IAU
480
Martin Mobberley's Astronomical Images
+52 09' 59" N. 00 46' 24" E.
LINKS TO INTERNAL PAGES
COCKFIELD OBSERVATORY
IMPORTANT NOTICE - GEOCITIES (AND THEREFORE MY WEBSITE) IS CLOSING ON OCTOBER 26. THIS WEBSITE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. PLEASE BOOKMARK MY NEW WEBSITE AND USE IT FROM NOW ON..... http://martinmobberley.co.uk/
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 10 astronomy books; 7 for Springer, as well as 3 children's space books. Two of the Springer titles are available in Italian. My 7th Springer book, about the Caldwell Objects, is due out in late 2009. For details of my comprehensive research into the astronomy of the comedian Will Hay, who discovered the 1933 white spot on Saturn, please e-mail me.
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!
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 - Supernova 2008ij in NGC 6643 - Click on image
LAST UPDATES TO THIS WEBSITE:
2009 July 27th: Added pics of China Total Solar Eclipse. 2009 June 23rd: Added images of 2009 L2 (Yang-Gao) and 2006 W3 (Christensen). 2009 April 25th: New images of comets 2007 N3, 2008 T2 and 2009 F6. 2009 April 20th: Added Saturn image. 2009 April 18th: Image of SN 2009dd plus comets 2007 N3, 2008 T2, 2009 F6. 2009 April 8th: Added first image of 2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN); 2009 April 1st: New 2009 E1 (Itagaki) image. 2009 March 29th: New 2009 E1, 2008 T2 and 2007 N3 images. 2009 March 27th: New 2009 E1, 2008 T2 and 2007 N3 images. 2009 March 20th: New 2007 N3, 2009 E1, 2008 T2 and 17P images. 2009 March 18th: Added new 2009 E1 Itagaki, 2007 N3, 2008 T2 and 2009 DO111 images. 2009 March 14th: Added new Lulin and 2008 T2 Cardinal images. 2009 March 3rd: Added another Lulin image. 2009 March 2nd: Added another Lulin image. 2009 March 1st: Added another Lulin image. 2009 Feb 28: Added image of Lulin near Regulus. 2009 Feb 26: Added another Lulin image. 2009 Feb 25: Added another Lulin image. 2009 Feb 24: Added wide field Lulin image. 2009 Feb 23: latest shot of comet 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 22nd: Image of V630 Cas and comets 2006W3, 2008T2, 144P and 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 21st: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 20th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 19th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 18th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin) via GRAS. Feb 14th: Uploaded Feb 13 images of 2008 T2, 2006 W3, 144P and SN 2009M. 2009 Feb 7th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 6th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 5th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 4th: New image and animation of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 3rd: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 2nd: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Feb 1st: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Jan 31st: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Jan 30th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Jan 29th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Jan 26th: New image of 2007 N3 (Lulin). 2009 Jan 24th: New images of comets 59P, 2008 T2, 2006 W3, 2006 OF2, 144P, 29P and SN 2009M. 2009 Jan 18th: New images of comets 2008 T2, 2008 A1, 2006 W3, 2006 OF2, 144P, 29P and SNe 2009H, I and K. 2009 Jan 8th: added first image of C/2007 N3 (Lulin).
BELOW: My Supernova book, Cataclysmic Cosmic Events book and my latest title, 'The Caldwell Objects & How to Observe Them' (due to be published in October 2009) .
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."
