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Zeta Lyrae. An Overlooked Double Star.
Hello again. For the fourth week in a row, there is no new image to post. We did have 3 hours of clear sky on Monday, but unfortunately 3...

KGB
Aug 93 min read
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VY Canis Majoris.
Hello again. No new image this week as we have not had a clear night since November 27th (2024). I am not going to go into a rambling...

KGB
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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Aurora Borealis. The First Time..
Hello, out there. No new image this week because it may well have been sunny for the last couple of days, but that has not stopped the...

KGB
May 11, 20243 min read
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Regulus. A Royal Double Star.
Hello again. Terrible weather equates to no new deep sky image taken for a few weeks. So, I thought we would have a look at a famous...

KGB
Feb 17, 20243 min read
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Mintaka. A Very Close Double.
Hello again. I hope you are all feeling well after Christmas and New Year. Another slow start to the year as regards imaging. The only...

KGB
Jan 14, 20243 min read
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Mizar & Alcor.
Hello again, and I hope you are all enjoying yourself at this wonderful Christmas time (haha). I have not done a blog post for a while,...

KGB
Dec 30, 20233 min read
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Albireo (The Beak Of the Swan).
No new gallery image this week, as the weather during July has tried to emulate the mythical flood of Gilgamesh mentioned in the Epic of...

KGB
Aug 5, 20233 min read
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R Corona Borealis.
Yet again, no clear skies means no new images. However, in this weeks blog I thought it might be interesting to focus on a star thats...

KGB
May 6, 20233 min read
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Achernar (The End Of The River).
No clear nights for a fortnight, so no new image this week. However, I thought for this weeks blog, we would have a look at something...

KGB
Apr 29, 20233 min read
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GRB (Gamma Ray Burst).
Another week with no clear nights (5 weeks and counting now), so no new image again this week. So, I thought we would have a look at...

KGB
Apr 1, 20234 min read
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The Unfortunate Pastor Fabricius.
No new images again this week because of the power rain and immortal clouds. 4 weeks and counting now. This week's blog is an...

KGB
Mar 25, 20234 min read
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Arcturus. The Herald Of Spring.
No new image this week due to the late winter storms and the profusion of clouds cynically blocking any access to the sky. It's been that...

KGB
Mar 18, 20233 min read
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The Four Seasons.
Right, ok. Get a grip of the situation. Mad? A bit. Slightly perturbed? Why not? Catatonic state? Par for the course. What the hell is he...

KGB
Mar 11, 20233 min read
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Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs.
For this weeks post, I thought it might be interesting to have a look at one of the lesser known constellations. Canes Venatici, which...

KGB
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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M45 (Return Of The Pleiades)
Hmm, interesting. Some slight flurries of snow and suddenly there is chaos on the roads, schools closed, post and deliveries curtailed...

KGB
Jan 26, 20233 min read
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Rigel, The Blue Diamond.
Following on from our look at Betelgeuse, a few weeks ago, we have another incredible star in the magnificent constellation of Orion. The...

KGB
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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DGM Optics.
Just a short post this week to let you all know, that one of my images was found to be good enough to be included on another website. The...

KGB
Dec 19, 20211 min read
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Algol, The Demon Star.
In this weeks post, I thought it would be of interest to direct your attention to a well known naked eye 2nd magnitude star called Algol...

KGB
Nov 28, 20212 min read
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