Hamilton's Planet Watch

14/10/2023

The solar eclipse from Puerto Rico. Taken with a specialized filter and then another photo showing the crescent sun using a pasta strainer from the kitchen.

13/10/2023

Don't forget the partial solar eclipse tomorrow Saturday the 14th! Never look directly at the sun but check for local events with astronomers in your area as they will have glasses and specialized telescopes for you to look through.

Use the following link and click on your location to see when it will start and end. Remember times are in UTC so calculate the difference to find your local time. http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/ASE_2023_GoogleMapFull.html

25/04/2023

Stunning image of Deimos with Mars in the background. This image was taken by the UAE’s Hope probe as it made a flyby of the moon, coming within 100km of it. The data collected by the instruments on the probe should give further insight into how Mars’ moons formed.

20/04/2023

SpaceX had a successful initial launch but later in the flight the rocket suffered a separation error and blew up. SpaceX will now analyze the data to determine what caused the failure so it can be corrected for the next launch attempt. Amazing to watch the power of this rocket!

20/04/2023

SpaceX will have their second attempt at the starship test flight this morning. They have a launch window from 9:28am to 10:30 Eastern time. Let's see if all goes to plan today!

SpaceX is targeting as soon as Thursday, April 20 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. The...

17/04/2023

An impressive launch attempt coming up today from SpaceX. It's the most powerful rocket ever built with SpaceX Starship vehicle sitting on top.
Estimated 9am E.T lift off but as this is a test there could be starts and stops.

SpaceX is targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 at 8:00 a.m. CT for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase...

23/02/2023

Beautiful view of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus tonight. The close up shows our moon with Jupiter and its moons in the distant background. Don’t miss it tonight!

31/01/2023

Mars disappearing behind the moon as recorded from my phone. Would have loved to capture this with the telescope but it was too low in the sky. This was my first time seeing something like this 🙂

10/01/2023

Space is hard

The first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil has a technical problem on its climb to space.

09/01/2023

A historic moment for the UK if the launch from UK soil is successful! A rocket will be launched from a 747 plane to deliver 9 satellites into Orbit.

Crowds cheer as a plane takes off on its way to release a rocket carrying nine satellites into space.

06/01/2023

Search for meteorite on Google and watch your screen for a bit of fun 🙂