Astronomy
I'm an amateur astronomer, especially interested in solar activity, sungrazing comets and one of Saturn's moons: Titan. I've always been interested in astronomy since my Dad showed me Halley's Comet when I was eight.
There's a famous radio astronomer in Australia who shares my surname, but I'm not related to him.
I've completed the Open University's S282 course in Astronomy, gaining a Grade 2 pass (80%).
Programs of interest:
| Name | Description |
| AtomTime | A handy free application to synchronise your computer clock over the internet. |
| Stellarium | A free photorealistic sky viewer (like a planisphere). Requires a 3D graphics card. |
| Celestia | A free 3D space simulator. Fly around the solar system, or to faraway star systems. Requires a 3D graphics card. |
Java Applets:
| Name | Description |
| Juplet | Displays the current positions of Jupiter's four major moons. |
| Satlet | Displays the current positions of Saturn's major moons, and indicates the inclination of the rings. |
Information sources:
| Name | Description |
| The Nine Planets | A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System. |
| Planetary Fact Sheet | Tables of various properties of the planets and their satellites. |
| New Astrophysics papers | Publications from www.arxiv.org |
| Recent Space Physics papers | Publications from www.arxiv.org |
My programs:
I have been slowly working on a program to spot SOHO sungrazing comets for a while now.