The London ASTRONOMER

Composite of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon, visible from London in the early hours of 21st August 2024. The images of Saturn are taken at 03-19, 22, 23, 25, 27 & 29 UT. The Moon and Saturn were combined as different exposures are required - blending against the lunar limb.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI224MC camera

Composite of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon, visible from London in the early hours of 21st August 2024. This image was taken at 03-25UT. The Moon and Saturn were combined as different exposures are required - blending against the lunar limb.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI224MC camera

Composite of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon, visible from London in the early hours of 21st August 2024. This image was taken at 03-27UT. The Moon and Saturn were combined as different exposures are required - blending against the lunar limb.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI224MC camera

Composite of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon, visible from London in the early hours of 21st August 2024. This image was taken at 03-29UT. The Moon and Saturn were combined as different exposures are required - blending against the lunar limb.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI224MC camera

Composite of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon, visible from London in the early hours of 21st August 2024. The images of Saturn are taken at 03-19, 22, 23, 25, 27 & 29 UT. The Moon and Saturn were combined as different exposures are required - blending against the lunar limb. The Moon image was taken using a Canon EOS 6D camera and composited using Photoshop

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI224MC camera, Canon EOS 6D camera.

7 minutes compressed in to 1 second. Composite animation made up of multiple images from the occultation of Saturn by the Moon on 21st August 2024. The little 'wiggle' is down to poor alignment of images - not a side step by the planet!

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI224MC camera

The Moon imaged from London on the 19th February 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 telescope & Canon EOS 6D camera. Saturation increased to show mineral composition of the Moon.

The Sun imaged from London on the 2nd June 2024.

Lunt LS60THa scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera

Huge sunspot AR36642 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 11th May 2024, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film & green filter

Sunspot AR3780 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 11th August 2024, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film & green filter

Sunspot AR3784 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 11th August 2024, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film & green filter

Solar Prominences and active regions 3697 & 3698 imaged from London on the 2nd June 2024. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The Sun turned inside out to bring prominences to the fore. Processed according to Peter J Ward's method described in the May edition of Sky at Night Magazine.

Lunt LS60Tha scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera

The Moon imaged from London on 3rd December 2016

6 panel mosaic shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 and ASI174MM camera

The crescent Moon imaged from London on the 4th February 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon shot from London on the 10th March 2019.

Mosaic comprising 6 stacked images shot using an ASI174MM camera, Celestron Edge HD11 scope & 685nm IR pass filter

A seven panel mosaic of the Moon shot from London on the afternoon of the 10th October. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The Moon showing Earthshine, imaged from London on the 17th December 2020. Canon EOS 6D, 300mm Telephoto with 2x Teleconverter

The Moon shot from London on the 16th April 2021. Blend of two images shot using a Canon EOS 6D camera and 300mm lens with 2x tele-converter

The Earthshine Moon imaged from London on 4th February 2022.

Canon EOS 6D camera, 300mm telephoto with 2x extender. Blend of two images, one for earthshine second for lit crescent.

The Moon imaged from London on the 17th March 2021.

This is a blended image comprising of one image exposed for the lit portion of the Moon and the other for 'Earthshine'

Canon EOS 6D with 300mm telephoto lens & 2x Tele-extender.

HDR composite of the Moon imaged from London on the 26th December 2022.

The Moon imaged through cloud from London on the 17th January 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon over London on 2nd March 2017. Exposed to reveal Earthshine through thin cloud.
Canon EOS Rebel T3i Tamron 300mm zoom lens

10 panel mosaic of the Moon, shot from London on 20th April 2018

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

Each panel processed in AS!2 & Registax 6. Mosaic created in Photoshop CC

Moon imaged 14th February 2016 from London

Celestron Edge HD11, Canon EOS Rebel T3i

The Moon imaged from London on 22nd February 2018.

Celestron Edge HD 11, Canon EOS 6D

The Moon imaged from London on the 18th February 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon imaged from London on the 18th February 2021. Se my blog post for more information on creating HDR lunar images.

The Moon imaged from London on the 11th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera - single shot. Lunar 'V' and 'X' are visible on the terminator.

The Moon imaged from London on the 4th November 2019. Lunar 'V' and 'X' are visible along the terminator.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon imaged from London on the 12th May 2019

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

Celestron Edge HD 11, Canon EOS Rebel T3i

London, 17th March 2016

The Moon imaged from London on the 23rd November 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D.

The Moon imaged from London on the 27th October 2020. Saturation boosted to add some much needed colour to our lives!

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D

The Moon on the evening of 16th May 2016 imaged from London
3 panel mosaic using Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera

The Moon shot from London on 26th March 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The colour saturation of the image has been increased, this technique showing the iron and mineral deposits on the lunar surface

The Moon imaged from London on the 2nd May 2020. Just to give you an idea of how good the seeing was this is a single shot - no stacking!

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon imaged from London on the 23rd January 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D

The Moon imaged from London on the 2nd January 2023.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS6D camera.

The Moon shot from London on the 6th March 2020 Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon over London on the 29th January 2018, 2 days from full.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Canon EOS 6D camera. 2 panel mosaic processed in Photoshop CC

The Moon, London 27th December 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon, London 16th January 2019.

Celestron EdgeHD 11 scope & Canon EOS 6D DSLR

The Moon as it set over London, 16th September 2021

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon imaged from London on 25th April 2018

2 panel mosaic using a Canon EOS 6D and Celestron Edge HD11

The Moon imaged from London on 2nd March 2015. This is a high saturation image which brings out the differences in Lunar geology

The Moon imaged from London on the 22nd June 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Canon EOS 6D camera. Two panel mosaic.

The Moon imaged from London on the 29th September 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon imaged from London on 16th September 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS Rebel T3i

The Moon imaged from London on 8th October 2022, approximately one day from full.

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Harvest Moon imaged from London on the 5th October 2017

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera 

6 panel mosaic stitched in Photoshop CC

The January full Moon or 'wolf moon' over London on the 20th January 2019. Eight hours before totality as the early hours of the 21st will see a total lunar eclipse.

Celestron EdgeHD 11, Canon EOS 6D

The full Moon shot from London on the 11th November 2019

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

The full Moon of the 19th February 2019. Shot from London using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.

Closest perigee moon of the year

The Harvest Moon imaged from London on the 20th September 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The December full Moon, otherwise known as the Cold Moon’. Imaged from London on the night of the 11th December 2019. Saturation has been increased to show mineral variation of the lunar surface. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera. Two panel mosaic.

The April full moon shot from London on the 26th April 2021. 600mm telephoto shot with Canon EOS 6D camera.

On 31st August 2023 there was a rare second full Moon in a calendar month along with it being a ‘Supermoon’ when it is at one of its closest points in its orbit to Earth. Canon EOS 6D with 300mm telephoto & 2x extender

The Moon over London on the 22nd October 2018. Image inverted to show off all those beautiful ray craters!

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D. 2 panel mosaic

The Moon shot from London on the 13th September, just a few hours from full.

This was the full moon farthest placed from Earth (Apogee) in 2019. Also informally known as a micro-moon - though you'd not be able to distinguish between it and a 'super-moon' with the naked eye!

Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D

‪2019 Super Moon & Micro Moon compared. The Perigee Moon appears ~15% larger than when it is farthest away. This difference is not discernible to the naked eye but overlaying the images shot using the same equipment makes it very apparent.‬ ‪Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera. Apogee Moon inverted.‬

The virtually full moon shot from London on the night of the 15th August 2019.

Too low to observe from the observatory so this is a cropped 600mm telephoto shot

The January full Moon or 'Wolf Moon' imaged from London on the 17th January. Standard & inverted.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera - 2 panel mosaic.

The Moon one day past full. Imaged from London on 13th March 2017
Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS Rebel T3i
6 panel mosaic processed in Photoshop CC

The Moon imaged from London on the 5th November 2017 

Celestron Edge HD11, Canon EOS 6D

The Moon imaged from London on the night of 10th December 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon imaged from London at around 03:00UT on the 5th September 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera. 2 panel stitch

The Moon imaged from London in the early hours of 9th September 2017

6 panel mosaic shot using a Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Celestron EdgeHD 11 scope

Celestron Edge HD11, Canon EOS Rebel T3i

London, 28th January 2016

The Moon shot from London just after 5am on the 20th September 2019

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon shot from London, pre-dawn on the 18th December 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon imaged from London on the 13th November 2022. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.

The third quarter Moon shot from London in the early hours of the 3rd September 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

Celestron Edge HD11, Canon EOS Rebel T3i

London, 4th February 2015

The Moon imaged from London on the 18th January 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon imaged from London shortly after 5am on the 18th October 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera.

The Moon imaged from London on the 19th January 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera

The Moon imaged from London on 25th November 2016

7 panel mosaic imaged using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera

The Moon illuminated by the glow of the Earth. London 14th October 2020.

Canon EOS 6D, 300mm Telephoto cropped.

The phases around the full Moon in February 2019

When you image the Moon over consecutive nights it gives you the opportunity to create an animation showing the passage of the Sun over the lunar landscape.

Here we have 7 nights worth of shots taken from the 10th May to the 16th May. All using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera. The GIF was created in Photoshop CC

Here we can see the fact that the orbit of the Earth around the Sun is not circular and neither is the orbit of the Moon around the Earth.

The Solar image on the left comprises an image of the Sun when farthest from the Earth (Aphelion), shot in July this year (2020) and closest (Perihelion) shot in January. The images of the Moon are of the closest full Moon (Perigee) of 2019 and the farthest (Apogee).

Boussingault Crater - two for the price of one. Imaged in June 2017 from London.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, Televue Powermate 2.5x

Lunar crater Clavius and the region immediately south of it, imaged from London on the 7th February 2017
Celestron EdgeHD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera

My favourite lunar subject - crater Clavius imaged from London on 7th March 2017
Celestron Edge Hd11, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Clavius crater imaged from London on the 12th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera with Baader 685nm IR pass filter

Lunar craters Clavius and Blancanus imaged from London on the 23rd January 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate.

The 'Eyes of Clavius' imaged from London on the 20th February 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The region around lunar crater Clavius imaged from London on the 21st April 2021. Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Tycho and Clavius region imaged from London on the 13th April 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Looking across the rich craters of the lunar south, craters Tycho, Maginus, Clavius, Blancanus, Klaproth, Gruenberger & Moretus are the most prominent.

Celestron EdgeHD 11, ASI174MM camera

Towards the edge, looking over craters Clavius, Moretus and Short towards the lunar southern limb. Shot from London on the 6th January 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174mm camera & Televue 2.5x Powermate

Lunar crater Tycho imaged from London on 7th February 2017. Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x & ASI174MM camera

Craters Longomontanus (left) and Clavius (right) with the prominent craters Scheiner & Blancanus beow Clavius

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Lunar crater Tycho imaged from London on the 14th February 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, Baader 685nm IR filter & ASI174MM camera

Super saturated and inverted IRDSLR image of lunar crater Tycho.

Luminance layer shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM planetary camera with 685nm IR pass filter. Colour provided using a single image shot using a Canon EOS 6D camera

Instructions can be found on a tutorial I have written for Photographingspace.com

Clavius and the surrounding region imaged from London 11th September 2016

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM camera

Looking towards the lunar south over craters Tycho, Clavius and on to Moretus. Shot from London on 1st May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, colour from single shot using Canon EOS 6D. 3 pane mosaic.

Towards the Lunar South, imaged from London on the 19th May 2021 (first quarter). The main features (bottom to top) are craters Marginus, Moretus and Short.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Tycho, Clavius and the surrounding region imaged from London on 25th April 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11

Luminance layer shot using an ASI174MM planetary camera and 685nm IR pass filter, stacked and sharpened in AS!2 and Registax 6.

Colour from image taken using a Canon EOS 6D DSLR

Combination in Photoshop CC with saturation increased for added 'punch'

Tycho region imaged from London on the 9th December 2019. This is a composite image the detailed luminance layer shot using a ZWO ASI174MM camera with a 685nm IR pass filter and the colour provided using a shot taken with a Canon EOS 6D camera, both through a Celestron Edge HD11 scope. Colour saturation has been increased.

The Tycho and Clavius region of the Moon imaged from London on the 14th May 2019.

IR (Luminance) DSLR (colour) image using a Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & Canon EOS 6D

The saturation of the colour image has been increased to reveal the hidden colours of the Moon indicating changes in the mineral composition of the lunar surface.

Clavius region imaged from London on the 2nd May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Canon EOS 6D for colour.

Craters Maginus (upper left) and Tycho (centre) imaged from London on the 13th May 2019

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera & Baader 685nm IR pass filter

Tycho, Clavius and towards the lunar south, imaged from London on the 6th January 2020. IRDSLR image shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and colour provided by a shot using a Canon EOS 6D camera.

Crater Tycho under exceptional seeing conditions, shot from London on the 13th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Copernicus crater, imaged from London on 26th March 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR pass filter

Copernicus crater imaged from London on the 12th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera with Baader 685nm IR pass filter

Lunar crater Copernicus imaged from London under almost full illumination on 11th November 2016. Image 1 was shot through a 685nm IR pass filter, image 2 is an inverted version of image 1 and image 3 is an LRGB colour image.
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera
Processed using AS!2, Registax6 & Photoshop CC

Copernicus imaged from London on 25th April 2018.

