Chris Lintott’s Universe

You’re going to be sick of hearing about Bang! (the book I’ve written with Patrick and Brian May) before too long, but I’m still extremely excited about it; partly because I really can’t believe that a book came out of the chaotic mess of meetings and emails that spanned the last three years. If you haven’t seen the animation over at the site yet, you should. It’s worth it just for the (Brian May produced) soundtrack. Anyway, if you’re even a tenth as excited as I am about its imminent publication (and who wouldn’t be?), you’ll want one of the wallpapers Brian’s put together. They’re over here.

This month’s Sky at Night, as those of you who have seen it might have noticed, was a little different than normal in that we essentially had three seperate topics (on the extended, BBC4, version). I would be very interest to receive ANY feedback – positive or negative, in the comments or via email – about any of the three items.

I’ll try and remember to ask this again once the program goes up on the web…

More content to follow with any luck later today, but for now here’s the third of the hotshots; the Moon over St Paul’s cathedral. I really can’t make up my mind over this shot. The cross in front of the full Moon is fantastic, but the plane (amusing though it is) seems to detract from the sight. I end up looking at the cross, and then the plane, and then back to the cross again, and never really looking at the Moon. Still, make your own minds up.