chronoskin A back-garden observatory on the Web, open since March 1997


Welcome to My Home Page!

I am Robin, I watch the sky from a garden shed, and this is where I keep my notes, my pictures and every good astronomy page I have found.

This page was last changed on Monday 14 June 1999.

  • 004812 visitors since March 1997
  • 000047 names in the guestbook
  • 000126 nights in the observing log

What's New

Older news...


Rooms of the Observatory

My Telescope

A six-inch reflector, built at home.

Observing Log

Every clear night since 1997.

Photo Album

Forty pictures, small files.

Sky This Month

What to look for, and when.


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About Me

Who keeps this page, and what is in the shed.

Hello!

I teach mathematics by day and look at the sky by night.

I have kept this page since March 1997. It began as one screen of text and a picture of the Moon, and it has grown a room at a time. Everything here is written by hand in a text editor and saved as index.html.

The observatory

The observatory is a garden shed whose roof rolls back on four wheels from a lawn mower. Inside are:

  • a six-inch reflector on a wooden mount;
  • a red torch and a folding chair;
  • a tin of biscuits for cold nights.

Reading the links

Links on chronoskin are underlined, and their colour tells you where you have been.

Write to me

I answer every letter, though not always the same week. The quickest way to say hello is the guestbook.

Guestbook

Forty-seven visitors have signed since 1997. Be the next!

  • Marta from a town in the hills, June 11, 1999

    Your Moon map got my daughter out of bed at four in the morning. Thank you, I think!

  • Old Tom found you through the web ring, May 30, 1999

    Fine page. The mower wheels are a clever idea. Mine are from a pram.

  • J. Okafor from the other side of the world, May 2, 1999

    Greetings from the southern sky. You are missing the best half! My page has pictures.

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