Author Archives: Chaz

8mm ocular on a 1524mm length Newtonian. And Jupiter! With four moons visible! On the same night!

We’re looking straight down the barrel of two vicious storms. Rainfall radar: Since there’s no hope, we’d better drink the cold beer before the power goes out. Cheers!

Crossing the Tasman again. Happy to be homeward bound.

Lord Nelson, the Jubilee Sailing Trust’s barque, is in Auckland. Her home port is Southampton.

Christmas dinner in the courtyard this evening. For reasons that elude me entirely, we have been tasked with providing astronomy-themed mini-burgers. Saturn burgers  with rings and Jupiter burgers with Great Red Spots. Why are we doing this again?

The emotions vary in inverse proportion to the stakes involved. We spent twenty minutes discussing a $40 expense. So I took some pictures.

Because I need another picture in the top post of my blog. That is all.