"Seasons Greetings to all stargazers and friends of this blog around the world! May the team at the JPO, the Uk's most easterly observatory, wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and an extremely happy New Year.

The above image, created by Lulu Thrust, features a very rare photograph of our current Director Kurt. It should be said that this photo was captured many years ago using a 'very soft filter'.

All the team at the JPO are looking forward to capturing and sharing with you, in 2026, more wonders of the cosmos." - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

Star in the East

 

Aldebaran, the Hyades and Pleiades. Image Credit: Kurt Thrust.
Canon 600d DSLR with Canon EOS F1.4 f=50mm lens
all on Star Adventurer EQ mount.

" Kurt was very unlucky not to capture any Geminid meteors as he was running two cameras on the night of the shower maximum. He did however capture this interesting region of the constellation Taurus. The whole team at the JPO, the UK's most easterly observatory, is now powering down for a 'chilled' Christmas break." - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.