The SCS Astro Blog - by Kieron McGrath

Tuesday 17th January 2012. Tonights Stargazing Live subject was Black Holes. This is one of those topics that excites a lot of public interest, but for amateur astronomers its a bit of a non event. Lets face it, you can't see one with your average backya

Took part in a Stargazing Live event last night. The venue was Queen Elizabeth's School, Crediton, Devon. The two hour event was organised by Head of Physics, Nick Baker. I took along three telescopes, binoculars and star maps. There were telescopes set

The Orion StarShoot AllSky Camera is now set up at Runnington Observatory (see picture). I have it hooked up to a Video Monitor inside the observatory. The camera is particularly useful for monitoring clouds while imaging. Previously I had to dash outsi

Running a telescope shop we get many first time buyers visiting us. Most of these customers have never used a telescope before and often come with misconceptions. One of the most frequent questions we get asked is "How many times does the telescope m

Cloudwatch was set up by the Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) many years ago and is currently administered by Terry Holmes of Tipton, West Midlands. It comprises a network of observers who monitor cloud cover in their area every night of the year, whe