My astronomy endeavours
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
- Stephen Hawking
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Blogs 2024
Verclause - 2 April 2024
Galaxies between the clouds - blog 1 of 2
Verclause - 10 April 2024
Sandy times - blog 2 of 2
Grand Est - 5 August 2024
The way the cookie crumbles
Blogs 2023
Rémuzat - 8 April 2023
A short April session - blog 1 of 3
Rémuzat - 9 April 2023
No clouds tonight - blog 2 of 3
Rémuzat - 13 April 2023
H, too, in M one 'o one - blog 3 of 3
Mornans - 6 November 2023
November in France - blog 1 of 2
Mornans - 7 November 2023
Clusters, clouds & meteors - blog 2 of 2
Blogs 2022
Cornillac - 22 February 2022
Back in Cornillac - blog 1 of 4
Cornillac - 23 February 2022
Flaming stars and clusters in the Unicorn - blog 2 of 4
Cornillac - 25 February 2022
In the Alps: A mountain I only topped twice - blog 3 of 4
Cornillac - 26 February 2022
A cold observing run in the night of 26-27 February 2022 - blog 4 of 4
Grand Est - 25 April 2022
April in the Ardennes - blog 1 of 2
Grand Est - 27 April 2022
Between Virgo and Verdun - blog 2 of 2
Blogs 2021
11 April 2021
A backyard observing run in the night of 11-12 April 2021. STF Double stars and galaxies in Leo, STF double stars in Ursa Major and galaxies in Canes Venatici.
12 April 2021
A backyard observing run in the night of 12-13 April 2021. Struve Double stars and carbon stars in Leo, STF double stars in Camelopardalis and galaxies in Leo.
2 May 2021
A backyard observing run in the night of 2-3 May 2021. STF Double stars, globular clusters and galaxies in Coma Berenices.
Cornillac - 30 September 2021
An observing run in the French Alps - blog 1 of 4
Cornillac - 6 October 2021
A French all-nighter - blog 2 of 4
Cornillac - 7 October 2021
Under Alpine skies - blog 3 of 4
Cornillac - 8 October 2021
Dissecting the Veil - blog 4 of 4
Blogs 2020
19 May 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 19-20 May 2020.
Double stars in Boötes and DSO's in Canes Venatici.
25 May 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 25-26 May 2020.
Double stars in Boötes and DSO's in Draco.
18 August 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 18-19 August 2020. Double stars in Lyra, Vulpecula and Cygnus.
10 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 10 September 2020. Double stars and open clusters in Cygnus, carbon stars and an open cluster in Lyra.
13 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 13-14 September 2020. Double stars in Cygnus, carbon stars in Lacerta, Cepheus and Pegasus, and Mars observations.
17 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 17-18 September 2020. Double stars in Cygnus and a few planetary nebulae in Cygnus and Lacerta.
18 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 18-19 September 2020. Double stars in Cygnus and carbon stars in Cassiopeia.
20 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 20-21 September 2020. Double stars & carbon stars in Cygnus and planetary nebulae in Cepheus.
21 September 2020
A backyard observing run in the night of 21-22 September 2020. Carbon stars in Vulpecula, Sagitta, Delphinus, Lyra & Cygnus and double stars in Cepheus.