Latest astronomy news and information from the North Wales Astronomy Society with the Chester Chronicle

North Wales Astronomy Society members' invite to Patrick Moore Sky at Night party

RECENTLY I and friend Brian Woosnam were lucky enough to receive an invite down to Selsey for a surprise party for Sir Patrick Moore.Read

North Wales Astronomy Society members' invite to Patrick Moore Sky at Night party

RECENTLY I and friend Brian Woosnam were lucky enough to receive an invite down to Selsey for a surprise party for Sir Patrick Moore.Read

Chance to get involved with the sky at night Moore marathon

SIR PATRICK Moore has picked his 55 favourite night sky objects and over the month of April would like you to see as many as you can. Read

Astronomy picture of the week - The sun

THE Sun has been in the news recently and as it approaches solar maximum there is a lot of activity which has produced coronal max ejections CME’S where plasma is thrown out into space.Read

March sky highlights

THERE are some wonderful sights in the night skies this month for those who are armed with binoculars, telescopes or just eyeballs...Read

Astronomy picture of the week - Bodes Galaxy

We are fast approaching Galaxy season, so this weeks picture shows the grand design spiral galaxy M81 also known as Bodes Galaxy.Read

Astronomy picture of the week - Witches Broom

THIS week’s image is the beautiful Western Veil, common name the Witches Broom Nebula part of the massive Veil Nebula complex. Read

January sky highlights

There's lots happening in the skies this month. Here are just a few of the notable, or 'must see' events...Read

Astronomy picture of the week - The Moon

THIS full moon picture sent in by Andrew Sharp was taken using a Canon DSLR with a 55-250mm telephoto lens. Andrew took this shot using just his camera and lens mounted on a photographic tripod, exposure for the shot was 1/250. Read

Astronomy picture of the week - The Cone Nebula

THE Cone Nebula sometimes called the Christmas tree cluster is a fitting image for the festive season.Read

December sky highlights

WINTER is always a favourable time of year for astronomers. The nights are long (and cold!) and we have some glorious constellations to delight us.Read

Astronomy picture of the week - Soul Nebula

THIS narrowband picture of the Soul Nebula catalogue no IC1848 located in Cassiopeia at an estimated distance of 6,500 light years has captured the Nebula in all its glory. Read

Astronomy picture of the week - The Eastern Veil

This stunning image of the Eastern Veil, catalogue number NGC 6992 was taken using Narrowband filters. Read

Weekly astronomy picture

THIS full disk image of our nearest star the sun was taken using a special Hydrogen Alpha Telescope.Read

Weekly astronomy picture

The Rosette Nebula around 5000 light years away is prime winter target for imagers, it is a large relatively bright nebula in the constellation of Monoceros.Read