Ewelme Astronomy
This page is intended to discuss aspects of astronomy with respect to the local locality. Although it has been around for sometime now, it will always be under review when I've managed to discover another fact or managed to get a shot of something interesting. An ambition is to obtain some sort of image of each of the major planets, and a few 'deep sky' objects from what's called the Messier catalogue. However, this may take some considerable time! One immediate general use of this section is as a means of identifying the current position of the planets, including the Moon and the Sun, calculated from our garden in EWELME (Lat: 51.623 N, Long: 1.077 W)
Watch this 'space' for more information about the heavens. In the meantime, I wish you "Clear Skies!".
Position of the Planets 1 & 2
These pages display the result of a complex set of real time
calculations, showing the position of the objects within the
solar system at a given moment in time. It has been written in
JavaScript, which is software your browser can interpret if
enabled.
Venus
Illustrates the 'Transit of Venus', a rare event where the
planet Venus passes across the face of the sun.
Jupiter
Some images of this planet and its moons.
Moon
Images taken through my telescope to highlight the craterous
moonscape of our nearest neighbour.
Telescopes
This section discusses the type of telescopes I have, and
relates a software development project to control and XY stepper
motor system to produce a 'GoTo' telescope.