Finally! A Month on the Moon is available now …

Five months of work, four proof copies, countless revisions and corrections, loads of emails to and from KDP support, much agonising about cover designs, and much advice and constructive criticism sought and/or received, and now ... finally ... it’s done … Yes there had to be some compromises, in terms of the formats, paper and …

A Month on the Moon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/month-moon-night-night-Enthusiasts-ebook/dp/B0CN7LZ71N/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1700165903&sr=8-4 Available from Amazon (for Kindle and in paperback and hardback), and, at some point in the not too distant future, from all good bookshops. But, I hear you ask, what's it about? Well, here's the introduction and a brief summary from the book itself: Introduction  As a long-time deep sky enthusiast I’ve tended to …

Summer stargazing, and a new-found appreciation for the Moon …

First published in the June 2023 edition of The West Dorset Magazine Well, with the solstice nearly upon us, and the few hours of actual darkness only available to dedicated night owls, it may not the best time to be trying to write an astronomy column, but here goes … Planets - it's not the …

Day eight at Tivoli Astrofarm … the best yet!

Without a doubt, yesterday/last night was amazing! It’s a tradition, once a month, for visitors to Tivoli to go on a ‘sundowner’ trip to the Kalahari sand dunes, about 20 minutes drive away, for some of us that meant standing up in the back of a pickup truck! Bouncing along the gravel road and off-road …