Monthly archives: July, 2024

Here’s an idea….

Multiple milestones in astronomy have reshaped our understanding of the universe: from Apollo 8’s Earthrise photo to Copernicus’ heliocentric model, Galileo’s observations, Hubble’s expanding universe, and Penrose’s cyclic cosmology theory….


Next Meeting: 18th July Summercourt

Image Credit: SockPuppetForTomruen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Tonight kicks of with a ‘What’s Up’ for the next 30 days and a short overview of our club trip to the NLO last month. The main talk for the evening will be Frank on the subject of ‘Historical Transits’ . After the tea break Roy will give us his 10-Minute talk on ‘Mars Missions’


Comet Alignment and Processing in PI

Dean Ashton discusses his two-month exploration of a new approach in PixInsight for comet processing, combining the PI Comet Alignment and StarNet2 processes. He explains his workflow and details the composition and colors of various comets captured with a Nikon Z6 camera….