I’m struggling to imagine Mike as a punk rocker, however. Ha! A side effect of having two brothers 10 years+ older than me. I was brought up on it. ...

Blimey. New age music for the Great Equatorial telescope... whatever next? I note this from his biography on iTunes... Bedford's music, like that o...

Nope... best I can offer is this: Pathetic really. Anyway, I don't have enough counterweights to compete ;)

I also love the NGC4565 which I believe is also known (appropriately) as the Needle Galaxy. Indeed, a stunning image. The dust lane has been caught p...

Had a listen to this on iPlayer this afternoon, during a particularly repetitive piece of work that I was doing (iPlayer link is here). I wasn't sure...

Blimey.... our fame has spread far and wide.

I've uploaded a slideshow video of images from the event to Vimeo, which you can view here: We will run this video prior to the next lecture.

Wonderful photo. You should have that framed! It really does sum up the frustrations of the day. I can understand entirely why you made the trip down...

Just found this Getty Images link with a great shot of Rupert Wow, what a great shot! He's got to stop spying through the office windows in Canary W...

You don’t have a trigger trap dongle by any chance? Yes, I do. I'll bring it along. I have a few different adapters for cameras, so will bring all I ...

Oh yes, could you if it’s not too much hassle? Not a problem. It's currently sitting in the hallway, along with all the other equipment I'm bringing ...

Agreed, I’m so optimistic I made those yesterday night. Very good! In colour too! Do you still want me to bring a spare tripod?