Moon watching: Regiomontanus and Catena Davy

The sky is far too light even at midnight now to do anything but planets and the moon. So yesterday I did some moon-watching in broad-daylight.

Copulating green beetles: why not?

Yesterday, Spring felt real for the first time, so I got outside and almost fell over all the copulating green beetles.

Field course round up

The weather nearly spoilt our annual second-year field course, but didn’t quite.

Planetary bonanza

It’s been nearly SEVEN WEEKS since I’ve been out stargazing, but the drought was finally broken last night with a clear sky on a Saturday night. I had hoped to get some deep sky objects as the moon was out of the way, but ended up doing mostly planets.

Spring flower extravaganza

April, as you know, was a complete wash-out for practically everything. However, now May has arrived, catch-up has begun.