The despair, and delight, of amateur astronomy…

What a week I’ve had… (shakes head in weary disbelief). First, there was last weekend’s auroral madness. Well, I say ‘madness’, I mean “AAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” frustration. Last Sunday we were all sitting at our computers, or looking at our smartphones or tablets, following the progress of a geomagnetic storm rippling and rampaging around the Earth in [...]

Eddington Astronomical Society’s “Astronomy Night” at ‘The Box’ for BBC Stargazing Live

(Bit late posting this write-up, sorry!) On Friday January 20th, almost a week after its hugely succesful “Skywatch” at the Brewery Arts Centre (see a previous post), the Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal held our second event in support of the BBC’s “Stargazing Live” programmes – an “Astronomy Night” at The Box, the new lecture [...]