Who Are We?
Paul and Liz (the Earthlings) are astronomers and astro-photographers, with a selection of telescopes, cameras and tracking devices which are used interchangeably to produce the images which you will see on this site. We live in England and have a pretty busy life. Liz is a practicing reflexologist - IIR, AoR, ART and a qualified Nutritional Therapist - dip. NT (CNNT). Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), a member of the British Astronomical Association and is a web editor for the BAA. He is also a member of the local Parish Council and a director of the Community Land Trust in his UK village home.
However, we try to spend as much time as we can under the clear skies of southern Spain where we have built an observatory. This site also contains a lot of technical information about astronomy which is available on the Astro Information pages on this site. We hope you enjoy your stay, and please feel free to ask us questions.
Equipment
Our visual astronomy happens in southern Spain (Andalusia) in an old farmhouse which we have converted into a comfortable house and observatory. We have a 16 inch truss-tube Newtonian reflector for visual observing, a 4 inch Takahashi FSQ 106 fluorite refractor and a very nice Myauchi 4 inch fluorite binocular.
In February 2026 our fibreglass observatory dome, housing a 16 inch GSO Richey-Chretien telescope was ripped off by severe winds and we decided not to replace it. We are currently (March 2026) in the process of arranging to image remotely and will be posting more information on this venture as it becomes available. We have found a new home for the telescope and Skywatcher EQ8-R mount and will post more information as the project proceeds.
Our Observatory
The Original House and Observatory
16 inch Reflector
Takahashi Refractor
4 inch Fluorite Binocular