Very pleased with these photos I took this week using the OU’s remote telescope (COAST) The Dumbbell Nebula (also known … More
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
Christchurch Priory
The first record of a church on this site comes from around 800 AD. The Doomsday book (1086) records a … More
Searching for Spring
Yesterday Keith and I went to Tilbury and Gravesend in search of spring migrants and early Butterflies and Bees. We … More
The Coast of New Forest – wildlife diary
Sue and I decided to spend a weekend exploring the area on the border of western Hampshire and eastern Dorset. … More
Palace of Whitehall: History
On Monday I heard a very interesting lecture on the history of the Palace of Whitehall, which reminded me of … More
March Snow
Woke up this morning to find it snowing. Managed to get some photos of the garden before it turned to … More
Pinwheel galaxy
One of my favourite sights in the night sky is the Pinwheel Galaxy I took some photographs of it last … More
Roman Wall
One of the iconic and most visited places in London is the Tower. The earliest part of the structure that … More
A cold spring morning
A walk around the Tarn this morning. It felt pretty cold, although the temperature was actually around 7C. Needless to … More
Crab Nebula
Some pictures of the Crab Nebula For more information on the Crab Nebula seehttp://herschel.cf.ac.uk/results/crab-nebulahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
Pete's Favourite Things 