This image is a bit of an experiment as the luminance layer was taken using an ASI174MM mono planetary camera with 685nm IR pass filter and the colour from a shot of the same region taken using a Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Both images were taken through a Celestron Edge HD11 scope.

Saturation has been increased, I was surprised by how easy this technique is and will use it again!

Lunar craters Reinhold, Copernicus & Eratosthenes imaged from London on the 21st April 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera

Sunrise over crater Copernicus. Imaged from London on the 22nd March 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera

Craters Kepler and Copernicus inverted to best show the rays which emanate from them.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope
ASI174MM camera

Craters Kepler and Copernicus with Aristarchus top left. Imaged from London on the 9th December 2019. Inverted to best show the ray structures around the craters. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera.

Craters Kepler and Copernicus with Aristarchus top left. Imaged from London on the 9th December 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera for luminance. Canon EOS 6D for colour also shot using Celestron Edge HD11.

Lunar crater Plato imaged from London on 9th January 2017

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera + 2.5x Televue Powermate

Some rather neglected lunar mountains imaged from London on January 2021. From left to right Montes Recti which rise to a height of 1800 metres, Montes Teneriffe (2400 metres) and the solitary Montes Pico (2,450 metres).

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera & Televue 2.5x Powermate

Plato crater imaged from London on the 12th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera with Baader 685nm IR pass filter

The region around crater Plato imaged from London on 4th June 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, CGE Pro Mount, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Plato crater and Vallis Alpes imaged from London on the 1st May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Plato crater and the Vallis Alpes imaged from London on the 3rd March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate & 685nm IR Filter

Plato and the Vallis Alpes imaged from London on the 30th May 2020. The jagged edges of the rim of Plato crater can be seen on the crater's floor cast by the low Sun.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera.

Crater Plato and the Vallis Alpes. Imaged from London on the 14th February 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera. 2panel mosaic.

Sunrise over crater Plato & Vallis Alpes. imaged from London on the 19th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera

Sunrise at the Montes Alpes, craters Aristoteles, Eudoxus are prominent as well as Vallis Alpes. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera.

Lunar Vallis Alpes imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera with Televue Powermate 2.5x

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 14th May 2016

Craters Aristoteles and Eudoxus imaged from London on 1st June 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Lunar crater Archimedes, imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x & ASI174MM camera

Lunar craters Archimedes, Aristillis & Autolycus imaged from London on the 19th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera

Sunrise over the Mare Imbrium and Archimedes crater.

Imaged from London on the 19th May 2021 with the Moon at first quarter. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Gruemberger, Moretus & Short craters imaged from London on 28th December 2017.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

The lunar south with Clavius the most prominent feature. Imaged from London on the 12th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera with Baader 685nm IR pass filter

From Moretus to the South. Imaged from London on the 13th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Crater Plato, the Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura. The Jewelled Handle lighting effect is evident.

Imaged from London on 16th January 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Lunar features Sinus Iridium and Montes Jura imaged from London, August 14th 2016

From the Montes Jura on the left to Plato crater and Vallis Alpes on the right. Imaged on the 23rd January 2021.

Two panel mosaic created using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Sinus Iridum, The Bay of Rainbows imaged from London on 7th May 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, CGE Pro mount, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Sinus Iridum showing the Jewelled Handle light effect. Imaged from London on 25th February 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate, 685nm IR pass filter

The Clair Obscur effects The Golden Handle and Cassini's Moon Maiden. These are caused as the sun rises over the Montes Jura bathing the cliffs in light.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Crater J Herschel (at top) Montes Jura & Sinus Iridum imaged from London on the 6th January 2020. IRDSLR image shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and colour provided by a shot using a Canon EOS 6D camera.

Sinus Iridum and Montes Jura. Imaged from London on 13th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Lunar craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina imaged from London on the 20th December 2020.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter.

Craters Ptolemaeus, Albategnius, Alphonsus & Arzachel imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron EdgeHD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x and ASI174MM camera

Craters Deslandres, Purbach, Regiomontanus & Walther imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x & ASI174MM camera

Aristarchus, Herodotus and Vallis Schroteri imaged from London on 14th September 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM camera

The region around the bright crater Aristarchus, imaged from London on the evening of 11th November 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Aristarchus crater and Vallis Schroteri imaged from London on the 9th December 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter. Colour is from a high saturation DSLR image.

Aristarchus crater and Vallis Schroteri imaged from London on the 5th April 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera. Colour from image taken using Canon EOS 6D

Lunar crater J Herschel located in the north of the Moon and 165km in diameter.

Imaged from London on 9th January 2017

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Televue Powermate 2.5x

Lunar crater J Herschel imaged from London on the 6th January 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera & Televue 2.5x Powermate

70km wide Lunar impact crater Philolaus, located in the Moon's northern region.
Celestron EdgeHD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera
Imaged from London on 9th January 2017

Sunrise over the high sides of craters Goldschmidt and Barrow. Imaged from London on 4th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera

Craters Anaxagoras & Goldschmidt. Imaged from London on the 14th February 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera.

Craters Moretus (foreground), Short and Newton leading the way to the mountains lunar south.
London 7th May 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174mm camera, 685nm IR pass filter

Due to a slight north-south rocking and east-west wobbling of the moon known as lunar libration it’s possible to see as much as 59% of the moon’s surface. This is demonstrated here by two views of the crater Moretus (with the central peak), the crater appearing much closer to the Lunar limb in the second image.

Celestron EdgeHD 11, ASI174MM Powermate & ASI174MM

Craters Anaxagoras, Goldschmidt and Scoresby imaged from London on 11th November 2016
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Crater Gassendi & Rimae Mersenius imaged from London on 9th January 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

Gassendi crater imaged from London on the 13th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Lunar craters Hercules and Atlas imaged from London

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Gassendi crater imaged from London on 7th May 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, CGE Pro mount, Televue Powermate 2.5x & ASI174MM camera

Sunrise at craters Schiller, Schickard & Phocylides. Shot from London on the 6th March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera. Colour from single shot DSLR image.

Two pane lunar panorama shot from London on the 9th December 2019. The main features are the Mare Humorum and craters Schickard & Schiller. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera. Colour from single DSLR shot.

Gassendi crater and the Mare Humorum imaged from London on the 6th March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera. Colour from single shot DSLR image.

Gassendi crater (top left) and Mare Humorum in high colour saturation

Imaged from London on the 16th May 2019

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM & Canon EOS6D

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 12th April 2016

Sunset over the Lunar crater Petavius, imaged from London on 17th October 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM camera

Lunar crater Langrenus imaged from London on the 20th December 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter.

Lunar crater Petavius imaged from London on the 20th December 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter.

Lunar craters Philolaus, Anaximenes, Carpenter, Anaximander and J Herschel imaged from London on 11th November 2016
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Lunar crater J Herschel imaged from London on the 26th November 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. Baader 610nm LP filter

The 'Lunar X' imaged from London on the 11th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

The ‘Lunar X’ amongst the craters Arzachel, Purbach, Regiomontanus & Walther. Imaged from London on the 4th December 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera.

The 'Lunar V' imaged from London on the 11th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Craters Pallas, Murchison, RimaHyginus & the ‘Lunar V’ imaged from London on the 4th December 2019. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera.

Rupes Recta or 'The Straight Wall' imaged from London on the 13th April 2019. The most prominent craters are Arzachel (top), Purbach (midde) and Pitatus (bottom.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Rupes Recta - The straight Wall, imaged from London on the 30th May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera.

Rupes Recta and lunar craters Thebit & Arzachel imaged from London on the 19th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera

Rupes Recta imaged from London on 7th March 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & Televue 2.5x Powermate

Rupes Recta or the Straight Wall is a linear fault on the Moon, in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium. It is the most well-known escarpment on the Moon and when the sun illuminates the feature at an oblique angle at about day 8 of the Moon's orbit, the Rupes Recta casts a wide shadow that gives it the appearance of a steep cliff. The fault has a length of 110 km, a typical width of 2–3 km, and a height of 240–300 m. Thus although it appears to be a vertical cliff in the lunar surface, in actuality the grade of the slope is relatively shallow. (Wikipedia abridged)

Lunar craters Arzachel, Thebit, Purbach & the fault Rupes Recta imaged from London on 12th October 2017

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Posidonius and its Lunar 'Henge'

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 12th April 2016

Craters (L-R) Walther, Regiomontanus, Purbach, Arzachel, Alphonsus, Ptolemaeus & Albategnius
Imaged from London on 7th November 2016, 2 panel mosaic
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

The terminator of the first quarter Moon imaged from London on 7th November 2016
8 panel mosaic shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 and ASI174MM camera

A seven pane mosaic of the lunar terminator shot from London on the 21st April 2021. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The Lunar Terminator imaged from London on the 17th November 2018. a four pane mosaic shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 telescope, ASI174MM camera and single shot using a Canon EOS 6D for colour.

The mosaic was blended with the DSLR image to produce the colour within the image - mosaic serving as the luminance layer.

Four panel mosaic of the lunar terminator imaged from London on the 28th June 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter.

Craters Langrenus, Vendelinus & Petavius imaged from London on the 10th March 2019. 4 day old Moon.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR pass filter

Lunar craters Langrenus, Vendelinus and Petavius imaged from London on 17th October 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM Camera

Lunar libration is favouring the South Pole at the moment so I took the opportunity to shoot some craters normally hidden from view.
The image has been flipped 180 degrees as I think this shows off the landscape to its best.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x & ASI174MM camera
2 panel mosaic

The rugged Lunar south imaged from London on 9th September 2017

Composite of 3 images stitched in Photoshop CC

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

The Lunar South imaged from London on the 30th May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera

The Moon 'wobbles' as it orbits the Earth, this is called libration and offers the opportunity to view craters that are normally hidden beyond the Lunar horizon.

I marked the three most prominent craters in this image, Peary which sits virtually on the Moon's north pole, Hermite a large crater usually hidden from view and Sylvester which sits below it.

Imaged from London on 17th October 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM camera

Lunar craters (L-R) Phocylides, Nasmyth & Schickard imaged from London on 29th January 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Goldscmidt and Philolaus region of the Moon imaged from London on 7th February 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 14th May 2016

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, Albategnius, Purbach & Rupes Recta imaged from London on the 3rd March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera. Colour provided by one shot DSLR image

The lunar terminator imaged from London on the 19th May 2021. The main craters on view are (L-R) Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, Purbach, Regiomontanus, Walther & Deslandres.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Lunar craters Hipparchus & Albategnius with the 'Lunar X' at the bottom left. Imaged from London on 22nd February 2018

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

View from Aristoteles & Eudoxus across to Endymion & the Mare Humboldtianum.

Shot from London on 22nd February 2018

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

Mare Humboldtianum & crater Endymion imaged from London on 2nd April 2017.
As this 'Sea' is located along the north eastern limb of the Moon it is subject to libration which means that, on occasion, it can be hidden when viewed from the Earth. It was particularly well placed on this evening so I thought why not image it. The large crater Endymion can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x and ASI174MM camera fitted with 685nm IR pass filter

Lunar craters Hercules, Atlas and Endymion imaged from London on 21st April 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174mm camera, 685nm IR pass filter & Televue 2.5x Powermate

Craters (L-R) Aristoteles, Eudoxus, Burg, Hercules, Atlas & Posidonius. Imaged from London on the 9th June 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

Craters Hercules, Atlas and Endymion 

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 12th April 2016

Lunar craters (L-R) Hercules, Atlas and Endymion imaged in daylight from London on 20th May 2018 using a 685nm IR pass filter.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Craters Theophilius, Cyrillus & Catharina, with crater Fracastorius to the bottom right at the edge of the Mare Nectaris
Shot from London on 2nd April 2017 in daylight using Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London 12th April 2016

Lunar crater Schiller imaged from London on 7th May 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, CGE Pro mount, Televue Powermate 2.5x, ASI174MM camera

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM

London, 12th April 2016

The lunar sea Mare Crisium imaged from London on 20th May 2018. Two panel mosaic.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

Sunrise over the Mare Crisium, imaged from London on the 10th March 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

The south eastern limb of the Moon imaged from London on the 4th September 2019. The crescent Moon on that evening showed favourable libration bringing the libration seas Mare Marginis (top left) and Mare Smythii (top middle) into view. A portion of the Mare Crisium (left) and all of the Mare Fecunditatis are also visible.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR Pass filter. Two panel mosaic

On the edge, seas on the lunar limb - Mare Marginis and Mare Smythii along with crater Neper

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera, 3 pane mosaic

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI120MM camera

London 19th January 2016

From Plato to Eratosthenes imaged from London on the 13th April 2019. Archimedes is the large central crater, the mountains from top are Montes Caucasus and Montes Apenninus.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera

From Plato crater to Eratosthenes, along the mountains of the Moon. Imaged from London on the 3rd March 2020. 3 panel mosaic Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera. Colour from single shot DSLR image

The full extent of the Lunar Apennines range imaged from London on 2nd July 2017

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera.685nm IR pass filter
 

Rima Bradley & Rima Hadley imaged from London on the 19th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera

The deep shadows of sunrise over the Montes Apenninus & Montes Caucasus. Shot early evening (28th June) from London.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR filter.

