2014-01-11 - Astronomical Observatory Stargazing ride

Forgive me if I offer this up as a taster of what an 8" aperture can do in suburban London - but no fancy Nikons for me, this was on a £5.99 Philips webcam from Morgan Computers.

Very nice! The planets are certainly within reach of telescopes even in central London.

There is a club that meet in Regent's park once a month, The Baker Street Irregular Astronomers. They get some half decent deep sky stuff I believe...