Cockermouth Astronomical Society to welcome “Earth photographer”…

If you’re free on the evening of October 2nd, and can get to Cockermouth, the astronomical society there is having a special meting for a special lecture by a very special guest speaker… Intrigued? I bet! Full details here: http://www.cockermouthastronomy.co.uk/2010/08/september-meeting-date-changed.html

Here comes the Sun (doo dun doo doo…)

Although I love the wonders of the “deep sky” – galaxies, nebulae and all that faraway faint n’fuzzy stuff – I’m a martian at heart, as you know. I love Mars, especially the Mars rovers,  like Katie Price loves the flash of a paparazzi camera, like Simon Cowell loves mirrors, like a fat kid loves [...]

So, you want to see the Space Station?

How do you do it? Where do you look? WHEN do you look? HELP!! Calm down, dear… luckily there’s an almost embarrassingly-simple guide to seeing the space station right here, on this very blog. To find it, all you have to do is look up at the top of the screen and you’ll find a [...]