We are experienced amateur astronomers who especially enjoy viewing double stars with long-focus refractors. This journal is a record of our observations, but we also hope it will serve as a guide to you to help you plan observing sessions and choose double stars you want to observe. In the column to the left you'll find a drop down menu listing the doubles in this blog by constellation - and to the right there's a list of our 10 most recent observations. Read more
This is about my interest in visual deep sky astronomy and has observations, sketches, my astronomy travels, the odd article or two plus links to other astronomy websites. It's a work in progress so please keep coming back. You can find out more about me on the 'About' page but, in short, I live on the Isle of Wight, just off the coast of southern England, and I am an avid deep sky observer using an 18 inch f/4.3 dob. Read more
Over on our sister site, the Old Weather team are digitising ship's logs from first world war Royal Navy vessels in order to capture the valuable meteorological information that the fleet collected. These records also contain information that can be surprisingly useful for a whole host of other reasons. One such example was identified by HebesDad and brought to our attention over at Solar Stormwatch by Caro. Read more
According to Sheila Ann Manuel Coggins, the About Guide to Weblogs, the definition of a Weblog or Blog for short is "Essentially, a weblog is a chronologically organized site with the latest entry appearing at the top of the page. It is updated by an individual (or a group of individuals)." In many cases, a Blog is an online journal, with differing amounts of personal data, depending on the Blogger. Read more