Local Virtual Observatory and Astronomy Links

(All photos on this page Copyright A. Jones/GPCA)

On Wed 29th Nov 2006 we launched the Goldsworth Online Observatory! NO, The GPCA have not spent lots of money on a huge telescope! Rather we now accept your photos of space objects!

PLEASE send us your photos! You can take them anywhere in the world, Northern or Southern Skies! Our Comet McNaught page...

http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk/sites/goldsworthparkcommunityassociation/GoldsworthNews/7009

Having a basic telescope, binoculars and a digital camera, by trial and error we now have some photos for you below. PLEASE feel free to try taking photos yourself and send them to us to become part of the Online Observatory.

Remember, DO NOT LOOK directly at the sun with the naked eye or any device! SUN SAFETY guide!

All photos are taken from Goldsworth unless stated.

See this_BBC_page for STAR CHARTS and planet movements.

Here is Woking's current Main Space Data Page

Surrey Space Centre

Guildford Astronomical Society http://www.guildfordas.org

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive

Wikipedia Solar System Page

Wikipedia Solar System Orbit Maps

Wikipedia Relative Sizes of the Solar System Main Bodies.

Wikipedia Relative sizes of the Inner Planets

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For the plaques left on the moon by the NASA Astronauts see here..

http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk/sites/goldsworthparkcommunityassociation/memorials/Moonplaque

Full moon seen from Goldsworth Park on 25th November 2007 at 01:00 a.m.

 Virgin Space Mockup of cabin

Taken from Chobham Common on 14th January 2007 between 07:00 and 08:00. Here is my telescope...

and here is the result of using the digital camera through it and also ....

Sunrise at Chobham that morning!

 

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Taken through a telescope during the full moon (from West London) on 4th December 2006 00:36 PM GMT

(This is the view as you would see with the naked eye if you could zoom in, some other shots below this on this page are as taken through the telescope which means that they may be mirrored or inverted or both!)

Current view of the moon from Earth, May be below our horizon!

NEW! Google Moon Maps of the Apollo landings!

Did you know that the moon wobbles?

See

http://www.pixheaven.net/geant/0505-0612.html 

or also this page.

BBC Space

Solar and Lunar Eclipes and Planetary Transit Tables

Woking's Next Eclipse's

Lunar
Total 3rd March 2007

Solar
Partial 1st August 2008
Total 10th Jun 2398 (Annular Only, worth travelling elsewhere to see a good one!)

(This photo is of Jodrell and not Goldsworth!)

ESO Current Sun Activity
SST Current Sun Activity
NASA more info
SPA more info
SOHO Current Sun Activity
Please note SOHO is a long way from earth in space.

NASA
ESA
Here is the current cloud cover, across the World and Europe
Current day and night across the World, or our Hemisphere or across Europe or Western Europe
Current Sun Activity, remember DO NOT look with the naked eye
X Prize for non-goverment spaceflight
Scaled Composites Private Spacecraft

Russia news
Met Office Satellite imagery of Earth
The next time we can see the International Space Station
International Space Station current orbital data
South East England from Space
More view's of Earth

Virtual view's of Earth Globe, covers many topics
UK National Space Centre
UKSPACE Links
Spacefan
Spaceflight Now

Moon taken through binoculars 2nd December 2006 17:38 PM GMT

Moon taken through binoculars 2/12/2006 17:38 PM GMT

Moon taken through binoculars 2/12/2006 17:38 PM GMT

 

Moon taken through a telescope 28/11/2006 10:03 PM GMT

Moon taken through a telescope 28/11/2006 10:03 PM GMT

Moon taken through a telescope 28/11/2006 10:01 PM GMT

Recent Daytime Photos through a telescope

I know that these photos above are not to a high standard , but they are much better than what you get with the full zoom that comes with a standard digital camera, see these....

Sun Photos!

Do not take photos or look at the sun unless you know that what you are doing is SAFE. See the above Safety guide.

Delta Rocket Launch to the Planet Mars 7th April 2001 taken from Orlando several miles away from the launch pad. We could not hear it, but these are stills from our video of it. (The time was set to UK time!)

For more information on it see..

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/launch.html

If you need your name online please tell us or we will default to no name listed. Please note the copyright rights you have are not affected, but by sending them to us you agree to us publishing them on this website and in our magazine (if required). We will not make any money from using them as we are a community service!