Tag: globular cluster

• Holiday all but over

  So, back to work tomorrow. Been back in London for 24 hours now, having returned to make sure we were here for the eldest’s GCSE results. Turned out to be un-needed as she sailed through them (not that I ever doubted it): even getting a B grade in an exam – Chemistry – she was […]

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  Adrian McMenamin

  August 25, 2011

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  Chemistry, GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, globular cluster, Hercules, M13, M5, Serpens, Telescope

• Astronomy is still out of this world

  Not since the summer before I went to university have I done this – turned a telescope to the skies. But, and although the viewing site was less than ideal (looking north/north west only), I have just spent a very enjoyable two hours doing that again. Sights taken in included M13 (Hercules globular cluster): Ring […]

  Adrian McMenamin

  August 14, 2011

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  astronomy, globular cluster, planetary nebulae