IAU
480
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 8 astronomy books; 5 for Springer (the Total Solar Eclipse book was published in October 2007) as well as 3 small children's space books. My 9th book and the 6th for Springer, 'Cataclysmic Cosmic Events and How to Observe Them', is due out in October 2008. In addition, 2 of the 5 existing Springer titles are now also available in Italian.
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! My observing is essentially carried out for my own interest, and as a team member of the BAA and TA organisations. 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 25+ years are stored here!
Recent Pic - 17P/Holmes + Mirphak - Click on image
LAST UPDATES TO THIS WEBSITE:
2008 April 19th: Image of Nova Sgr 2008 added. 2008 April 12th: Image of the 2nd Nova Cyg 2008 added. 2008 March 9th: Added image of Nova Cyg 2008 taken via GRAS New Mexico! 2008 March 7/8: added images of SN 2008ax, Nova in M33, Comets 2008C1, 17P and 46P. 2008 March 6/7: added remotely imaged pic of 2007 W1 (Boattini). 2008 Feb 26th/27th: Added new images of comets 17P (core), 46P and Chen-Gao. 2008 Feb 15th: Added new 17P & Chen-Gao images plus updated SN 2008S images. 2008 Feb 12th: Added new 17P and Chen-Gao images. 2008 Feb 11th: Added images to Deep Sky page + more images of 17P and 2008 C1. 2008 Feb 10th/11th: Added images of VSX J074727.64 +065050 re-brightening + comets 29P, 17P, 2008C1 and SN 2008X. 2008 Feb 9th/10th: Added more images of 17P, 46P, Chen-Gao and 2006 W3. 2008 Feb 8th: Added more images of comets 17P, 46P, Chen-Gao and 93P. 2008 Feb 6th: Added more images of 17P, 46P, Chen-Gao and SN 2008S. 2008 Feb 4th: Added images of comets 17P (core), 46P, Chen-Gao and SN 2008S. 2008 Jan 27th: Added images of 17P core, 46P/Wirtanen and NEO 2007 TU24 near NGC 245. 2008 Jan 24th: Added image of ghostly 17P nr Algol. 2008 Jan 13th: Added *NEW* HORACE DALL page. 2008 Jan 7th: Added new 8P/Tuttle and V459 Vul images. 2008 Jan 5th: Added new 8P/Tuttle image. 2008 Jan 2nd: Added new Nova Vul 2007 no. 2 image and 8P/Tuttle image. 2007 Dec 19th: Added 8P/Tuttle image. 2007 Dec 16th: Added further images of 8P and 17P. 2007 Dec 13th: Added more images of comets 8P and 17P. 2007 Dec 11th: Added new images of comets 8P/Tuttle and 17P/Holmes. 2007 Dec 10th: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 8th: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 7th: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 5th: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 3rd: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 2nd: Another 17P image. 2007 Dec 1st: Another 17P image.
BELOW: My Supernova book and the next title 'Cataclysmic Cosmic Events & How to Observe Them' (due out Oct 2008) .
Supernova discoverer Ron Arbour comments on my Supernova book:-
"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 had a copy of this book when I started searching 29 years ago. I could have surpassed Zwicky's record by now."
