawn ‘Batsense’ kicked in and I awoke before five with an urgent desire to go outside. It was not the pressure on…
Stellar Quotes
My thanks to Stuart Goring for sending over these great Thomas Hardy celestial quotes. Those who know this blog or my book will be aware…
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…
Contrails and Crescents
Venus and Sirius both beamed at me this morning during my pre-dawn shiver outside. The aircraft were painting a pink path to the continent to…
Venus, Orion and Sirius
I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. Some compensation was to be found outside, with a beautiful…
Bedtime Stars
If the plan survives contact with the enemy, then our younger son goes to bed at the same time, 7pm, every night. Part of his…
Never Ending Story
The incestuous relationship between the stars and mythology is nothing new, but we often overlook how constantly the relationship is rekindled or how fresh some…
An Old Friend
Bit of an early start this morning for a busy day in London, but there was consolation in a constellation. Forgive me. I saw Orion…