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Martin Mobberley's Astronomical Images
+52 09' 59" N. 00 46' 24" E.
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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', was published in Oct 2010.
I have also recently completed a ninth book for Springer, namely my biography of Sir Patrick Moore. This is due to be published in September 2013.
Biography of Sir Patrick Moore
Biography of Patrick on Amazon UK
Biography of Patrick Cover Image
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 2012 F6 Lemmon - Click on image
LAST UPDATES TO THIS WEBSITE:
2013 Dec 4th: Added Comet 154P/Brewington & V339 Del images.2013 Dec 2nd: Added Comet Lovejoy image. 2013 Nov 30th: Added Comet Lovejoy image. 2013 Nov 29th: Added Comet Lovejoy image. 2013 Nov 28th: Added Comet Lovejoy image. 2013 Nov 27th: Added Comet Lovejoy image. 2013 Nov 19th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Nov 15th: Added Comet ISON & Lovejoy images.2013 Nov 11th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Nov 9th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Nov 7th: Added Comet ISON image.2013 Nov 6th: Added Comet 2013R1 image. 2013 Nov 4th: Added Comets ISON and 2013R1 images. 2013 Nov 2nd: Added Comets ISON and 2013 R1 images.2013 Nov 1st: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 31st: Added Comets ISON and 2012 X1 images. 2013 Oct 30th: Added Jupiter and ISON images. 2013 Oct 27th: Added Comet ISON & 2012X1 outburst image. 2013 Oct 26th: Added Comet ISON & 2012X1 outburst images. 2013 Oct 24th: Added Jupiter image. 2013 Oct 22nd: Added Comet ISON & 2012X1 outburst images. 2013 Oct 21st: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 20th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 19th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 17th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 12th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 11th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 10th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 8th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 7th: Added Jupiter and Comet ISON images. 2013 Oct 6th: Added Jupiter image. 2013 Oct 5th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 4th: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Oct 3rd: Added Comet ISON image. 2013 Sep 29th: Added Jupiter image. 2013 Sep 28th: Added Jupiter and crater Bullialdus image. 2013 Aug 17th: Added Nova Del image.2013 Aug 15th: Added Nova Del image. 2013 Aug 3rd: Added new M74 SN image. 2013 July 31st: Added M74 supernova image. 2013 June 19th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 17th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 13th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 12th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 11th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 10th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 6th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 5th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 4th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 2nd: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 June 1st: Added new L4 Panstarrs image + new dwarf nova in Aql. 2013 May 31st: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 30th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 27th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 26th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 23rd: Added new L4 Panstarrs image.2013 May 21st: Added new L4 Panstarrs colour image. 2013 May 20th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 19th: Added new L4 Panstarrs image. 2013 May 17th: Added new L4 Panstarrs & Lemmon images, plus image of latest Ron Arbour PSN.
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."
