Monthly Archives: July 2012

A Very Late Swarm

Yesterday (22nd July) morning I received a phone call about a bee swarm in a local garden. The swarm was in a holly bush right next to the path to the front door of the house and the owners have … Continue reading

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Observation Report, 22 July 2012

Having had an excellent night two nights ago I had six Messier objects left to find and set myself the goal of finding M7 this week on the basis that whatever happens in August, between the Moon and the turning … Continue reading

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Observation Report, 20 July 2012

With almost horizon-to-horizon blue skies yesterday evening I gambled on putting out both the 127 Mak on the EQ3-2 so I could polar align it for any solar imaging that I can find time for, and the ST120 with its … Continue reading

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Dovetail Adaptor for Old EQ3-2 Mounts

My EQ3-2 is one of the older models that has fittings for scope rings, but doesn’t have any form of dovetail clamp. The new models have both. I prefer to use dovetails as it makes swapping scopes around between mounts … Continue reading

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Solar PV Generation Update, July 2012

Unless you have some strange rain fetish, June has been an awful month weather-wise. There’s been hardly a single day here when it didn’t rain and even when rain wasn’t falling the sky has been mostly cloudy. According to the … Continue reading

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