Rain has put a damper on astronomical observations for the past week with inclement weather, but it should start subsiding from the 9th of April. With the summer constellations slowly but surely making their way further in the western skies, … Continued
Seeing your handiwork payoff is a reward and spending time with Tebogo and team at their astronomy day on the 19th and 20th of October were days like that. Tebogo sent me an invite to attend the Astronomy Day at … Continued
Gerald De Beer from Edwards pharmacy in Eshowe contacted me as I am technical and sales adviser for the Celestron agent in South Africa. His son in law James is head ranger at the 5-Star Varti Camp in the Londolozi … Continued
The need for science education in South Africa is of paramount importance and there are a few passionate people willing to impart this knowledge, more so than others, Tebogo Habedi from the ArcelorMittal Science Centre Newcastle. I met Tebogo in … Continued
A sweltering spring day in Gauteng and I was well on the way to Visit SARAO Hartebeesthoek. Surrounded by beautiful rolling hills, the Hartbeeshoek site is located just south of the Magaliesberg mountain range. I turned left out of the … Continued
We were honored to show this remarkable young lady how to use her new Celestron Starsense Explorer 10” Dobsonian telescope. Early in September Rachel came into the office and enquired about a telescope for her daughter Zoe’. The telescope was … Continued
In July of 2022 I was approached by Tshepiso from Houss Estates in Midrand. The idea was to host star gazing evenings at the housing estates they manage. Just before these events I had just acquired my ZWO camera and … Continued
The Moon, just before New Moon appears as a thin crescent in the Sunrise. A photograph like this sometimes takes a lot of planning and found me overthinking the idea of getting a shot of the Moon in the glow … Continued