On 25th Feb '26 I photographed the #EyesOfClavius #ClairObscur effect. This animation shows how much the Sun had risen over #Clavius between 18:01 and 19:40UT. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera, #Televue #Powermate5x. #Oxfordshire, UK
Lunar images I took on 25 Feb '26 when the Moon was 64% #WaxingGibbous. I love this lunar phase because the lighting is great over so many of my favourite regions. #WilliamOptics 70mm #refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera + #Televue #Powermate 5x. #Oxfordshire, UK
Sunday was the 5 year anniversary of capturing this #InternationalSpaceStation #LunarTransit. We were in lockdown at the time but our house was below the transit centre-line & the #ISS passed over #Copernicus #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor #ZWO #ASI120MC camera. #Oxfordshire UK
Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of capturing this #InternationalSpaceStation #LunarTransit. We were in lockdown at the time but our house was below the transit centre-line & the #ISS passed over #Copernicus #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor #ZWO #ASI120MC camera. #Oxfordshire UK
Here is my stacked image of the #EyesOfClavius, taken at 18:08 UT 25 February 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera, #TeleVue #5xPowermate.
#Sunspot #AR14366 looking impressive at 12:19 UT 4 Feb '26. I had a long enough gap in the clouds to get a very quick visual look then captured a single video before the clouds swallowed the Sun again. #CoronadoPST, 2x barlow & #ASI120MC camera, best 50% of 1,742 frames #Oxfordshire UK #ActiveRegion
#Jupiter + Galilean moons 10 Jan '26 from Oxfordshire, UK. I was plagued with technical issues last night so Jupiter was behind thin cloud by the time I was capturing. 70mm refractor, 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of 2,000 frames. L we have #Europa, #Io and #Ganymede, R is #Callisto
Animation of #prominence activity from #AR14048 during a C-class flare on 29th March 2025, during the #PartialSolarEclipse I had to manually crop and align the images as best I could to try to show how quickly the region was changing #CoronadoPST 2x Barlow #ASI120MC camera, #SkywatcherAZGTi mount
Lots of activity on the #Sun during the #PartialSolarEclipse yesterday. Captured from #Oxfordshire, UK with a #CoronadoPST 2x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. 2 C-class flares were in action during the time I was capturing, one from #AR14046 + #AR14048
Best 30% of 1,000 frames
The region around #MontesApenninus including #Eratosthenes & #Archimedes at 16:59UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of 1,000 frames #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters #LunarMountains
The #EyesOfClavius #ClairObscurEffect at 16:58UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters
#RupesRecta #theStraightWall at 16:55UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography
The #PtolemaeusTrio at 16:54UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters
Sun rising over #Plato, #MontesApenninus & #Eratosthenes, and #Clavius. The images were taken 2hrs 45mins apart on 6th Feb '25 from #Oxfordshire, UK with a 70mm refractor, 3x Barlow + #ASI120MC camera #LunarSunrise #CraterSunrise