From crater Eratosthenes on the left along the Montes Apenninus with crater Archimedes in the middle, the Montes Caucasus and ending in the Montes Alpes.

Shot from London on 6th January 2019 using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR pass filter.

Image inverted and presented in '3D' using Photoshop CC

It's always fun to try to pick out Apollo landing sites from Lunar images. One of the easiest to spot is that of Apollo 15 which landed on the Moon in 1971. Its easy to pinpoint as they landed close to the feature Rima Hadley, or Hadley Rille. I've marked the landing site with an 'X'

Shot from London on 26th March 2018 using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Processed in AS!2, Registax 6 & Photoshop CC

Plato to Eratosthenes, along the mountains of the Moon. Shot from London on the 1st May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera for luminance layer, Canon EOS 6D for colour.

Panorama from the craters Copernicus & Eratosthenes (left) and along the Montes Apenninus

3 panel mosaic shot from London on 26th March 2018

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate & 685nm IR pass filter

Processed in AS!2, Registax6 & Photoshop CC

From Plato at the top along the Montes Alpes, Montes, Caucasus & Montes Apenninus, past Archimedes and finishing at Eratosthenes. Shot from London on the 13th May 2019

IR (Luminance) DSLR (colour) image using a Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & Canon EOS 6D

Rima Hadley & Hadley Rille imaged from London on the 14th February 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, Baader 685nm IR filter & ASI174MM camera

Sunrise over the jagged peaks of the Montes Caucasus. Imaged from London on the 31st March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera.

Crater Eratosthenes imaged from London on the 13th May 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Janssen crater with Metius and Fabricius.
Imaged from London on 1st May 2017
Celestron Edge HD 11, ASI174mm camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Lunar craters Janssen, Fabricius, Metius, Brenner & Rheita imaged from London on the 2nd November 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM Camera. Mono Image

The 427km long escarpment of Rupes Altai imaged from London on 1st June 2017. Crater Catharine is on the left and Piccolomini is on the right. Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

The southern highlands of the Moon centred on craters Maurolycus, Stofler & Faraday. Celestronedgehd11, CGE Pro mount, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM

Sunrise in the Lunar South, centred on Walther crater. Imaged from London on the 31st March 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera.

Lunar crater Bullialdus imaged from London on the 23rd January 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

A close crop of the lunar south showing the rugged terrain and mountainous horizon. Imaged from London on the 12th January 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera with Baader 685nm IR pass filter

Sunrise over the Lunar terminator shot from London on the 8th May 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11, luminance ZWO ASI174MM camera, colour Canon EOS 6D camera.

Composite of images taken of the September 28th Lunar Eclipse from Full through the partial phases to totality

127 Mak & Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lunar Eclipse Totality

London, 28th September 2015

Composite of images taken of the September 28th Lunar Eclipse from Full through the partial phases to totality

127 Mak & Canon EOS Rebel T3i

The eclipsed 'Wolf' Moon shot from London in the early hours of the 21st January 2019.

Canon EOS 6D with 300mm telephoto & 2 tele-extender

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse where the outer edges of the shadow of the Earth is cast upon the Moon's surface. The deepest shadow can be seen to the bottom right of this image, taken at the point of maximum eclipse ~19:10UT in London. Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera. Two pane mosaic

A two frame animation of the penumbral lunar eclipse which took place on the 10th January 2020. The images were shot from London at the point of maximum eclipse and 40 minutes later using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.

2 1/2 hours worth of 1 second exposures shot 2 minutes apart and stacked to show the progression of the total lunar eclipse of the 21st January 2019. From the full Moon lighting up the clouds to the red fully eclipsed Moon. 17mm ISO 200.

Partial Solar eclipse imaged from London on the 25th October 2022. This shot around 12 minutes after maximum.

Lunt LS60THa solar scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM camera. False Colour.

The partial solar eclipse of the 10th June 2021 as viewed from London. There was pretty much unbroken cloud throughout the event so these images were snatched when the cloud thinned or there was a tiny break.

The top three images are from early in the eclipse when conditions were better, the middle is a few minutes before maximum and the bottom image towards the end.

Lunt LS60THa scope & ZWO ASI174MM camera. Solar disk false colour.

The partial eclipse shot from London 13 minutes after it began. Lunt LS60 THa scope and ZWO ASI174MM planetary camera.

A composite shot of the occultation of Mars by the Moon in the early hours of 8th December 2022. This image transposes shots of Moon and Mars taken with a Celestron Edge HD11 scope a few hours before the occultation. The images are placed on top of the actual shot to provide a more detailed luminance layer (I couldn't use the main scope for the occultation as a tree blocked the view from my observatory!)

A cropped composite shot of the occultation of Mars by the Moon in the early hours of 8th December 2022. This image transposes shots of Moon and Mars taken with a Celestron Edge HD11 scope a few hours before the occultation. The images are placed on top of the actual shot to provide a more detailed luminance layer (I couldn't use the main scope for the occultation as a tree blocked the view from my observatory!)

A cropped composite shot of the occultation of Mars by the Moon in the early hours of 8th December 2022. This image transposes shots of Moon and Mars taken with a Celestron Edge HD11 scope a few hours before the occultation. The images are placed on top of the actual shot to provide a more detailed luminance layer (I couldn't use the main scope for the occultation as a tree blocked the view from my observatory!)

Occultation of the bright star Aldebaran by the Moon on December 23rd 2015 as seen from London
A sequence of images were taken 20 seconds apart before and after occultation. These were blended in lighten mode in Photoshop to create two composite images. The composite images were then added to a 6 panel mosaic image of the Moon taken just after the post occultation images had been acquired.
Celestron Edge HD 11 Telescope on CGE Pro Mount, Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera
Wimbledon SW London

Partial eclipse of the Moon, shot from London on the 16th July 2019.

Canon EOS 6D camera with Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L USM IS Telephoto lens @ 300mm with 2x tele-converter giving 600mm focal length.

This was shot from my bedroom window around half an hour after maximum eclipse as I had to wait for the Moon to clear a massive tree!

The Moon was shining through thin cloud on the evening of the 11th December 2016. I took two images with a 300mm telephoto lens, one exposed for the clouds and the other for the Moon. I then blended the images together in exclusion mode

Canon EOS Rebel T3i & 300mm zoom lens

Moon rising in a pink sky 

London, 14th May 2014

It had been cloudy here in London for what seems like an eternity so I felt quite lucky to be able to grab anything of the 'Supermoon' of 3rd December 2017.

This shot of the Moon shining through the clouds was taken with a 300mm telephoto lens and a Canon EOS 6D

High saturation HDR image of 7th April full Moon shot through clouds from London. Canon EOS 6D, 300mm. Image is blend of two shots, one exposed from the Moon and the other for the clouds surrounding it.

Close conjunction of the 26 day old moon and Venus on the morning of 26th February 2014

Conjunction between Moon and Saturn

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 600mm Mirror lens

London, 12th March 2015

Conjunction between the Moon and Venus

London, 10th September 2015

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter imaged from London on 25th November 2016. The Galilean satellites can also be seen.

TS65 Quad Astrograph and Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Venus & the Moon imaged from London on the 28th March 2020

Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter, shot through thin clouds on 7th May 2017.

This is a composite of two exposures, one for the Moon and Jupiter and the other for the Galilean Moons.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS Rebel T3i

HDR Moon, Jupiter conjunction shot from London on the 16th June 2019.

Canon EOS 6D camera with Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L USM IS Telephoto lens @ 300mm cropped.

Composite of two images, one exposed for Jupiter and the clouds the other for the Moon.

Conjunction of the Moon & Venus imaged from London on the morning of the 3rd December 2018. Comprising two exposures, one with the Moon correctly exposed and one showing bright Venus and Earthshine through a thin veil of cloud.

The Moon and Mars (top left), imaged from London on the 9th August 2020.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera. Composite of two exposures, one for Mars and the other for the Moon.

Conjunction of the Moon, M44 - The Beehive Cluster (faint in the middle) and Venus (bottom right).

Image exposed to show Earthshine and M44.

Shot from London at around 4am on the 14th September 2020.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars imaged through cloud from London on the 6th September 2020.

300mm telephoto with 2x teleconverter, Canon EOS 6D camera

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus shot from London just before 6am on the 14th October 2020, a beautiful sight pre-dawn.

Canon EOS 6D - 300mm Telephoto

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter, 22nd October 2020. Jupiter is visible top right & if you zoom in you can see some of it's moons. The Moon itself is a gradient blend of two images, one exposed for earthshine, the other for the lit portion of the Moon.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera.

As Venus and the Moon were showing a similar phase on the 2nd March 2017, and I'd imaged both of them on that day with the same setup, I thought it would be fun to compare their apparent sizes.
Here is a composite (not a conjunction I'm afraid) of Venus and the Moon both imaged using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera. Moon is a 7 panel mosaic.
As seen from London Venus had an angular diameter of 48.01 arc seconds and the Moon 32 arc minutes 45.65 arc seconds. So Venus would have covered roughly 2.5% of the Lunar disk.

The first and last quarter Moon imaged from London in September 2018

The Moon with Saturn (top right) and Jupiter (bottom right) with Jovian moons also visible.

The Moon and Mars (top left) imaged from London on the 18th February 2021 and rendered in HDR.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera. Two pane mosaic.

The Moon and Jupiter (top right). HDR view imaged from London on the 8th October 2022.

A series of shots taken over 13 minutes showing the occultation of Mars by the Moon, the earlier shots taken one minute apart, a shorter period between the final shots.

Images captured from London just before 5am on the 8th December 2022. Canon EOS 6D, 200mm telephoto lens with 2X Teleconverter (effective fl 400mm)

Solar prominences imaged from London on the 7th August. Active regions 3074 and 3071 are also visible. Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera. Blend of two images, one for prominences and one for solar disc, disc inverted false colour.

Solar prominence and filament imaged from London on the 1st October 2022.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. Solar disc inverted & false colour.

Solar Active Regions 3107, 3105 & 3108. Shot from London on the 25th of September 2022. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, white light & false colour.

Sun in Ha - false colour
Lunt LS60, ASI120MM
AS!2, Registax 6, PS CS6

Large solar prominence imaged over 70 minutes, 2 minute interval between stacked images.

Lunt L60THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar disc inverted false colour.

Solar Prominence imaged in Ha

London 18th August 2016

Active region 2542 with the planet mercury transiting the face of the Sun. Imaged from London on 9th May 2016 at 12-24 UT
Captured using a Lunt LS60 scope, ASI120MM camera and Televue Powermate 2.5x
Processed using AS!2, Registax6 & PS CS6 - false colour image

Approximately 1 hour 11 mins into the transit of Mercury - Imaged from London
Lunt LS60, ASI120MM camera
AS!2, Registax6 & PS CS6

The dark shape of the planet Mercury a few minutes after it started transiting the face of the Sun.

Shot from London on the 11th November 2019.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera

The planet Mercury transiting the face of the Sun.

Shot from London on the 11th November 2019.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera

Transit of Mercury shot from London on the 11th November 2019. Mercury can be seen as a small dot in the 8 o’clock position.

Lunt LS60THa scope & ASI174MM camera. False colour image.

A composite of 4 images shot from London during the transit of Mercury on the 11th November 2019.

The position of Mercury (L-R) is shown at 13:11UT, 13:16UT, 13:19UT & 13:24UT

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

False Colour image

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 27th October 2019

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Solar disk inverted and rendered in false colour

Solar prominence

Lunt LS60, ASI120MM camera

16th May 2015

Large solar prominence imaged from London on the 13th June 2021.

Lunt L60THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar disc inverted false colour.

Detached prominence imaged from London on the 13th June 2021.

Lunt L60THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar disc inverted false colour.

Solar active region 2833 & prominences imaged from London on 16th June 2021. Solar disc false colour and inverted.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Sunspot region AR2706 imaged in Ha from London on 21st April 2018, inverted and rendered in false colour.

Lunt LS60 Ha scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Processed in AS!2, Registax6 & Photoshop CC

The massive AR2192 on 25th October 2014
White light filter, TS65 Quad, Skyris 618C with 2.5x Powermate
As!2, Registax, PS CS6 - False colour

The Sun rendered in false colour and inverted

Lunt LS60, ASI120MM

Sun - four panel mosaic - white light (false colour)
TS65 Quad, Skyris 618C
AS!2 Registax PS CS6

The Sun imaged from London on the 7th August in Ha.

Lunt LS60 THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera. Four panel mosaic rendered in false colour & false colour inverted.

Beautiful set of solar prominences imaged from London on 11th Sep 2016

Lunt LS60, ASI120MM camera

Large prominence imaged from London on 13th August 2017

Solar surface detail has been inverted and the image is a composite of 2 - one exposed for the prominence, the other for the surface detail.

Lunt LS60 Ha scope & ASI174MM camera with Televue 2.5x Powermate

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 1st June 2019.

Lunt LS60T Ha scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Composite of two exposures, one for the prominence and another for the solar disc which has been inverted and rendered in false colour.

Solar Prominences imaged from London on the 21st September 2019

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Solar disk inverted and rendered in false colour

Solar Prominences imaged from London on the 21st September 2019

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Solar disk inverted and rendered in false colour

Solar Prominences imaged from London on the 15th September 2019

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Solar disk inverted and rendered in false colour

The Sun in Hydrogen Alpha. False Colour.

Imaged from London 18th August 2016

The Sun imaged from London on 24th September 2016 rendered in false colour and inverted

Lunt LS60 scope and ASI120MM camera

A solar prominence imaged on the 24th April over 1 hour. The video consists of 30 individual frames shot 2 minutes apart. Not a huge amount of activity with this one but I’ll do this again on some larger proms in the future.

Solar prominence imaged from London on 31st May 2020. Solar disk inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Solar prominence imaged from London on 25th May 2020. Solar disk inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Solar prominence imaged from London on 31st May 2020. Solar disk inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

The Sun imaged from London one day before Perihelion on January 4th 2020 (right hand side) and one day after Aphelion on July 5th 2020 (left hand side).

This image shows the difference in the apparent size of the Sun when Earth is closest and farthest in it's orbit.

Lunt LS60 THa scope and ASI174MM camera. False colour images.

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 7th August 2020.

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate. Solar disk rendered in false colour and inverted. Two image composite.

Solar prominence imaged from London on the 31st July 2020.

Lunt LS60 THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Solar disc inverted false colour

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 9th January 2022. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar prominences imaged from London on the 1st September 2020.

Lunt LS60Tha, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. Solar disk false colour and inverted.

Solar Prominences imaged from London on the 13th September 2020.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. Solar disk inverted and false colour.

Solar Prominence imaged in Ha from London on the 9th January 2021.

Lunt LS60THa Scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Sunspot AR2790 and a large prominence imaged from London on the 5th December 2020.

Lunt LS60 THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Solar disk inverted false colour.

Solar prominences imaged from London on the 18th April 2021.

Lunt LS60THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. Blend of two exposures, one for the chromosphere and another for the prominences. Chromosphere inverted and false colour.

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 5th September 2021. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Large solar prominence imaged from London on the 22nd April 2021.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 5th September 2021. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 5th September 2021. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The Sun imaged from London on the 22nd April 2021. Active region 12817 can be seen on the limb sending flares out into space.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The Sun imaged using a Lunt LS60 Ha scope and ASI120MM camera

False colour and inverted image

London 9th October 2016

The Sun imaged from London on the 22nd January 2021. This image is an inverted, false colour view shot using a Lunt LS60 THa solar scope and ZWO ASI174MM camera.

A side by side comparison of the Sun imaged in white light (left) and in Hydrogen Alpha. Both shot from London on the 5th September 2021.

The Sun imaged in Hydrogen Alpha. London 24th April 2021. Standard and inverted false colour image.

Lunt LS60THA, ZWO ASI174MM camera

The Sun imaged from London on the 4th April 2021. Image has been inverted and rendered in false colour.

Lunt LS60THA & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

As the Sun enters a quiet phase the sight of a spotless sun is an increasingly common sight. Not really a lot of interest when viewed in white light!

Image is 2 panel mosaic captured using a Canon EOS 6D camera & Celestron Edge HD11 scope

Processed in Photoshop and rendered in false colour

The Sun imaged from London in Hydrogen Alpha on the 1st June 2019. Sometimes you get a happy accident...

The Solar disk is a stack of the best 50% of 4000 frames, processed in Registax and Autostakkert. A single frame of the 4000 frame video containing the image of the bird crossing in front of the Sun was extracted and sharpened with the motion blur around the bird removed using Stabilise mode in Topaz AI Sharpen. This was then blended with the stacked image using a darken layer in Photoshop CC.

The whole image was then rendered in false colour.

Lunt LS60T Ha scope, ASI174MM camera

Sunspot AR2662 imaged from London on 17th June 2017.
White light image rendered in false colour. Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera, Baader solar film filter

Solar active region 2665 and prominence imaged in H-alpha
Composite of two images, one exposed for the huge prominence and the other for the sunspot group. Rendered in false colour.

Lunt LS60 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174M camera

Processed using AS!2, Registax6 and Photoshop CC

Sun spot group AR2665 imaged from London in white light.
9th July 2017. Thin cloud affected resolution unfortunately
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera
Baader solar film filter

Sunspot AR2674 imaged from London on 2nd September 2017

Celestron Edge HD11 with Astrozap full aperture Baader solar filter, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera

Rendered in false colour

Sun spot AR2682 captured from London in white light and rendered in false colour.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Sunspot AR2738 imaged on the 11th, 14th and 17th April 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, green filter and Astrozap solar filter

Solar active region 2708 imaged from London on 6th May 2018.

White light with green filter, rendered in false colour.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Sunspot AR2741 imaged from London on the 11th May 2019. Some nice solar granulation can also be seen.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, green filter false colour, Baader solar film

Sunspots AR2741 & AR2740 imaged from London on the 11th May 2019. Some nice solar granulation can also be seen.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, green filter false colour, Baader solar film filter

Sunspot AR2741. Shot from London on the 12th May 2019.

Lunt LS60 THa scope & ASI174MM camera

Solar active region 2769 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour. London 31st July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Baader solar filter.

Sunspot AR2767 imaged from London on the 31st July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera & Baader solar filter & Green filter. Rendered in false colour

Sunspots scattered across the face of the Sun imaged from London on the 13th January 2022.

White light, false colour image using Baader solar film, Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Solar active region 2835 with much smaller 2836 (bottom right). Imaged from London on the 2nd July 2021.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Baader solar film & ZWO ASI174MM camera. White light/false colour

Solar active region 2827 imaged from London on the 31st May 2021.

White light, false colour. Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Baader solar filter, ZWO ASI174mm camera. (Green filter)

Huge sunspot AR2786, imaged from London on the 24th November 2020.

White light, false colour. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera. Baader solar film.

Solar active region 2770 imaged from London on the 7th August 2020.

Lunt LS60THa scope, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate. Rendered in false colour.

Solar active region 2786 imaged from London through thin cloud on the 1st December 2020.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera

Solar active region 2816 imaged in Hydrogen Alpha and rendered in false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Very active sunspot AR2673 imaged from London on 9th September 2017.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera, Astrozap Baader solar filter 

Image inverted using Photoshop CC

Solargraph taken using a Solarcan pin-hole 'camera'. The photographic paper was exposed over the period from 23rd July 2017 to 24th December 2017 and shows the passage of the Sun in the sky over that period.

Always a thrill when a plane crosses the field of view when imaging the Sun - this slowed down considerably as in actuality it flashes by!

The Sun imaged from London on 7th March 2022. A huge prominence is present at the 9 o'clock position with the Earth above it to give an idea of it's scale.

Lunt LS60 THa scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera. Solar disc is false colour.

The Sun imaged from London on the 11th July 2022.

Lunt LS60THa solar scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera

The Sun imaged from London on the 24th April 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Canon EOS 6D camera, Baader solar film. White light, false colour.

The Sun imaged from London on the 4th June 2023.

Lunt LS60THa and ZWO ASI174MM camera. Rendered in false colour

Sunspots (R-L) AR2993, 2994, 2995 & 2996 imaged from London on the 21st April 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera & Baader solar filter. False colour.

Solar active region 3055 imaged from London on the 11th July 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film. False colour image.

Sunspots AR3323 & 3321 imaged in white light and rendered in false colour, 4th June 2023, Celestron Edge HD11, ZWO ASI174MM camera and Baader solar film

Solar active region 3055 imaged from London in Ha on the 11th July 2022.

Lunt LS60THa, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera. Image inverted and false colour.

Sunspots and filaments, London 11th July 2022. Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera. False colour inverted image

Solar prominences imaged from London on the 11th July 2022. Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera. Blend of two images, one for prominences and one for solar disc, disc inverted false colour.

Solar Prominence imaged from London on the 4th June 2023. Solar disc inverted and false colour.

Lunt LS60THa scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

A composite of solar system images all shot from London over the past few years (2020/21).

Left to right, The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Some of my solar system images, all shot from London over 2016 and 2017
Pretty obvious but L-R Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Tiny planet Mercury imaged from London on the 24th May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR image. This image has been further processes using Topaz Gigapixel AI which has increased the image scale by 4 times.

Mercury imaged from London on 24th September 2017.

Planet is 5.4 arc seconds in diameter

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR pass filter

The tiny innermost planet Mercury imaged from London on the 18th July 2021.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR filter, Televue 2.5X powermate

The planet Mercury imaged from London on 10th June 2017 when separated from the Sun by only 13 degrees and displaying a phase of 86% with an apparent diameter of just 5.47 arc seconds.
The image was shot in daylight using a 685nm IR pass filter and some albedo features can se seen.
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, CGE Pro mount, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

It may not look impressive but Mercury is only slightly bigger than the Moon and obviously a lot further away. Also the fact that it never strays far from the Sun makes it a challenging target

This is a cropped image taken one day before the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. At this point the planets were separated by 9 minutes of arc, the following day (21st) they would be just 6’ apart but we were clouded out in London for that one.

Saturn is top, Jupiter is bottom with the Galilean moons (left to right) Callisto, Ganymede and Europa also being visible. This was shot using a 600mm telephoto lens and Canon EOS 6D camera. The detail on the planetary disks has been provided from earlier images taken with a planetary camera and pasted and resized on the overexposed telephoto images, blur has been applied to remain true to the original 600mm image.

One day before the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. Imaged from Merton Cricket Club, London 20th December 2020.

Uranus with moons Umbriel, Ariel, Titania and Oberon. Composite of two images, one exposed for the planet and the other for the moons.

London 25th September 2016, Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM camera

Planet Uranus imaged from London on the 23rd November 2020. 2.8 billion km distant.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera. Baader 610nm Longpass Filter.

Planet Uranus imaged from London on the 12th December 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera & Baader 610nm Long Pass filter

Planet Uranus imaged from London on the 22nd October 2020. The result of just 1 1/2 stacks as clouds rolled in during the imaging session.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Pluto imaged remotely using the Bradford Robotic Telescope on Tenerife

23rd April 2014

Mars in close conjunction with globular cluster M22. Shot remotely from Siding Spring observatory NSW at 04:06 local time on 2nd April 2018 (18:06 on 1st April UT)

Luminance 5 x 120 seconds R, G & B 3 x 120 seconds

Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm f/5.0
CCD:  FLI Microline 11002 - Grade 1

Venus edging towards the Pleiades cluster. Shot from London on the 31st March 2020. 30X20 seconds stacked in Maxim DL and processed in Photoshop CC. Canon EOS 6D 300mm

Mars meets the Pleiades. This is a composite image consisting of a stack of shots taken by me from a dark sky location last year and individual shots taken from London of Mars approaching the cluster on the 27th & 28th February and 2nd March 2021. These have been blended in Photoshop CC to produce a deeper image.

Venus through from 87% illuminated on the 25th September 2016 to 1% illuminated at inferior conjunction on 25th March 2017

All shot from London using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera

The planet Venus imaged from London on the morning of 17th June 2017
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera
Imaged using a 685nm IR pass filter

Venus imaged from London on 27th August 2017
Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera
685nm IR pass filter

Venus imaged from London on the 24th May 2020. Displaying a 3.7% illuminated disk and apparent diameter of 54.88"

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera. Sky background from Canon EOS 6D shot.

Planet Venus shot from London on the 22nd April 2020. Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera. IR image mapped to red channel, UV mapped to blue channel and a synthetic green channel comprised of 50%blend of IR and UV. This combination of filters enables cloud structures to be seen.

Planet Venus shot from London on the 14th May 2020. Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera.

IR image mapped to red channel, UV mapped to blue channel and a synthetic green channel comprised of 50%blend of IR and UV. 12% Phase and 48.31" Diameter

Venus shot from London on the afternoon of 19th May 2020. Apparent diameter 51.76", illuminated fraction 7.6%

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR pass filter

This has then been combined with an iPhone image of the sky to better reproduce the view through the eyepiece at the time.

Composite of Venus images shot from London on the 22nd April and 2nd, 14th, 24th & 26th May 2020

Planet Venus imaged from London on the 31st May 2020, just 3 days from inferior conjunction. with the Sun.

The planet is displaying only 0.4% illumination and an apparent diameter of 57.50". Only 5.35 degrees from the Sun (disk centre to disk centre). Don't try this unless you really know what you are doing! Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera (red filter), colour from Canon EOS 6D shot.

Venus imaged from London on 4th February 2017
IR mapped to red, UV mapped to Blue ad 50/50 blend IR & UV mapped to Green
Celestron Edge HD11 and ASI174mm camera

Planet Venus imaged in IR from London on the 4th December 2021. Low in the sky and in twilight.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR filter

Venus imaged from London on 17th February 2017
IR mapped to red
50/50 IR/UV mapped to green
UV mapped to blue
Celestron Edge HD11
ASI174MM camera

Venus shot from London on the 9th December 2018.

Shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera.

Red channel uses a 685nm IR pass filter, Blue channel a 320 - 380 nm UV filter and the Green channel is a 50% blend of the two

Planet Venus imaged from London on the 27th March 2020. Details are on the image

Venus imaged from London on the 10th April 2010. Red filtered image using Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera

Planet Venus shot from London on 17th November 2018

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & 685nm IR pass filter

Venus imaged from London on 15th March 2017. Only 4.5% illuminated but a massive 56.73 arc seconds.
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x and ASI174mm camera

Venus 1% illuminated, imaged from London on 25th March 2017 the day of inferior conjunction with the Sun when it transitions from being an evening to morning 'star'
Celestron Edge Hd11 scope ASI174MM camera with Televue 2.5x Powermate and 685nm IR pass filter

Venus shot from London on the 13th June 2020.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR filter, Televue 2.5x Powermate

3.3% illuminated phase

Red filtered image of planet Venus, shot from London on the 3rd July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate.

Planet Venus imaged from London on the 23rd June 2020. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x powermate. 685nm IR filtered image with sky colour provided by single DSLR shot.

Venus shot in IR and UV light, London, 21st July 2020

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

IR image mapped to red channel, UV mapped to blue channel and a synthetic green channel comprised of 50%blend of IR and UV

This combination of filters enables cloud structures to be seen

Planet Venus imaged from London on the 21st July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera

Venus imaged from London on the 31st July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x & ASI174MM camera. Red mapped to IR, Blue mapped to UV, Green 50/50 blend

Venus one day from greatest western elongation. Shot from London on the 12th August 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Planet Venus imaged from London on the 16th April 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera and 685nm IR pass filter.

Venus shot in IR and UV light, London, 11th February 2022. Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

IR image mapped to red channel, UV mapped to blue channel and a synthetic green channel comprised of 50%blend of IR and UV

Venus imaged from London on the 11th February 2022. Shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter.

Venus shot in IR and UV light, London, 25th February 2022

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera

IR image mapped to red channel, UV mapped to blue channel and a synthetic green channel comprised of 50%blend of IR and UV

A slim crescent Venus shot in the daytime sky from London on 19th August 2023, a few days after inferior conjunction.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, ZWPO ASI174MM camera

Planet Venus imaged using a 685nm IR pass filter (left) and a false colour image comprising IR, UV and synthetic green images. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

The planet Venus imaged from London on the 25th June 2023. This is an IRSynGUV image with Red channel mapped to IR, Blue to UV and green is a 50/50 blend.

Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera

Composite of images of planet Venus imaged with two week intervals between 16th September and 15th October 2023.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Teleview 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera

The planet Mars imaged from August to December 2020, the August image is in the centre of the spiral and the December image at the end. The image shows the change in apparent size and phase as the planet moved towards and then away from Earth around the 2020 opposition.

Mars imaged from London pre-dawn on the 21st August 2020. RGB image, Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Mars imaged from London pre-dawn on the 9th August 2020. 685nm IR mapped to red channel, Blue to blue and green is a synthetic blend of the two.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Mars imaged from London on the 14th February 2019. The planet presented a tiny 5.69 arc second 90.4% illuminated disk.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera. RRGB image.

Sequence of images of the planet Mars shot from the 8th August to the 22nd September 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Planet Mars imaged from London in the early hours of the 12th September 2020. Olympus Mons can be seen top centre, Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons are also visible.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera. IRR(G)B image.

Sequence of images of the planet Mars shot from the 8th August to the 22nd September 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Mars at opposition, 13th October 2020. Olympus Mons , the largest volcano in the solar system is the bright circular feature at the 2 o'clock position.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera.

Mars rotation gif created using the images of Mars I’ve collected over the past two and a half months leading up to and including closest approach and opposition. A full surface map is created in WinJupos and then this is rendered onto a globe using the Ephemerides function.

Planet Mars imaged from London on the 29th September 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Individual filtered images of Mars and resulting combined RGB & IRRGB images.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Planet Mars imaged from early August to late November 2020. This shows Mars getting closer to Earth as it approaches opposition and then pulling further away as the year went on.

All images with Celestron Edge HD 11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Mars imaged from London on the 5th November 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5 Powermate & ASI174MM camera.

Planet Mars imaged from London pre-dawn on the 18th October 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC

Mars surface map created in WinJupos using images I've shot over the past few months while Mars has been well placed.

This is a composite of two images one exposed for Mars and another for the much dimmer Neptune. An ASI174MM planetary camera fitted to a Celestron Edge HD11 scope was used to capture both Neptune and Mars. Mars is comprised of IR, Red, Green and Blue filtered images. Neptune was shot using an IR filter and the colour added using an image shot using a DSLR.

What a difference 79 million miles (127 million km) makes! Here is a comparison of the planet Mars imaged at opposition on the 13th October 2020 and on the 10th February 2021.

Both images shot from London using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera. R[G]B images.

Mars imaged from London on the 14th December 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC

Mars imaged from London on the 22nd November 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC

Mars imaged from London on the 7th December 2022 - on the night of opposition.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC

Composite of Mars images taken from the 14th October to the 14th December 2022

Mars imaged over the two months leading to opposition

Mars imaged from London on the 13th February 2023.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ADC

Jupiter imaged from London on 15th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera.

Planet Jupiter imaged from London on the 19th January 2024. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI224MC camera.

Jupiter with moon Ganymede top left and Europa transiting the planet (bright spot ~2 o'clock position by Great Red Spot). Some surface details are visible on Ganymede (which is nice).

Imaged from London on 5th September 2021 using Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera and ZWO ADC.

Jupiter shot from London just before midnight 15th April 2017
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue Powermate 2.5x ASI174MM camera
 

Jupiter imaged from London on 6th October 2022 with the Great Red Spot nicely placed. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera & ADC.

Planet Jupiter with moon Io and its shadow starting to transit (left middle). Imaged from London on 2nd October 2022.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI224MC camera & ADC, Televue 2.5x Powermate.

Jupiter and Io from the 11th October. I always feel a moon in the picture gives more of a sense of place.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC camera & ADC.

Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede imaged from London on the 27th September 2022. Details on the image. When capturing detail on small bodies often what appear to be albedo features are imaging artifacts so it is worth comparing data with actual simulated views using spacecraft data. Here I'm comparing against the WinJupos ephemerides and can see that while some features are probably artifacts some appear to be genuine such as the bright spot of the crater Osiris (I think) at the bottom of the image.

Jupiter map rendered from images taken over the first few weeks of October 2022, generated in WinJupos

Jupiter imaged from London on 12th May 2017. IR imaged comprised of 8 image stack de-rotated in WinJupos
Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera, 685nm IR pass filter

Jupiter with Europa (top left) and Io imaged on 4th April 2016
RGB image captured using a Celestron Edge HD 11 scope and ASI120MM camera

4th April 2016

Jupiter with Io top right. Imaged on 10th February 2016 from London.
RGB image with IR 685nm image as Luminance.
Celestron Edge HD 11, ASI120M camera.
Processed using AS!2, Registax6 & PS CS6

Jupiter just before midnight on 10th February 2016
Celestron EdgeHD 11, ASI120M camera, Televue Powermate 2.5x, Baader IR Pass 685nm, ZWO RGB filters
Processed with AS!2, REgistax6 and PS CS6
Imaged from London

Jupiter imaged from London on 1st June 2017
To create this image I took 3 IR, R, G & B stacks and then de-rotated and combined them in WinJupos
Celestron Edge HD11 scope, CGE Pro mount, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Jupiter with moon Europa in transit, imaged from London on 6th June 2018

Single IR, R, G, B image run stacked, sharpened and de-rotated.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Jupiter imaged from London on 3rd June 2018. All my planetary imaging is done using a mono planetary camera, the colour image produced by imaging through different filters and combining in Photoshop. This image shows the image as captured through each filter, the combined R/G/B colour image, and this image with the IR filtered image applied as a luminance (detail) layer.

Twenty five minute animation of the transit of Europa across the face of Jupiter, shot from London on 6th June 2018.

Consists of 9 IR frames, captured using a Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera & Televue 2.5x Powermate.

Processed in AutoStakkert, Registax, WinJupos & PIPP

Jupiter with moon Europa in transit, imaged from London on 6th June 2018

5 IR, R, G, B imaging runs stacked, sharpened and de-rotated.

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera and Televue 2.5x Powermate

Planet Jupiter with satellite Callisto just below and Europa to the bottom right of the image.

Shot from London on the 14th July 2019 with Jupiter at 15.8 degrees altitude

Celestron Edge HD 11 & ASi174MM camera - IRRGB image

Planet Jupiter with moons (L-R) Io, Europa & Ganymede. Imaged from London on the 20th July 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera. IR (685nm) R,G,B image

Planet Saturn imaged from London on the 17th August 2023.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI224MC & ADC

Composite of images showing the change in the angle of Saturn’s rings as viewed from Earth. Shots were taken every 2 years from 2016 until 2022 and this year (2023). Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM & ASI224MC camera

Composite of images showing the change in the angle of Saturn’s rings as viewed from Earth. Shots were taken every 2 years from 2016 until 2022 and this year (2023). Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM & ASI224MC camera

Saturn imaged from London t 01:35 BST IRRGB using Celestron Edge HD11 and ASI120MM camera
Processed using AS!2, Registax6 and PS CS6

Planet Saturn imaged from London in the early hours of 21st August 2022. Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Composite of images showing the change in the angle of Saturn’s rings as viewed from Earth. Shots were taken every 2 years from 2016 (top) until this year (2022). Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ZWO ASI174MM camera

Animated GIF of the change in angle of Saturn’s rings from 2016 - 2022

Saturn with moons (L-R) Rhea, Dione, Tethys & Titan. An IR RGB image shot from London on 22nd August 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI120MM Camera

Saturn imaged in the early hours of 24th May 2016 from London using a 685nm IR pass filter
Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI120MM camera
Processed using AS!2, Registax6 and PS CS6
Best 3000 frames out of 4000 stacked

Saturn imaged from London on 19th September 2017.

RRGB image with the red channel used for luminance

Celestron Edge HD11, ASI174MM camera
Processed in AS!2, Registax6 & Photoshop CC

Saturn imaged from London on 30th June 2018.

Red filtered image, shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, ASI174MM camera, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Saturn imaged in IR from London on the 13th August 2018. This version has had some of the noise in the image removed using the Topaz de-noise plug-in.

5 stacked images de-rotated in WinJupos

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera with 685nm IR pass filter

Saturn imaged from London just after midnight on the 8th August 2019 at an altitude of 14.6 degrees. Moon Titan is visible at the bottom of the image.

RRGB image composite 1 set of exposures for planet and another for Titan. Image rotated 180 degrees.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera.

Saturn with moons Titan (left) and Rhea (right). Imaged from London in the early hours of the 21st July 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera. IRRGB image. Composite of exposures for planet and moons.

Saturn with moons Titan, Dione, Enceladus, Tethys & Rhea imaged from London on 13th August 2018.

Two image composite exposed for moons and another for Saturn.

Saturn imaged from London on the 30th August 2019 at an altitude of 14.9 degrees. Moon Titan is visible to the right of the image.

RRGB image. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera.

Saturn imaged from London on the 30th August 2019 at an altitude of 14.9 degrees. Red filter image. Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM camera.

Saturn imaged from London, early morning 12th July 2020. Altitude 17.25 degrees.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera. RRGB image.

Saturn imaged from London in the early hours of 26th July 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI174MM camera

Saturn imaged just after midnight on the 11th August 2020.

IRGB image shot using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Planet Saturn imaged from London on the 27/28th August 2021

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI224MC camera & ZWO ADC

Saturn imaged from London in the early hours of 19th August 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ZWO ASI174MM camera.

Short gif showing the change in the ring orientation of Saturn over the four years from 2016 - 2020

The changing faces of Saturn, imaged in 2016 (top), 2018 (middle) and 2020 (bottom). We can see that the orientation of the rings is changing and in a few years time will almost disappear as they will be edge on to our line of sight before opening up again.

All images shot from London, red filter, Celestron Edge HD11, Televue 2.5x Powermate & ASI174MM camera

Saturn and five of it’s moons imaged from London on 5th September 2023. The planet is massively over exposed to capture the moons. I’ve pasted a correctly exposed image of Saturn taken at the same time to show the planets location and set it as a difference layer in Photoshop.

Spiral galaxy Messier 83 in the constellation Hydra

34 minutes Luminance, 3 minutes RGB

Planewave 20" CDK f/4.5, FLI ProLine PL 16303E
Imaged from SSO, 29th January 2015

M31 The Andromeda Galaxy
6 x 3 minutes Luminance, 4 x 3 minutes Red & Green, 2 x 3 minutes Blue
Takahashi FSQ-ED Petzval Apochromat Astrograph, 106mm f/5.0, SBIG STL 11000M camera

6th January 2015

A wide field view of Bode’s Galaxy (M81) and The Cigar Galaxy (M82).

12 x 300 seconds Luminance, 1 x 600 seconds for each Red, Green and Blue channel

106mm f/5.0 Petzval Apochromat Astrograph, SBIG STL-11000M camera.

