I doubt that there’s anyone out there it’s been so long since I wrote anything, meaningful or not, on this blog. However it’s not that I’ve lost interest in blogging here, rather that I’ve lacked for motivation and particularly timely content.

You see, my health got much worse even that the last time I posted. I now have a diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis which fortunately means that, at last, I also have some treatment.

I’m back again after yet another long break, but honestly I haven’t done anything much astronomy related since my last post in 2020; the only observing I’ve done has been two minor solar eclipses I think. Still, I have to admit that I’ve enjoyed the extra sleep that the lack of observing has provided.

The reasons for my lack of progress are broadly the same as last time, except that the health issues have taken the headlines. Unfortunately they’ve left me with some permanent issues that will affect my astronomical activities in the future.

It’s been a long time hasn’t it, and honestly observational astronomy has taken a back seat. This is a post to fill in what has been happening.

Health

Health issues with my shoulder and, more importantly last year, with my leg have meant that I couldn’t shift my usual heavy kit. That limited the kind of observing I could do. So it was mostly lunar and double star sight-seeing with small scopes and a manual alt-az mount on a photographic tripod.