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Martin Mobberley's Astronomical Images
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COCKFIELD OBSERVATORY
The English village of Cockfield, in Suffolk, is home to a numbered IAU facility (International Astronomical Union Observatory 480) operated by myself: the dedicated UK amateur astronomer and astronomy author Martin Mobberley.
I am a former BAA President and Goodacre medallist. In 1997 the IAU officially named asteroid 7239 as 'Mobberley' in recognition of my services to amateur astronomy.
I have completed 11 astronomy books; 8 for Springer, as well as 3 children's space books. Two of the Springer titles are available in Italian. My 8th Springer book, 'Hunting and Imaging Comets', is due out in Nov 2010.
For details of my research into the astronomy of the comedian Will Hay, who discovered the 1933 white spot on Saturn, please click the link below.
Will Hay research with Ken Goward
My observatory is devoted to obtaining high quality images of an unusually diverse variety of astronomical objects. My prime imaging targets in recent years have been comets, but I also capture supernovae, gamma-ray bursters, novae, asteroids, planets, deep sky objects, unusual variable stars & cataclysmic variables, meteor storms and total solar eclipses!
Some of my results, as a team member of the BAA and TA organisations, have led to mentions on professional IAU circulars.
CCDs and webcams have transformed my hobby from being a tiring battle with the cold and damp and photographic chemicals (in the 1980s) to a truly impressive night-time experience. My Paramount ME/Celestron 14 telescope is shown below. This is primarily used for comet and supernova imaging. Only a tiny fraction of the thousands of images I have taken over the past 30 years are stored here!
Some other dedicated UK amateurs are listed here: Back garden UK observers
All images/text © Martin Mobberley 2008. I am happy for any of my images to be freely used, by other astronomers, as long as I am consulted and the images are credited to me.
Recent Pic - Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) - Click on image
LAST UPDATES TO THIS WEBSITE:
2012 Jan 26th: More images of 78P, 2010 G2 & 255P. 2012 Jan 23rd: Added images of C/2010 G2 & 78P. Jan 18th: Added image of C/2012 A2. 2012 Jan 16th: Added Jupiter image. 2012 Jan 14th: Added Jupiter image + various comet images.2012 Jan 13th: added PSN in NGC 2926 image and Jupiter image. 2012 Jan 12th: added images of comets 78P, 2010 G2 & 255P/Levy. 2012 Jan 7th added 2009P1 image. 2012 Jan 2nd: added Jupiter image. 2012 Jan 1st: Added sn2011ja image; 2011 Dec 22nd: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Dec 18th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Dec 10th: Added lunar eclipse image. 2011 Dec 9th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Dec 5th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Nov 27th: Added Jupiter image.2011 Nov 18th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Nov 17th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Nov 15th: Added comet 2009P1 (Garradd) image. 2011 Nov 10th: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Nov 9th: Added Jupiter and 2011 YU55 images. 2011 Nov 4: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Nov 1: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Oct 24: Added image of LBV in UGC 5460. 2011 Oct 20: Added new Jupiter image. 2011 Oct 17: Added new Jupiter image. 2011 Oct 16: Added new Jupiter image. 2011 Oct 9: Added new comet 45P image. 2011 Oct 3: Added new comet 45P image. 2011 Oct 2: Added comet 45P image. 2011 Oct 1: Added comet 45P, SN 2011go and Jupiter images. 2011 Sep 30: Added SN 2011fy, Garradd and CV in Draco images. 2011 Sep 29: Added Jupiter and solar images. 2011 Sep 28: Added Jupiter Io transit sequence. 2011 Sep 27: Added new solar images. 2011 Sep 25: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 24: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 23: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 22: Added solar images. 2011 Sep 19: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 18: Added Jupiter and lunar images. 2011 Sep 15: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 14: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Sep 13: Added H-alpha solar images. 2011 Sep 10: Added SN 2011fe image. 2011 Sep 5: Added M101 SN 2011fe pic. 2011 Sep 3: Added Garradd/Coathanger and Jupiter images. 2011 Sep 2: Added new SN 2011fe in M101, PSN in NGC 4490 and Jupiter images. 2011 Sep 1: Added new solar images. 2011 Aug 31: Added M101 SN image. 2011 Aug 29: Added M101 SN image. 2011 Aug 28: Added v. noisy M101 image. 2011 Aug 27: Added M101 SN image plus new Garradd/M71 image. 2011 Aug 26: Added Garradd nr M71 image. 2011 Aug 22: Added new Jupiter and solar images. 2011 Aug 19: Added new Jupiter and solar images. 2011 Aug 15: Added new Jupiter image. 2011 Aug 8: Added Jupiter image. 2011 Aug 7: Added new solar images + comet Garradd image and poss SN image. 2011 Aug 3: Added new solar images. 2011 Aug 2: Added new solar images + comet Garradd/M15 image. 2011 Aug 1: Added new solar images. 2011 July 31: Added new solar images + comet Garradd image. 2011 July 28: Added new image of C/2009 P1 (Garradd). 2011 July 24: Added image of comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd). 2011 July 23: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 15: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 11: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 9: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 4: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 3: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 2: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 July 1: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 30: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 29: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 24: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 20: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 12: Added new H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 10: Added solar prom image. 2011 June 7: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 June 3: Added image of Supernova 2011dh in M51. 2011 June 2: More solar images. 2011 June 1: More solar images. 2011 May 31: More solar images. 2011 May 30: More solar images. 2011 May 25: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 24: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 22: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 21: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 20: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 19: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 14: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 10: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 9: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 4: Added new comet Elenin pic + SN 2011by and more H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 3: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 2: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 May 1: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 30: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 27: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 25: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 24: More H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 23: More H-alpha solar images + C/2010 X1 and 29P. 2011 April 22: Added more H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 21: New image of Comet Elenin + more solar images. 2011 April 20: More H-alpha solar pics. 2011 April 19: Added first light H-alpha solar images. 2011 April 15: Added T Pyxidis nova outburst image. 2011 April 13: Added 2011 GP59 image and animation. 2011 April 11: added image of Damian Peach visiting Cockfield to meetings/events page. 2011 April 9: Uploaded new images of SNe 2011bc, 2011az, C/2010 X1, Saturn. 2011 April 7: Uploaded images of PSN in NGC 4076 plus C/2010 X1. 2011 March 24: New images of 29P outburst, Saturn, C/2010 X1, Poss SN in IC 3862, SN 2011at. 2011 March 23: New images of C/2010 X1 (Elenin) and Poss SN in IC 3862. 2011 March 22: Uploaded images of Poss SN in IC 3862. 2011 March 19th: Added new Saturn image. 2011 March 8th: Uploaded Saturn 'dragon storm' shot and new supernovae and comet images. 2011 March 6th: Added image of comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin). 2011 March 5th: Added Supernovae 2011B and 2011aa images.
BELOW: My Supernova book, Cataclysmic Cosmic Events book, Caldwell book and 8th Springer title, 'Hunting and Imaging Comets'.
Supernova discoverer Ron Arbour comments on my fourth Springer book 'Supernovae and How to Observe Them':-
"This book is excellent. It provides plenty of information for anyone to start SN patrolling. It contains a wealth of information that has taken patrollers many years to acquire, and sometimes the painful way. I wish that I'd had a copy of this book when I started searching 29 years ago. I could have surpassed Zwicky's record by now."
