Beach ‘sculpture’… plus moon !

[TakMan]

Down at the family static caravan in Amroth, South Wales (at the start - or end, of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Footpath).

Blessed with a few clear nights so far despite mixed daytime weather - well, it IS Wales !

This year it’s been about bringing down the new bass lure fishing gear rather than a scope and sundries (can’t fit everything into the car and I know when not to push the wife too far!) - so only have the Vixen 2.1x42mm ‘binos’ if you can call them that, for scanning the Milky Way - which has been glorious this year... stretching all the way from the Teapot, through Aquila, Cygnus overhead and through to the Double Cluster…. Seen a few meteors and managed M33 through them as well - a good catch…

Came back from a night’s fish around 2am to observe and took in the Pleiades and surrounding area as well - Autumn is definitely on the way and there is certainly that ‘September Chill’ in the air my old mum talks about when she’s here.

Been nice to not have the proper astro gear - to just relax and take the in whole spectacle… brings home the difference of bortle 3 skies here compared to the depressing 6 that is now Lichfield (home)…

Out for an evening stroll with the wife and came up with a mad idea, so off we went down onto the beach!

Something quite magical about the  moon and the sea….

So astro has been quite successful despite the lack of major equipment - I’ve managed a few night time ‘birds’, and a ‘dolphin’, but no fish… although I did catch a ruddy daytime seagull that decided my top / floating lure looked like the real thing in distress and decided to go for it ! Thankfully I was able to reel it in and unhook the thing without injury (to it or me), if only the Bass were as dumb!

Taken with an old iPhone X

Clear skies,

Damian

 

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by TakMan