The event everyone has been waiting for has now happened, a partial solar eclipse, seen from the UK by many, through an incredibly fortuitous tiny gap in the clouds. Not everyone had a view, but many who did, captured some fantastic images of this rare event. Our Facebook page has come alive this mo...

Solar eclipse will begin at 8.45am on Friday By 9.35am up to 98% of the Sun's light will be blocked by the Moon The last major Solar eclipse was in 1999 If you miss Fridays elcipse, you will have to wait until 2026 to experience it again On Friday the 20th March, at 8.45am, just […]...

Did you see the moon halo last night? A rare phenomena caused by tiny ice crystals in cirrus clouds, 20,000 feet or more above our heads, causes an apparent halo around the moon when viewed from the ground. Tonight, 3 February 2015, conditions are expected to be just right once again to view the spe...

With the weather we have been having lately, a succession of storms in the UK, snow in the north of the UK just days ago, snow falling in much of the USA in the last few days including Texas and Hawaii, and even snow in Egypt last week, it feels a little odd to be […]...

On Tuesday 3rd December NASA have confirmed that Comet Ison, the Comet that so many people around the world hoped would bring a spectacular light show to our skies, is definitely dead. All that remains is a huge cloud of debris with no nucleus. I first read about Ison about a year ago when the [&hel...