The Hidden Universe at TEDxCardiff
Apr 16On Wednesday I had the great pleasure of speaking at TEDx in Cardiff. I chose to speak about multiwavelength astronomy - why it is useful and what it means. This post is designed to outline my talk and provide links and media around it, both for those present and anyone who is interested in the topic. You can download the talk here as a PDF and a video of my talk will be going up on the...
.Astronomy 2009
Nov 27Well I can hardly believe it but the second .Astronomy conference is nearly here. Next week (Monday to Friday) 50 astronomers gather in the Lorentz Centre in Leiden to discuss all things digitally astronomical. I created and organised the first .Astronomy conference last year in Cardiff and was approached by Sarah Kendrew and Carolina Ödman shortly afterwards about doing a second event in the...
Poster and Handout About Satellite Spotting
Mar 27
During next week's Moonwatch event at Cardiff University, I'll be manning a stand showing people how to use Twitter, Google Earth and the Internet to find satellites in the night sky. As well as showing them how to use Heaven's Above, I'll also be outlining my own projects OverTwitter, LookUp and Satellite KML.
Triple Conjunction
Dec 02
I took some images of the triple conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. It was a very pretty event, and I've hardly done it justice, but I thought I'd add my photos into the mix.
Cardiff’s New Telescope Opens
Oct 24
The Cardiff HAlf metre Newise Telescope (CHaNT) officially opens today with a public event. The new, half-metre telescope is big enough to see Andromeda's companion galaxies, to study the red spot on Jupiter and to see stars which, frankly, I never thought I'd see from Cardiff!
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