Monthly Archives: August 2019

Waning Moon, 21st August 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by james

Three nights on the bounce! But this one was a bit of an adventure. What was foreast as a few of hours of clear sky after the Moon rose stopped about two minutes after I kicked off the run to … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 20th August 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by james

A repeat of yesterday’s session, but today I made all the reps. One more time and I’ll drop the target time again. No “fast fifty” at the end today though. USRPT distance this year: 169,300m Total distance this year: 217,500m

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Waning Moon, 20th August 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by james

Two nights in a row clear enough to get an image of the Moon! Best 45 of 100 frames from the 450D and 127 Mak again, but this time 1/500th sec exposure to try to reduce the effects of wobbly … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 19th August 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by james

The pool has cooled a little now, so I have decided to go back to proper USRPT sessions, with a target time of 49.5 seconds: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 49.5s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down … Continue reading →

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Waning Moon, 19th August 2019

Posted on August 21, 2019 by james

So, a newly-aligned mount and just past full Moon, what’s a chap to do? Well, when the sky gives you moons, make moon images! I broke out the 127 Mak and 450D and dropped them on top of the HEQ5. … Continue reading →

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Telescope Polar Alignment, Part Three — The Return of PHD2

Posted on August 21, 2019 by james

As mentioned in an earlier post, the last mount in my observatory cannot be polar aligned directly as it has no view of the celestial pole. After giving things a bit of time I decided I’d just have to bite … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 16th August 2019

Posted on August 21, 2019 by james

I hope today is the last day when I feel the pool is too warm to do a proper USRPT session. The weather has been much cooler for a month now and the water temperature has definitely started to drop. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 15th August 2019

Posted on August 20, 2019 by james

There’s a definite feeling that the pool is starting to cool down now. Give it a few more days and I think we should be sorted. “Fast fifty” today was 40.84s! Under the 41s straight away. Most pleased with that. … Continue reading →

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We have fermentation!

Posted on August 20, 2019 by james

A day or so after adding the yeast to my Blobservatory Bitter, it looks like they’re hard at work. A nice raft of top-fermenting yeasty beasties…

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Swimming, 13th August 2019

Posted on August 20, 2019 by james

Warm pool again, so no USRPT. “Fast fifty” of 41.28s. All of a sudden, 41s looks beatable! USRPT distance this year: 165,800m Total distance this year: 210,300m

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