Imaged from New Mexico Skies 25th April 2015

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy imaged from London over the nights of the 26th February & 12th, 24th & 25th March 2019. LHaRGB image using a TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

4 Hours Luminance using Hutech IDAS LPS filter (20 second subs), 2 Hours Ha (90 second subs), 45 minutes each Red, Green and Blue filter (15 second subs)

8 hours 15 minutes total

The Leo Triplet or M66 Group. A small galaxy group approximately 35 million light years distant. NGC3628 is at the top left, M65 is on the right and M66 is at the bottom.

Luminance imaged from London on the nights of the 29th and 31st March, 4 hours integration consisting of 60 second subs. Luminance only using a Hutech IDAS LPS filter. RGB imaged from London on the 11th April 2019,30 minutes integration each colour channel consisting of 30 second subs.

TS65 Quad Astrograph and ASI1600MM Pro camera

Galaxy M82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy a starburst galaxy 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

LHaRGB image consisting of 45 minutes luminance, 40 minutes Ha and 15 minutes for each R, G & B channel.

0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer

FLI-PL6303E CCD camera

Imaged remotely from New Mexico Skies

Ha 9th May 2018, Luminance 1st May 2018, RGB 27th April 2018

Supernova SN2015F is marked shining at an approximate magnitude of 13 over a distance of 50 million light years! NGC2442 (The Meat hook Galaxy) an unusual barred spiral galaxy is in the far southern constellation of Volans.

50 mins Luminance, RGB 5 minutes each

Planewave 27” (700mm) CDK, fl. 4531mm, f/6.6. FLI PLO09000 CCD

Imaged from SSO 22nd March 2015

The Spanish Dancer Galaxy, NGC 1566, an intermediate spiral in the southern constellation of Doarado. Located approximately 40 million light years away. It has a small but extremely bright nucleus which places it in the Seyfert class of galaxies and may harbour a supermassive black hole.

Imaged from SSO using a Planewave 20” (510mm) f/4.5 CDK and FLI-PL6303E CCD

Luminance 80 minutes (16x5 mins), RGB 5 minutes

The Grus Triplet group of galaxies is located in the southern constellation of Grus and consists of three close spiral galaxies – NGC 7582, 7590 and 7599 located around 60 million light years away. 

CDK700 (28″) @ F6.8. 
FLI 09000 camera. 
L: 60mins. RGB: 15mins

Imaged remotely from SSO

Centaurus A Galaxy. Supernova SN 2016adj is indicated box at the bottom of this image. 
30 mins Luminance, 5 mins each RGB Channel

27" f/6.6 Planewave CDK Telescope & FLI PLO9000 CCD

Imaged from SSO 20th February 2016

NGC292 The Small Magellanic Cloud. NGC104 - globular cluster 47 Tucanae can be seen at the bottom of the image.

Luminance 5x180 seconds, 2x300 seconds each R,G,B channel

Takahashi FSQ ED Petzval Apochromat Astrograph 106mm, f/5.0, FLI Microline 16803 CCD

Imaged from SSO 23rd September 2015

In the centre of the image is a group of galaxies named the Deer Lick Group.  The most prominent galaxy is NGC 7331, 46 million light years distant.  The other smaller galaxies in the “group” are probably 10 times more distant. Stephans Quintet is seen on the left of the image. There are at least 16 galaxies in this image

15th November 2014

NGC5128 - Centaurus A widefield

1x300 second Luminance
Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm f/5.0, SBIG STL 11000 M CCD

Imaged from SSO 19th July 2014

Ring galaxy NGC1291 in Eridanus. Located 33 million light years away its strange appearance is probably the result of a collision with another galaxy.

 L: 12x5mins. RGB: 5/5/10mins

20" CDK with FLI-PL6303E camera.

Imaged from SSO, 9th August 2015

Imaged remotely from New Mexico Skies, 2nd October 2016

50 mins Luminance, 15 mins R, G, B

The Sculptor Galaxy

Imaged from Siding Spring Observatory on 2nd October 2016

30 minutes Luminance (6 x 300 seconds)

A wide-field view of M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, imaged from London on 21st March 2017
Luminance channel only, stack of 62x90 seconds
TS65 Quad Astrograph and Atik 314L+ CCD

M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
Imaged from London on 31st March 2017.
2 1/2 hours integration using Hutech IDAS filter
TS65 Quad Astrograph & Atik314L+ CCD camera
Processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop CC

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - 21 million light years distant. Imaging galaxies from the city is not for the faint hearted, this is the front line of the battle with light pollution! This image was shot over 4 nights from London. Image consists of 4hrs 40 mins luminance (30 second subs) and 50 minutes for each R, G, B channel (also 30 second subs). Captured and stacked using Maxim DL, processed in Photoshop CC TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC1055 presenting as part of a sinister or smiling clown face depending on your point of view!

Luminance = 16 x 300 secs BIN1
RGB = 5 x 300 secs BIN2 each channel

iTelescope T21 - Mayhill New Mexico
OTA: Planewave 17" CDK
Optical Design: Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
Aperture: 431mm
Focal Length: 1940mm (0.66 Focal Reducer)
F/Ratio: f/4.5
CCD:  FLI-PL6303E  CCD camera

Galaxy M33 in Triangulum imaged from London on 5th November 2017 under a bright, just past full Moon.

LRGB image consisting of 2 hours BN1 luminance using a Hutech IDAS filter and 30 minutes BIN2 each R, G, B channel

TS65Quad Astrograph & Atik314L+ CCD
Processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop CC

M33 The Triangulum Galaxy. Imaged from London over 3 nights in December 2019. LRGB image, ~2 hours Luminance, 30 minutes each RGB channel. ASI1600MM Pro camera & TS65 Quad Astrograph.

Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

25 x 60 seconds Luminance and 120 seconds for Red, Green and Blue channels.

20” (510mm) f/4.4 CDK and an FLI ProLine PL09000 CCD

Imaged from SSO, 13th February 2015

NGC 2808 is a globular cluster in the constellation Carina.

20 x 2 minutes Luminance, 4 x 2 minutes each R, G, B channel

Imaged from SSO NSW Australia Planewave 27" CDK, FLI PLO9000 CCD

18th January 2016

Globular Cluster NGC6752 in the southern constellation Pavo

5x60 seconds Luminance, Red, Green and Blue channels

Imaged from SSO. 21st April 2016

Messier 11 (M11), popularly known as the Wild Duck Cluster, is a rich, compact open cluster located in the southern constellation Scutum. The Wild Duck Cluster has an apparent magnitude of 6.3 and lies at a distance of 6,200 light years, or 1,900 parsecs from Earth. It covers an area of 14 arc minutes of apparent sky and is believed to be about 220 million years old. M11 is receding from us at 22 km/s. The Wild Duck Cluster is the most distant open cluster listed in the Messier catalogue that is visible to the naked eye.

Imaged from London using a TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera. LRGB image, 2 hours Luminance (30 second sub-frames) 30 minutes each R,G, B channel (20 second sub-frames). Hutech IDAS LPS filter used for Luminance channel

Pleiades

300 seconds x 18 (1hr 30 mins) integration
Darks and flats applied.

TS65 Quad Asrograph, Atik 314L+ CCD

Imaged from London, 7th January 2016

M45 - The Pleiades imaged from London over the nights of 12th, 16th and 17th November 2017

3 hours 20 mins luminance
20 mins each R, G, B channel

TS65Quad Astrograph, Atik314L+ CCD

Processed in Maxim DL & Photoshop CC
 

Three clusters in one shot, NGC1647 on the bottom left, The Hyades and the Pleiades top right.

28 minutes integration using a Canon EOS 6D, Canon 24-70mm EF Zoom lens @ 70mm

Mounted on Vixen Polarie star tracker

NGC869 & NGC884 The Double Cluster in Perseus imaged from London on the 27th September 2021.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera. Image is a stack of 125 15 second exposures @ ISO 400.

The Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC868 & NGC884, Caldwell 14).

Imaged from London on 14th October 2017. TS65 Quad astrograph, Atik314L+ CCD

LRGB image - 30 mins Luminance, 20 mins each colour 

The Perseus Double Cluster shot from London on the 21st September 2018.

30 minutes integration consisting of 180 x 10 second subs stacked and processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop CC.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera

NGC869 & NGC884 The Double Cluster in Perseus imaged from London on the 17th November 2019. This image is comprised of a stack of 229 20 second exposures (1 hr 16 mins integration) shot at ISO 100 to preserve dynamic range. TS65 Quad astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera

Widefield shot of the Perseus Double Cluster (Caldwell 14) - common name for the naked-eye open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884

single 30 second exposure

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Lens 141mm f/4.5 ISO1600.

A widefield view of NGC4755 or the Jewel Box Cluster. The bright star above is Beta Crucis or Mimosa, the area to the right devoid of stars stars is the coal sack dark nebula.

Takahashi SKY90 Apochromatic Refractor. 90mm focal length 417mm f/5.6, Canon 1100D Colour DSLR

Imaged from SSO, 26th March 2015

M7 (NGC 6475) the Ptolemy Cluster in the constellation of Scorpius.
Single 300 second exposure
Luminance only

Messier 35 or NGC 2168) is an open cluster in the constellation Gemini. The compact open cluster NGC 2158 lies directly southwest of M35.

28 minutes integration plus calibration frames

Widefield image using a TS65 Quad scope and Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera with Astronomik CLS filter

Imaged from London

The constellation Cygnus with the Cygnus rift and the rich starfields of the Milky Way.

17x45 seconds, Canon EOS Rebel T3i 45mm f/2.8 ISO1600

Lasserre-de-Prouille, August 2015

Cygnus region imaged from Chideock in Dorset in October 2019. Dark skies really make a difference!

10 x 60 second exposures stacked in Maxim DL.

Canon EOS 6D

The Cygnus rift imaged from Pezenas, France on 30th July 2018.

5 x 45 second exposures stacked in Maxim DL

Image Shortlisted Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018

Globular Cluster NGC 6752 in the constellation Pavo.

Shot remotely from Siding Spring Australia using a half metre f/6.8 Planewave CDK, f/4.5 focal reducer & FLI-PL6303E CCD camera.

7x120 secs Luminance
1x120 secs red, green & blue channels

Albireo in Cygnus appears to the naked eye to be a single star of magnitude 3 but through a telescope, even low magnification views resolve it into two. Long thought to be a binary star system Giaia has shown them not to be physically associated but rather an optical double. The brighter yellow star makes a striking colour contrast with its fainter blue companion

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Celestron 8" f/10 SCT

London

10 images of the stars Rigel (left) and Betelgeuse (right) taken with successive de-focus to show the colours of the two brightest stars in Orion

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D
Composite created in Photoshop CC

Globular cluster Messier 15 imaged from London on 13th September 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.

10 minutes integration processed in Maxim DL & Photoshop CC

Globular cluster Messier 92. Imaged from London on the 30th May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and Canon EOS 6D camera.

30 minutes integration (18x10 seconds)

Globular cluster Messier 2 imaged from London on 13th September 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera

8 minutes integration comprised of 10 second subs. Processed in Maxim DL & Photoshop CC

Globular Cluster Messier 2 imaged from London on the 9th September 2020

Globular cluster Messier 3 imaged from London on the 28th May 2020.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & Canon EOS 6D camera. 1 hour integration (360x10 seconds)

NGC457, The Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia. Imaged from London on 26th October 2018.

Stack of 720 10 second exposures comprising 2 hours integration time.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D

The Hyades and Pleiades clusters, shot from Burwash common, East Sussex on the 25th December 2019. 10 minute exposure (20 x 30 seconds) using a Canon EOS 6D camera and Vixen Polarie star tracker.

Two clear nights in a row (27th & 28th Jan) meant I was able to shoot this image of the Rosette Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros. 2 1/2 hours Ha and the same in Oiii (each sub 90 seconds) combined into a HaOiiiOiii image.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

IC443 The Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini. Imaged from London on the 29th February & 3rd March 2020 (Ha), and 16th March 2020 Oiii Ha image - 281 minutes integration, Oiii 120 minutes integration. Ha mapped to red channel, Oiii mapped to green & blue. ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera & TS65 Quad Astrograph.

The Rosette Nebula imaged from London on the nights of 19th January 2022 (Ha) and 27th January 2022 (Oiii). Presented in Ha (red) and Oiii (blue & green) representing ~4 hours of 90 second subs for each channel. Stars have been removed to better show the structure of the nebula.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera.

GIF showing the rosette nebula with and without stars

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula, imaged from London on 15th August 2017

TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik 314L+ CCD

Ha mapped to Red, Oiii mapped to Green & Blue

20 minutes exposure each channel
 

The Dumbell Nebula imaged from London on 17th July 2016

Celestron Edge HD11 and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Astronomik UHC Filter

1 Hour integration

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula imaged from London on the 18th August 2020.

Ts65Quad Astrograph & ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera.

