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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', was published in Oct 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 - Supernova 2012aw in M95 - Click on image
LAST UPDATES TO THIS WEBSITE:
2012 May 13th: Added solar images. 2012 April 10th: Added new M95 SN2012aw image. 2012 April 5th: Added Mars image. 2012 April 1st: Added Mars and lunar images. 2012 March 29th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 28th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 27th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 26th: Added Mars and solar images. 2012 March 25th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 24th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 23rd: Added Mars image. 2012 March 22nd: Added M95 SN 2012aw image + Mars image. 2012 March 20th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 19th: Added M95 PSN image. 2012 March 18th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 15th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 11th: Added solar images. 2012 March 10th: Added solar image. 2012 March 8th: Added solar images. 2012 March 4th: Added Mars image. 2012 March 2nd: Added Mars image. 2012 Feb 25th: Added Mars image. 2012 Feb 24th: Added SN2011ht fade image. 2012 Feb 23rd: Added Jupiter image. 2012 Feb 19th: Added Jupiter & Mars images. 2012 Feb 18th: added SN 2012Z, 78P & C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes) images. 2012 Feb 11th: added Jupiter image. 2012 Feb 3rd: added C/2009 P1 passing M92 image. 2012 Feb 1st: Added Jupiter image. 2012 Jan 31st: Added Jupiter + C/2009 P1 image. 2012 Jan 29th: Added C/2009 P1 image. 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.
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."
