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NGC3031

NGC3031 (also known as M81 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation…

Astrophotography, Galaxy, nasa telescope

Bird pictures: Purple Sandpiper

Didn’t manage to get many good bird photographs on my recent trip to Sussex but did managed to get some…

Birds

Things we blame the Romans for!

Bad roads apparently I was interested to read in this mornings Times that an county official in Kent has blamed…

NGC 4579

Todays picture from Harvard NASA telescope NGC 4579 (also known as M58) is a barred spiral galaxy located within the…

Astrophotography, Galaxy, nasa telescope

More Grey Squirrels

nature

Birdlog: Friday 19th April

Final day on South coast and as the winds were coming from the north overnight there is likely to be…

7821 Ditcheat Manor

7821 Ditcheat Manor was part of the final batch of GWR manor class locomotives and was built in 1950. The…

great western railway, Steam Trains

Birdlog: Thursday 18th April

Following a SW gale all night my first stop today was at Selsey bill, which is at the southern end…

Virgo A

Virgo A or Spica is a blue giant and the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest…

Astrophotography, nasa telescope, star

Birdlog: Wednesday 17th April

First stop this morning was Pagham village and then the rookery at Runcton. 20 Rooks here feeding in fields by…

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