45x1 minute Ha mapped to Red, 45x1 minute Oiii mapped to Green and Blue

NGC7000 - The North America Nebula. Imaged from London on the 17th & 18th September 2019. 2 Hours integration (120 x 60 seconds) using a Hydrogen Alpha filter (Red channel). 2 hours integration (120 x 60 seconds) Oiii filter (Green and Blue channel)

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC6992 The Eastern Veil Nebula a supernova remnant in Cygnus imaged from London in Ha (1 hour, 60 second subs - 1st September 2019) and Oiii (2 hours 30 second subs - 4th September 2019)

Ha mapped to red channel, Oiii to green and blue

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC6960 - The Western Veil Nebula or Witch's Broom Nebula

Imaged from London on the nights of the 5th (90x60 seconds Ha) and 6th September (90x60 seconds Oiii) - HaOiiiOiii image using a TS65Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC7293 The Helix Nebula

50 minutes Luminance, 5 mins each RGB channel

700mm (27") Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph, 4531mm fl f/6.6
FLI PLO9000 CCD

Imaged from SSO, 28th July 2014

M1 - The Crab Nebula imaged from London on 8th December 2017

TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik314L+ camera
Capture and processing Maxim DL and Photoshop CC

Bi-colour image
2 hours integration Ha - mapped to red
2 hours integration Oiii - mapped to green & blue

The flame and Horsehead Nebulae in Orion. Imaged from London on the 20th January 2020. TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera. Ha mapped to red, Oiii mapped to blue, green channel is a blend of the two.

Widefield view of the Flame (NGC2024) and Horsehead (IC434) Nebulae in Orion
3x 300 seconds BIN x1 luminance, 1x 300 seconds BIN 2R, G & B

Imaged from New Mexico Skies, 12th December 2014

The Flame and Horsehead nebulae imaged from London over the nights of the 10th, 14th and 15th February 2019.

This is a narrowband bi-colour image with Ha mapping to the red channel, Oiii to the blue channel and the green comprising a blend of Ha & Oiii.

3 1/2 hours integration for Ha and Oiii, so 7 hours total. 90 second subs taken using a TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

The Flame and Horsehead nebula imaged from London over the nights of 3rd, 4th, 26th & 29th December 2016.
Bi-colour image with Ha (2 hrs 35mins integration) mapped to red and Oiii (2 hours integration) mapped to green and a synthetic blue channel. Luminance added comprising 1hr 30 minutes shot through Hutech IDAS filter
Atik314L+ camera and TS65 Quad Astrograph

M42 The Orion Nebula imaged in Ha from London over 3 nights in late December 2019. A re-process with increased dynamic range.

TS65 Quad Astrograph, ASI1600MM Pro camera.4.5 hours integration.

The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) and Running Man, imaged from London using an Ha image for Luminance and DSLR image for colour.

TS65Quad Astrograph, ASI1600MM Pro for Ha, Canon EOS 6D DSLR for colour. Ha is 4.5 hrs integration, colour 3.5 hours.

The Orion and Running Man nebulae LRSynGB
5x120 seconds BIN 1 Lum
1x120 seconds BIN 1 R & B, Synthetic green as clouded over before I obtained the green channel!

18th December 2014

The Great Orion Nebula (M42) imaged from London over the two freezing nights of the 28th and 29th November 2016

LRGB image using TS65 Quad Astrograph and Atik314L+ CCD camera

M42 The Orion Nebula imaged in HaOiiiOiii. The Ha image is mapped to red and consists of 6 hours of 60 second subframes. The Oii image is mapped to green and blue and consists of 4 hours worth of 60 second subframes. Ha data was captured during December 2019 and January 2020. Ts65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

M42 The Orion Nebula and the Running Man.
This image was a bit of an experiment in what could be achieved by stacking multiple short exposures. This is a stack of 327 20 second exposures making a total integration time of 109 minutes. Stacked in Maxim DL and processed in Photoshop CC

TS65 Quad Astrograph & Canon EOS 6D, ISO 800

M42 The Orion Nebula imaged in HaOiiiOiii. The Ha image is mapped to red and consists of 4 1/2 hours of 60 second subframes. The Oii image is mapped to green and blue and consists of 2 1/2 hours worth of 60 second subframes. Ha data was captured on the 22nd, 29th and 30th December 2019 and the Oiii data on the 12th January 2020. Ts65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) -  HaRGB

Ha - 45 minutes, R,G,B 5 minutes each

Imaged from New Mexico Skies, 29th December 2014

The belt & sword of Orion - just 75 secs (3x25) @ ISO3200 under Bortle 3/4 skies. Shot while visiting my in-laws in Burwash Common, East Sussex. Amazing the difference dark skies make! Canon EOS 6D & tracking mount.

The Orion Nebula imaged from London in Hydrogen Alpha. Roughly 4 hours of exposure time - data from previous imaging runs is also included in the stack. Second image has stars removed.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera

Rosette Nebula
1 hour Ha for red channel, 1 hour Oiii for green channel, Synthetic Blue
TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik 314L+ CCD

 Imaged from London, 23rd and 24th February 2016

The Rosette Nebula centred on cluster NGC2244
A bi-colour image consisting of 3 hours Ha and 3 hours Oiii shot fro London over two nights (20th and 24th January 2017)
TS65 Quad Astrograph & Atik 314L+ CCD camera

The Cone Nebula (NGC2264), top, Christmas Tree Cluster and Fox Fur Nebula (bottom) imaged from London over 3 nights in January 2017
Ha - 5 hours, mapped to red
Oiii - 3 hours, mapped to green & blue
TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik314L+ camera
Captured and stacked in Maxim DL Pro, processed in Photoshop CC

NGC2264 The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster imaged remotely on the 18th and 25th December 2020. 90 minutes Ha and 90 minutes Oiii consisting of 10 minute sub exposures, combined to create a HaOiiiOiii image.

Previous image - given a tilt and shift treatment

NGC 23592 or 'Thor's Helmet' an emission nebula in Canis Major.

20 minutes each Ha, Oiii & Sii, HST Palette Sii (R) Ha (G) Oiii (B)

Imaged using a 510mm (20") Planewave CDK f/4.5, FLI-PL6303E CCD camera

Imaged from SSO, 1st March 2015

In honour of the Hubble Space Telescope 25th anniversary I thought I'd create my own version of the famous Pillars of Creation but in widefield.
This is M16 the Eagle Nebula in a modified Hubble Palette using the turquoise and gold motif.

5 x 300 seconds SII (R), 5 x 300 seconds Ha (G), 3 x 300 seconds OIII (B),  L = sum of all three channels.
317mm f/7.4 Ritchey-Cretin scope, SBIG ST-10XME camera

Imaged from SSO, 11th April 2015

The Eskimo Nebula (NGC2392,Caldwell 39), bipolar planetary nebula. The formation resembles a person's head surrounded by a parka hood.
This is only a 30 second exposure in Ha and Oiii channels and processed in bi-colour

Celestron Edge HD11, Atik 314L+
Processed in Photoshop CS6

London, 12th March 2016

NGC6888 The Crescent Nebula (slightly decapitated)

4x5 mins BINx2 Sii (R), 8x5 mins BINx1 Ha (G), 4x5 mins BINx1 Oiii (B)

Planewave CDK 318mm f/7.9, KAF-6303E CCD

New Mexico Skies, 12th September 2014

NGC6888 The Crescent Nebula imaged in Ha and Oiii from London on 27th August 2017.

TS65Quad Astrograph, Atik314L+ CCD

45 mins Ha, 20mins Oiii captured and processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop CC. Ha mapped to red channel and Oiii mapped to green and blue

NGC896 The Heart Nebula imaged in Ha from London on the 18th November 2019. 80 minutes integration (80 x 60 seconds), ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera & TS65 Quad Astrograph

IC1805 The Heart Nebula.

One hour of Ha data rendered in false colour

Takahashi FSQ Fluorite, Petzval ApochromatAstrograph106mm f/5.0, SBIG STL - 11000M

New Mexico Skies, 8th November 2014

NGC7023 or Iris Nebula imaged over two nights LRGB

New Mexico Skies, 28th August 2014

Planetary nebula IC5148, nicknamed the Spare Tyre Nebula in the southern constellation of Grus (The Crane). 

L 6x600 seconds, R, G & B channels 300 seconds each

700mm f/6.6 (fl 4531mm) Planewave Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph, FLI PLO09000 CCD

Imaged from SSO, 25th May 2015

NGC6960 - The Witches Broom or Western Veil Nebula

20 mins each channel Oiii (B), Ha (G), Sii (R). Ha as Luminance

OTA: Takahashi FSQ Fluorite Petzval Apochromat Astrograph 106mm f/5.0

New Mexico Skies, October 2014

The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

12 x 5 minutes Colour

Takahashi SKY90 APO f/5.6SBIG ST2000 XMC CMOS Colour CCD

Imaged remotely from SSO, 9th February 2016

Planetary nebula NGC7662, commonly called The Blue Snowball (for obvious reasons!)

Imaged from London on 1st August 2016 using a Celestron Edge HD11 scope at f/10 and a Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera with CLS filter

NGC2392, otherwise problematically known as the 'Eskimo Nebula'. Imaged from London on the 23rd February 2019. A planetary nebula in Gemini, only 48 arc seconds across

30 minutes Ha and Oiii, Oiii used as luminance, blue and green channels, Ha as red.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI1600MM Pro camera

Messier 76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula presented in a modified SHO palette. Imaged on 6th January 2021.

The Wizard Nebula imaged in narrow-band (Ha, Sii & Oii - 1 hour each channel). Processed using gold and turquoise motif Hubble Palette

New Mexico Skies 10th October 2016

The Witch Head Nebula imaged from SSO on 2nd and 3rd November 2016

Also known as IC 2118 & NGC 1909 it is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in Orion (which is causing the light gradient in the upper right of the image).

 It can be found in the constellation Eridanus, about 900 light-years from Earth. 

This is an LRGB image comprising 90 minutes red channel, 60 minutes green and blue. The luminance channel is only 40 minutes as the imaging session was curtailed by clouds.

Imaged using telescope T12 at SSO via the iTelescope network

NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula in Orion, imaged from London over the nights of the 20th, 21st and 22nd February 2019.

Ha,Oiii,Oiii image Ha mapped to red and luminance channel (3 hours integration), Oiii mapped to green and blue channels (2 hours integration)

TS65 Quad Astrograph, ASI1600MM Pro camera, Maxim DL & Photoshop CC

Wide field shot of planetary nebula M27 - The Dumbbell nebula in Vulpecula. 30 minutes Ha and the same in Oiii (each sub 30 seconds) combined into a HaOiiiOiii image.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC1499, The California Nebula in Perseus. Imaged from London on the nights of 3rd, 4th & 6th November 2019.

~2 hours integration - Ha Filter, 2 1/2 hours Oiii - HaOiiiOiii image.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC1499, The California Nebula in Perseus, imaged from London on the nights of the 3rd and 4th of November 2019.

Approximately 2 hours integration - Ha filter

TS65 Quad Astrograph, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula in Cepheus. Imaged from London in HaOiiiOii. 70 minutes Ha on 2nd October 2019, 70 minutes Oiii on the 4th October. The integration time for each channel is shorter than I would like due to a tree branch getting in the way around 70 minutes after darkness falls!

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

NGC 281, IC 11, Sh2-184 or The Pacman Nebula is a bright emission nebula forming part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera

3 hours (180 x 60 seconds) Ha mapped to red (15th Oct)

3 hours (180 x 60 seconds) Oiii mapped to green and blue (16th Oct)

Cluster M52 (top right) & NGC7635 The Bubble Nebula (centre). cropped widefield shot on the 20th September using a Ha filter for red channel - 2 hours exposure (120x60 seconds), Oii filter on 27th September for Green and blue channel - also 120x60 seconds.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera. Shot from London.

Cluster M52 (top), NGC765 The Bubble Nebula (centre) & NGC7538 (bottom). Widefield shot using a Ha filter, TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera. 2 hours exposure (120x60 seconds). Shot from London

Cluster M52 (top), NGC7635 The Bubble Nebula (centre) & NGC7538 (bottom). Widefield shot on the 20th September using a Ha filter for red channel - 2 hours exposure (120x60 seconds), Oii filter on 27th September for Green and blue channel - also 120x60 seconds.

TS65 Quad Astrograph & ASI1600MM Pro camera. Shot from London.

NGC7635 - The Bubble Nebula

600 second x1 bin Ha exposure as luminance channel, R,G,B 120 sec x2 bin + calibration files

Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph, 318mm, f/7.9, KAF-6303E CCD

Imaged from New Mexico Skies

Messier 20 The Trifid Nebula imaged from Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia.

510mm f/4.4 Planewave CDK, FLI-PL09000 camera

1 hour luminance, 10 minutes each R, G, B channel

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy - Coma
L 5 minutes Bin 2x2, RGB 1 minute Bin 2x2

12.5" CDK, SBIG-STXL-6303E

Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise and some faint noctilucent clouds imaged from London at ~3:30 BST on the 11th July 2020.

This comet is absolutely stunning to even the naked eye with the tail obvious even under light polluted city skies.

