Comet meets Globular Cluster
Yesterday morning (3rd Dec 2021) Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) had a close encounter with the lovely globular cluster called M3. When I say ‘close’ I… Read More »Comet meets Globular Cluster
Yesterday morning (3rd Dec 2021) Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) had a close encounter with the lovely globular cluster called M3. When I say ‘close’ I… Read More »Comet meets Globular Cluster
This is the first image I have posted using data from my new remote telescope setup in Spain and it is, perhaps, the ‘deepest’ image… Read More »78.5 hours exposure on M81 and M82
Here is my latest image from here in Ham, near Selsey. This is the beautiful Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) in the constellation of Cepheus. I… Read More »Cosmic Diamond Dust and the Iris Nebula
This image of IC1805 – The Heart Nebula, in the constellation of Cassiopeia, shows what can be done when the Moon is very bright. Generally… Read More »A Heart under the Full Moon
I’m very excited about this! I have finally taken the plunge and now have (or will have in early November) a remote imaging rig in… Read More »My New Remote Setup in Spain
Following on from my last post with the Andromeda Galaxy, here is another beautiful galaxy which is also part of a group of galaxies known… Read More »M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy
Messier 31, the great galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda is one of the most photographed night-sky objects of all, probably second only to the… Read More »M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy
Since the early Summer of 2021 I have been building up a new deep-sky imaging setup based around the beautiful and venerable Takahashi FSQ-85EDX Refracting… Read More »My new deep-sky imaging setup
The beautiful Veil Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan) covers a large apparent area of the sky. When I say ‘large’ I mean… Read More »The Veil Nebula – a mosaic
Here, on the south coast of England, the nights get very short indeed for a couple of months around the Summer Solstice. In fact, there… Read More »Three new images from the summer