Incredibly there ca. 22k objects orbiting the earth at the moment, and at any point in time there's around 2,400 crossing over Crondall! Elon Musk's Starlink Internet project has already launched ca. 800 mini satellites (as at October2020) with another 700 or so still to come by 2022. We've picked out the top [...]
Here's the latest star chart that can be observed from Crondall. As you can see the chart has North at the top of the chart. Don't worry if East and West look the wrong way around, it's because it is a map of the sky therefore you have to hold it over [...]
Here's an easy summary of the current sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset times for each day of the year, as well as the current moon evolution that we have at the moment. What does Sunrise Sunset actually mean? Sunrise is defined as the moment the top of the sun's disc first breaks [...]
There is an abundance of live data now available relating to Space Weather, Solar flares, solar radiation, VHF band conditions. Much of it is very technical, but the relevance for all of us in this Internet, 4G, 5G dependent times is that these Geomagnetic storms, Solar winds and flares can cause radio blackouts [...]
Here's an easy summary of the current sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset times as well as the current moon evolution that we have at the moment. The Equinox and Solstice The equinox and solstice define the transitions between the seasons of the astronomical calendar and are a key part of [...]
Here's a really neat dynamic tool that shows a view over Crondall from just over 22,000 miles above, so you can see the progress of night and day as it actually happens! If you want to see various other permutations, or just have a play then click here and have some [...]
The number of sunspots observed on the "surface" of the Sun varies from year to year. The rise and fall in sunspot counts varies in a cyclical way, and this cyclical variation in sunspot counts, discovered in 1843 by the amateur German astronomer Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, is called "the Sunspot Cycle". The length of the cycle is around [...]
If you would like to know more about the Aurora Borealis then click here otherwise here's the latest UK status: and here's the latest graph: and if you'd like to sign up for direct alerts just pop over to AuroraWatch We also have a live streaming webcam based in Manitoba Canada, which if the conditions [...]
