Every body seems to make a fuss when ever we experience a ‘Super Moon’, that full moon in which the perigee of its elliptic orbit brings it closest to the Earth and hence larger in the sky. Nobody pays any attention when the moon is at its apogee, when it’s 15% smaller, colder, lonely and […]
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Last Tuesday night over five hours we watched our moon transition from moon-rise in partial shadow, through full lunar eclipse to shining fully bright. As the moon rose above the horizon it glowed red due to light scattering both ways through the Earth’s atmosphere atmosphere. As it rose, the dark umbra crept across a lunar […]
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There is something both beautiful and terrifying about comet Leonard’s appearance in our evening sky. This time last year no one knew it even existed. For the last 40,000 years the comet has been hurtling inbound from the depths of our solar system on its 80,000-year orbit. Greg J Leonard discovered this expectant visitor back […]
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Just another moon? Perhaps… It’s the same one I’ve seen in the sky countless nights and in countless phases. So why is it that when I glance up into the night sky, perhaps for the ten thousandth time, the moon still takes my breath away? A wonderful question I’ll leave for other minds to ponder. […]
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This morning I had no idea the International Space Station would be zooming overhead this evening but when I heard about it I made a mental note to have a look and hoped for a clear sky. Tonight after dinner I threw a big lens (800mm) on my camera, headed out to the back-yard and […]
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