Latest Images

The Lovell Telescope after sunset with part of Ursa Major in the background (8th October 2004). The Lovell Telescope after sunset with part of Ursa Major in the background (8th October 2004). Stars seen towards the west from Jodrell Bank Observatory on the night of 8th October 2004. Stars seen near the zenith from Jodrell Bank Observatory on the night of 8th October 2004. This is a picture taken at the Precinct Centre on Oxford Road shortly after midnight on 1st October when the new University of Manchester came into being. You can see some of the many police vans - including a mobile video unit - that turned up to clear Oxford Road of students celebrating the end of the countdown. This is a picture taken at the Precinct Centre on Oxford Road shortly after midnight on 1st October when the new University of Manchester came into being. You can see the students who turned up to celebrate and stand in the middle of the road to stop the taxis getting by.
This is a picture taken at the Precinct Centre on Oxford Road. It shows the countdown to the new University of Manchester with about sixteen seconds to go. You can see all the students that stood in the middle of the road to cheer. This is a picture taken at the Precinct Centre on Oxford Road. It shows the countdown to the new University of Manchester with one second to go. This was taken from my backyard on the night of the 7/9/2004 and the roof of a neighbour's house can be seen. The contrast has been enhanced to reduce the effect of light pollution. This was taken from my backyard on the night of the 7/9/2004. The contrast has been enhanced to reduce the effect of light pollution. This is a photo of the Lovell Telescope seen during the early evening of 7/9/2004 There is nothing as relaxing as a field of cows apparently. These cows were in a field near Jodrell Bank on 7/9/2004
Another picture of my tomatoes that were picked earlier today (21/8/2004) A picture of some of my crop of tomatoes grown in the back yard. I noticed that the oriental lily (farolito) that I had in the back yard had flowered while I was away in Scotland. So here is a picture from this afternoon (6/6/2004). This picture shows some fishing boats moored at the sea front at Oban, Scotland on 3 June 2004. A photograph of the moon on 30/5/2004 at 23:22 BST. The picture was taken with a Fuji Finepix S602Z on full zoom. A close-up of a buttercup on the campsite at Loch Leven in Scotland (31/5/2004)

Colour Bikes

A series of photographs of coloured bikes that have been appearing around Manchester (UK) over the last month or so (April-May 2004).

Poland

These pictures were taken during my trip to the Torun Centre for Astrophysics near Torun, Poland. The first set were taken in February and the second in June.

Venice - Christmas 2003

Pictures taken in Venice over Christmas 2003.

South Africa 2003

These pictures were taken during my trip to the South African Astronomical Observatory.

Lovell Surface 2002

These pictures were mainly taken in December 2002.