Canon EOS 6D, 70 - 300mm Telephoto lens @ 124mm, 5 seconds ISO800

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE shot from Wimbledon, London on the 11th July 2020.

stack of 60 4 second exposures, using a Canon EOS 6D camera, 70 - 300mm telephoto lens at 182mm, F/5 ISO800

Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise above my back garden observatory in Wimbledon London.

11th July 2020

Animation showing Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE rising over 5 minutes. London 11th July 2020

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy imaged from London
TS65 Quad Refractor, Atik 314L+ Camera
5 minutes Luminance BIN 2x2, 1 minute RGB BIN 2x2

C/2013 US10 Catalina

3x 120 seconds Luminance BIN 2x2

Planewave 17" CDK f/6.8, FLI Proline 16803 CCD
Imaged from SSO

Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson imaged from Mayhill New Mexico on 2nd February 2017
Inverted luminance image 10 mins (5x120 seconds) 
Planewave 17" CDK f4.5
FLI-PL6303E CCD Camera

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
2x120 seconds BIN 1 Luminance, 1x60 seconds R & B, Synthetic Green
17" CDK f/6.8, FLI Proline 16803 CCD
Imaged from SSO

Comet 0252/p Linear

Takahashi TOA-150 f/7.3SBIG ST-4000XCM One Shot Colour CCD

Imaged from New Mexico Skies

Bright star Capella and comet 21p Giacobini-Zinner imaged from London at around 3am BST on the 3rd September 2018.

TS65 Quad astrograph & Canon EOS 6D camera

6 minute stack of 20 second exposures

Comet 21p Giacobini-Zinner imaged from Sierra remote observatory on the morning of 1st October 2018.

Single 300 second luminance image with 610mm reflector

A bright meteor caught through thin cloud as I was attempting to image some Persieds. I don't think this is one as the trajectory seems wrong. I did catch some Persieds but this is the nicest shot.

The stars making up the summer triangle can be seen to the right - Vega top, Deneb left and Altair right. If you look closely you can even see NGC7000 the North American Nebula just below and to the left of Deneb.

London August 13th 2016

Comet C/2012 Q2 Lovejoy imaged against the stars of the constellation Puppis.

6x1 minute luminance

Takahashi FSQ ED Petzval Apochromat Astrograph, 106mm f/5.0

Imaged from SSO

C/2014 E2 Comet Jacques in the constellation Cygnus, Deneb is cropped at the bottom left of the image, Jacques is the green fuzzy towards the centre.
Stacked 20sec ISO3200 exposures.
Canon EOS Rebel T3i, telephoto @ 141mm. Vixen Polarie tracker

Meteors over St Bauzille de Putois - blend of 3 images.
Possibly 2 early Perseids and one sporadic

Mag -8.1 Iridium flare

The movement of Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto over 10 minutes (10 x 1 minute exposures). Imaged from Bathurst Observatory.

Star trails from Labastide France.
361 30 second exposures at ISO 800, lens at 17mm

Moonrise over Canary Wharf London

8th December 2014

130x30 seconds lit by the full Moon

Burwash Common, 5th April 2015

Star Trails looking north from St Bauzille De Putois, France

113x30 seconds 17mm ISO800

31st July 2014

Circumpolar trails with increased saturation to enhance star colour.

240x30 seconds, Canon Rebel T3i, f/2.6 17mm ISO1600

Lasserre-de-Prouille France, 19th August 2015

Imaging the Milky way in Languedoc, France. My shadow is cast by the lights of the farmhouse in which we were staying while on holiday.

July 2016

Core of the Milky Way rising 

August 2015

The Milky Way rising over the fields outside Montreal, Languedoc, France

July 2016 

Two hour trail taken with 8mm fish-eye lens. The smear of the Milky Way is visible across the image

The Milky way rising over a field of sunflowers in the fields near Montreal, Languedoc, France

July 2016

Venus at sunset from the Thames at Putney Bridge

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 17mm f/2.8 1/15sec ISO200

London, 3rd March 2015

Star trails over the church of St Vincent, Montreal, Languedoc, France

July 2016

Fields illuminated by the light of the Moon

Single 5 second exposure ISO400, Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 17mm f/4 ISO400

Burwash Common, April 2015

Milky Way over Labastide-Villefranche

Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 17mm f/4.5, 40 seconds ISO3200

Labastide-Villefranche, July 2014

Imaging Mars from Burwash Common 2nd March 2014

Sunset behind the spire London 3rd May 2014

Annotated image of the conjunction between Venus and Jupiter in the pre-dawn skies of London

Venus and Jupiter setting over SW London on 1st July 2015. Images taken 1 minute apart and stacked

Milky Way - 8mm Fish-eye ISO1600, 60 second exposure

SW France 19th August 2015

From top - Regulus, Venus, Moon, Mars and Jupiter clustering in the morning sky over SW London

9th October 2015

This image shows the movement of Jupiter and Venus towards conjunction in the June sky over South West London. It consists of 11 images taken on each clear night during June (10th, 11th, 15th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th) from the same location, at the same time of day andwith a consistent focal length. The positioningof the planets in the sky relative to the horizon has been alteredin all but the base image to better show the gradual reduction in distance between the two bodies over time but the relative separation has in all cases been faithfully retained.

Canon EOS Rebel T3i DSLR Camera, Tamron 17 - 50mm Zoom lens @ 40mm.

Milky Way over St Bauzille de Putois, southern France

Composite 5 45 second exposures, ISO800 42mm f/2.8

July 2014

Moonrise 13th June 2014, 20 images blended using Startrails v2.2
135mm f/4.5 1/60th sec
Canon EOS Rebel T3i

3 day old Moon setting over SW London

20th May 2015

Composite of the sun setting over South West London on June 29th 2014

Stitch of 4 images looking towards the south at around 10pm on Saturday 1st March 2014. Sirius is the bright star at the left of the image, passing through Orion, Taurus, Perseus and on to Cassiopeia in the trees on the right

Burwash Common, East Sussex

Jupiter rising on 31st December 2013

From Burwash Common, East Sussex

Star trails over the turrets of Chateau Roquelune, Pezenas, SW France

ISO 400, f/2.8, 17mm, 231 x 30 seconds
 

2 hours 45 minutes of star trails shot from Chateau Roquelune near Pezenas, Languedoc SW France, 4th & 5th August 2017

292 x 30 seconds

f/2.8, 17mm ISO 200
 

Jupiter setting amongst the trees, Pezenas, SW France. August 2017

Chateau Roquelune in Pezenas, South West France - night time view from the lake reflected in a crystal ball

Conjunction of Jupiter (top) and Mars (bottom) shot through the branches of a tree from London on the morning of 7th January 2018.

300mm telephoto and Canon EOS 6D - cropped

Star trails over Chateau Roquelune near Pezenas in South West France.

3 hours of 30 second exposures shot pointing north

Chateau Roquelune and Mars (the bright 'star' to the bottom right of the Chateau)

30 second exposure, Canon EOS 6D

Lonely tree, Pezenas, France - July 2018

2 hours worth of star trails pointing towards the north celestial pole.

Westdown, Burwash Common, East Sussex

Canon EOS6D - images combined in StarStax

Approximately 1 1/2 hours of star trails (126 x 40 seconds), taken from the west Dorset village of Chideock. October 2019.

Orion rising on Christmas Day 2019. Shot from Burwash Common, East Sussex, UK. Canon EOS 6D

Star trail shot from Burwash Common, East Sussex UK, comprising approximately 2 hours worth of exposures stacked in StarStax.

132 minutes worth of star trails (396 x 20 seconds), shot from Whitstable, Kent on the 17th February 2020. Canon EOS 6D, processed in StarStax and Photoshop CC

Venus setting through the branches of the trees of my London back garden during lockdown. 2 hours worth of 1/8 sec ISO 200 exposures taken 30 seconds apart. Canon EOS 6D

There aren’t many planes in the sky as London remained in lockdown when this image was taken but one managed to make its way into this one! I love the colours and dynamism so decided it was a keeper…

The ISS just before transiting the Moon.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera

ISS lunar transit composite, London 22nd January 2024.

Celestron Edge HD11 scope & ASI174MM camera

ISS Transiting the Moon in slow motion

The ISS transiting the Moon in real time

ISS imaged over London
8" f/10 SCT, ASI120MM camera

The ISS ALMOST occulting the bright star Vega - composite of 5 images
8" f/10 SCT, ASI120MM

Fish-eye view of the ISS passing over southwest London

The Moon with a close pass of the International Space Station (ISS). Looking on Calsky the ISS was due to skim the edge of the Moon from my location in London. I set up to capture this but on first inspection I couldn't see the ISS in any of the captured frames and thought it must have passed lower than expected. It did but on a second look I managed to find it in one of the frames out of 4,200! You can see it here at the bottom right.

The ISS passing through the constellation Lyra. The space station passed within half a degree of Vega on this occasion.

Composite image showing the track of the International Space Station as it transited the Sun as seen from Wimbledon, south west London on 18th June 2017

Lunt LS60 scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera

The International Space Station transiting the Sun as seen from Wimbledon in south west London

False colour image taken using Lunt LS60 solar scope, Televue 2.5x Powermate and ASI174MM camera.

The ISS was extracted from a single frame of the capture video and blended using darken mode in Photoshop with a 4 panel mosaic of the Sun taken during the same period. Rendered in false colour

The International Space Station (ISS) almost occulting the bright star Regulus in Leo. Imaged from Wimbledon in the early hours of 10th November 2018.

Celestron Edge HD11 Scope, ASI174MM camera

GIF of the ISS passing below the star Regulus. Motion has been slowed down to better show the movement of the ISS. The ISS appears roughly 5 seconds in.

The International Space Station transiting the Moon as seen from Wimbledon, South West London on the 5th August 2019.

Celestron Edge HD11 & ASI174MM - single frame taken from video.

Animated GIF of the International Space Station caught transiting the Moon, visible from Wimbledon at 3:21 pm on the 5th August 2019. Transit slowed to half speed

Celestron Edge HD11 scope and ASI174MM camera

Fish eye view in observatory

Fish eye view

Celestron Nexstar 8SE SCT and Telescop Express TS65 Quadruplet Astrograph on the gear stack!

Left to Right

Lunt LS-60THA/B6C Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope, Telescop Express TS65 Quadruplet Astrograph, Celestron 127 Nexstar SLT Maksutov-Cassegrain, Celestron Nexstar 8SE SCT, Celestron Edge HD11 aplanatic SCT

Soyuz TMA-19M capsule that carried British astronaut Tim Peake to and from the ISS. December 2015 - June 2016. A little peak inside the door!
Science Museum - London

© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

IAPTY Awards Ceremony 2017

The short film featuring Thea (and myself) playing at the National Maritime Museum Astronomy Photographer of the Year Exhibition

My image of the first quarter Lunar terminator displayed in the exhibition gallery of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 exhibition

Closer look at my image in the exhibition gallery of the Royal Observatory Greenwich - this photo is overexposed due to the fact that the image is backlit - this is more for the text...

Me and my eldest daughter Thea standing under my winning image in the Planets, Comets and Asteroids category of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017

Thea receiving her certificate from Jon Culshaw at the awards ceremony at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

With Lucie Green and the Stargazing Live team after filming, November 2015

With (top to bottom) Jon Culshaw, Jamen Percy, Bendan Owens and Will Gater - Royal Observatory Greenwich

© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

The exhibition Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017

Thea with Jon Culshaw

© National Maritime Museum, London

Our friendly garden Robin snapped while perched on my kid's trampoline.

Canon EOS 6D, 300 mm lens with 2x Teleconverter

Hoverflies on a Scabia, shot in my London garden. Not sure what is going on here but it doesn’t look altogether pleasant! June 2019

A macro shot of a Bee busy collecting pollen in may garden in London, May 2019.

A common green shield bug enjoying some sap in my London garden

A hoverfly in flight in my London garden. Macro shot using a Canon EOS 6D. Lots of out of focus shots before this one! 21st July 2020

Common Field Grasshopper shot in my London garden on the 1st August 2020

A honey bee coming in to land on a Passion flower in my London garden, 16th August 2020.

Araneus Diadematus spider (European garden spider) imaged in my London garden, September 2020.

A shot over the misty fields beside my in-laws house in Burwash Common East Sussex. This was shot using an iPhone 8 on the morning of the 27th December 2018 and is a cropped panorama.

Panorama looking over Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland. Shot April 2019 using an iPhone 8.

Panorama of Marseillan Plage as a ‘tinyplanet’ projection in which the panorama is wrapped around on itself.

July 2018

Snowflake caught in the net of our garden trampoline after snow here in London

Strangford Lough, County Down imaged on a stormy August day

The north eastern coast of Northern Ireland shot from Cushendun

The north eastern coast of Northern Ireland shot from Cushendun

The north eastern coast of Northern Ireland shot from Cushendun

A rainbow over South West London, Christmas Eve 2014

Sun dogs or parhelia are created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere, typically appearing as two subtly colored patches of light to the left and right of the Sun, approximately 22° distant and at the same elevation above the horizon as the Sun. 

Clouds are usually my enemy, but I couldn’t resist photographing this one as it was the only one is a beautiful blue sky and so resembled a birds feather.

A rainbow lit up by the setting Sun - 1st October 2018