NGC 2070 The Tarantula Nebula from New South Wales.

Early rain and cloud - very windy - I need it to calm down to set up the equipment!

In January last year I took this remote image of the Tarantula Nebula in Dorado. Note the four "Horsemen" that I will describe in following blogs. (The four star clusters in the corners of the image).

Day 171 Tuesday 16th September 2014 NGC 7080 an Sb galaxy in Vulpecula

Messier 42 remote image from Siding Spring.

Sunday 14th September 2014 - Manchester Museum of Science and Technology - Liverpool and Manchester Railway opening almost exactly 184 years ago- MP killed by the Rocket en-route from Liverpool to Manchester and Prime Minister Wellington pelted with vegetables in Manchester.

I visited Manchester Museum of Science and Technology today. It was interesting to see how time was once displayed at a railway station. (I miss railway stations now that we only seem to have train stations!!) The sundial below is housed in the museum which includes the oldest surviving railway station in the world - Liverpool Road Station in Manchester. The Sundial was made in 1833 as explained in this web page. Further down the page see how, at the inaugural opening journey, the Liverpool MP was killed by Rocket en-route  from Liverpool to the station with the Duke of Wellington and why Prime Minister Wellington was pelted with vegetables on arrival at Liverpool Road Station. Also see that a few months later, when more locomotives had been delivered,  the  first goods train to arrive at the station brought a consignment of cotton from the Southern States of America - destined for the Lancashire Cotton Mills.

 

This is how you travelled

The above image is of a Manchester and Liverpool Railway train with first class carriages.

The image below shows first,second and "cattle" class!

The station building - now housing museum exibits

The image below shows the station on the left and the goods warehouse on the right. Note the lack of a platform - steps were needed to get on and off the train.

Saturday 13th September 2014 Two galaxies in Cygnus in the same image - one a hundred times brighter than the other!

NGC 6951 - a galaxy which was accidentally also named NGC 6952

Thursday 11th September 2014 -The 2014 supernova and NGC objects near Caldwell C30 (NGC 7331) - galaxies and double stars

 In January of this year a supernova was detected in NGC 7331. The January discovery image and my image from September are shown below. My SN search did not begin until June. NOTE: The September issue of Astronomy Now has a four page article about NGC 7331 called "A mirror for the Milky Way" on page 46 - worth reading.

Wednesday 10th September 2014 - NGC 7231 - A type SBa galaxy.

NGC 7197 - A type Sa galaxy

 

PGC 68482 - A type Sbc galaxy