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There appears to be a good chance of the Andromedids meteor shower having a strong outburst in 2023. The comet that started the Andromedids meteor shower was 3D/Biela. This comet was first discovered in 1772 and is the first comet that allowed us to identify the link between comets and meteors.

This article will cover a tour of my local observatory the famous Royal Observatory Greenwich, however while the observatory has a lot to do with clocks, navigation, latitude and longitude this tour will be focusing on the astronomical aspects of the observatory as that is what this blog is about. This was a professional observatory unlike the community observatory COSMOS observatory on the Isles of Scilly.

A question that comes up quite a lot and that is how to get the most out of your telescope I have come up with 10 tips that can help you get more from your telescope.

Learn about the M5 globular cluster, one of the most beautiful things in the night sky. Globular clusters are ancient clusters which were formed before the galaxy itself existed, lying within the milky way's halo, which surrounds the galaxy.

In this article I am going to a very special part of the UK, the Isles of Scilly. Back in 2017, when I visited the Isles of Scilly, I thought what an excellent place for astronomy the islands would be. Little did I know at the time that others were also thinking something similar.

I explain how to locate the Sunflower Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation, one of four spiral galaxies in the constellation. This galaxy is also known as NGC 5055 in the New General Catalogue.