image of the the wizard nebula

NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula - an open cluster of stars approximately 8,500 light-years from the Sun.

Imaging: 74 x 300-second images (6 hrs total)
Scope: Skywatcher 72ED Pro
Camera: ASI585MC Pro
Control: AsiAir mini
Stack/Process: Siril & GIMP
Location: Beverley, UK

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photo of waxing crescent moon

Last night's Moon.
Waxing Crescent; 22% illumination

Seestar S50
Composite image made of 5-minute RAW video converted into 3,548 images and stacked with Siril. Star background is one 20-second image added in post-process.

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image of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Re-processed image of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. Same data, just processed a little more carefully.

Photo of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A)

A challenging target to capture; this one's gonna need more imaging time. The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) is a faint emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus.

172 x 180s exp. (8.5 hrs total)
72ED Pro
ASI585MC Pro
Siril & GIMP
Beverley, UK

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photo of the waning crescent moon

Slice 'O Moon (waning crescent)

8" Dobsonian
Single exposure
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK

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image of markarian's chain of galaxies

diagram of galaxies in markarian's chain

Markarian's Chain - a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster.

Evostar 72ED Pro
ASI585MC Pro
54 x120s and 46 x180s exposures.
Stacking & Processing with Siril, Graxpert, Cosmic Clarity.
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK

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image of the star Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It’s the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and is about 700 times our sun in diameter. No special effects have been done to this photo.

Seestar S50
43 x 10s exposures
Beverley, UK

photo of the star Capella

Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky. A prominent object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. Its name meaning "little goat" in Latin

Seestar S50
9 x 10s images
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK
Processed in Siril, GIMP

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image of star Erakis

Erakis, The Garnet Star, is a red supergiant in the constellation Cepheus.

Seestar S50
73 x 10-second exposures
Stacked and processed in Siril, GIMP
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK

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Photo of Orion’s nebula

The Orion Nebula
Seestar S50
1590 10& 20 second images from 5 sessions
processed with Siril, Graxpert, Veralux, & GIMP

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Photo of bodes galaxy

M 81 - Bode's Galaxy
Seestar S50
1,962 10 & 20second images
stacked and processed with Siril.
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK

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Flamborough Head: Shifting Sands Documentary photography Project — Mark Hillyer As part of my ongoing project to document the Yorkshire Coast, I photographed Flamborough Head, the North's only Chalk Cliffs.

I've been so busy lately that it's been a while since I posted some personal work. Here's the latest instalment of my ongoing project, Flamborough Head. It rained. I had the place to myself & I saw a Deer & a Seal. #photography #yorkshire #landscape
www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/flambor...

M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy.

39 240-second exposures.

Telescope: Evostar 72ED, HEQ5
Camera: ASI585MC Pro
Guiding: 30mm scope, ASI120 Mini.
Control: AsiAir
Stacked & processed in Siril, Graxpert, Cosmic Clarity, GIMP.
Beverley, Yorkshire, UK

NGC 4631 - The Whale Galaxy (and the pup). Star-forming region, indicated by hot newborn stars that glow bright blue. It interacts gravitationally with a dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 4627 - The Pup.

2.5 hours @120s & Gain 200
Evostar 72ED, ASI585MC Pro
Beverly, UK
Processed in Siri.

Photo of telescope on tripod at night.

Gearing up for another night of imaging.

Photo of Messier 101

M 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy.

175 images @ 180s exposure; 8.75 hours total imaging

Scope: Evostar 72ED
Guiding: 30mm scope; ASI120 mini guide camera.
Camera: ASI 585MC Pro
Control: AsiAir
Process: Siril, GIMP.

NGC 1499 - the California nebula. An emission nebula in the constellation Perseus approximately 1,000 light years from Earth and named for its resemblance to the shape of California.

Seestar S50.
1559 10 & 20 sec exposures over multiple sessions Oct - Dec 2025.
Stack & process in Siril, GIMP.

The Orion Nebula with the running man. Taken with Seestar S50. Post processing with Siril, Graxpert, GIMP.

Some new members of the family…

It's important that we never forget.

Hospital patients dying undiscovered in corridors, report on NHS reveals Royal College of Nursing says people ‘routinely coming to harm’ with vital equipment not available and staff too busy

corridor care "became normalised in NHS hospitals under the previous government. It is unsafe, undignified, a cruel consequence of 14 years of failure on the NHS..."

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Thanks! Just added it to my kindle collection. Will give it a read asap.

"All the atoms that make up your body existed before you were conceived and will be there at the end, after you have gone... I am one with the infinite and need no other assurance." - Zora Neale Hurston

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Thanks for posting this. I've opposed the WoD and militarization of Law Enforcement for years. I recently registered to study for a degree in Criminology. I already have two degrees, but wanted to learn more about this area. I start in February. In the meantime, I'll be reading all these articles.

Very interesting read with common themes consistent with my work with urban African-American homeless men in the U.S.

Merry Phone Box
Cumbria, UK

AfternoonMoon

Monochrome photo of an empty street in Beverley, UK at night.

Night walk. Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK