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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 13 astronomy books; 10 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.
In 2013 I completed the 9th book for Springer, namely my biography of Sir Patrick Moore. This was published in August 2013 after 11 years of work on the project. A sequel was published in 2015.
Biography of Sir Patrick Moore
Biography of Patrick on Amazon UK
Biography of Patrick Cover Image
BAA Journal review of my Patrick Moore biog by Dr Simon Mitton (the biographer of Sir Fred Hoyle)
CHECK OUT MY PATRICK YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
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.
COMING SOON - CLICK TO GO TO AMAZON UK PAGE
To satisfy demand...RETURN TO THE FAR SIDE OF PLANET MOORE!!
CHECK OUT RARE PATRICK MOORE CLIPS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
List of updates: 2016 Feb 11th: Added image of V452 Cas. 2016 Feb 9th: Added image of Poss SN in NGC 5128. 2016 Jan 18: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2016 Jan 14: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2016 Jan 13: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2016 Jan 12: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 29: Added 3 comet images & new Arbour SN image. 2015 Dec 21: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 20: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 19: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 18: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 17: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 16: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 14: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 12: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 9: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 4: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Dec 3: Added C/2013 US10 image.2015 Oct 31: Added 2015 TB145 image. 2015 Oct 9: Added 50P/Arend close to Neptune image. 2015 Oct 5: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Oct 3: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Oct 2: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Oct 1: Added image of Nova Sgr 2015 No. 3. 2015 Sept 29th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 19th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 18th: Added C/2013 US10 image.2015 Sept 17th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 16th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 15th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 14th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 13th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 12th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 11th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 9th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 5th: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Sept 1st: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 31: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 20: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 18: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 17: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 16: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 15: Added C/2013 US10 image. 2015 Aug 8: Added image of C/2013 US10. 2015 July 11: Added image of PSN J17292918+7542390 in NGC 6412. 2015 June 20: Added image of PSN J15044078 +1237436 in NGC 5837. 2015 June 18: Image of PSNJ14372160+3634018; 2015 June 17: Added V404 Cygni image. 2015 April 23: Added Jupiter image. 2015 April 22: Added Jupiter image. 2015 April 21: Added Jupiter image. 2015 April 20: Added Jupiter image. 2015 April 14: Added Jupiter image. 2015 April 6: Added Jupiter image. 2015 March 22: Added Jupiter image and second image of PSN in NGC 2442. 2015 March 20: Added 2014q2 image. 2015 March 17: Added 2014q2 image. 2015 March 16: Added image of Poss Nova Sgr. 2015 March 15: Added image of PSN in NGC 2442. 2015 March 12: Added 2014q2 image. 2015 March 11: Added 2014q2 and Jupiter images. 2015 Feb 21st: Added image of C/2014 Q2 with M76. 2015 Feb 20th: Added image of C/2014 Q2 with M76. 2015 Feb 18th: Added image of C/2014 Q2 with M76. 2015 Feb 13th: Added image of C/2014 Q2. 2015 Feb 11th: Added image of C/2014 Q2. 2015 Feb 10th: Added Jupiter/Callisto transit image. 2015 Feb 9th: Added 2014 Q2 & Jupiter images. 2015 Feb 7th: Added new book link. 2015 Feb 6th: Added image of C/2014 Q2. 2015 Jan 27: Added image of 2004 BL86. 2015 Jan 25: Added image of 2004 BL86. 2015 Jan 24: Added C/2014 Q2 images. 2015 Jan 21: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 19: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 18: Added C/2014 Q2 images. 2015 Jan 17: Added C/2014 Q2 images. 2015 Jan 16: Added C/2014 Q2 images.2015 Jan 15: Added C/2014 Q2 images. 2015 Jan 12: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 11: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 8: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 7: Added C/2014 Q2 image. 2015 Jan 2: Added image of Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy).
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."
