#ZodiacalLight is a faint cone of light caused by sunlight reflecting off #InterplanetaryDust. Imaged from #Oxfordshire 15 Mar '26. #Canon1100D + 10mm & 18mm lenses. 20 & 18 images stacked in #Sequator with & without LP removal. More details in the VLOG I shared yesterday #AtmosphericOptics
55 minute #StarTrails timelapse, taken from #Oxfordshire, UK on 15th March 2026. #Canon1100D with 10-18mm wide angled lens. Each exposure was 30 seconds. Music by Dave Simpson
55 minutes of #StarTrails pointing towards the celestial equator, taken on Saturday 14th March 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D +10mm wide angled lens. 98 x 30 sec at ISO-1600 f/4.5. Stacked in #StarStaX
This photo popped up on memories from 5 years ago. 10 hour 35 minute #StarTrails from Oxfordshire, UK. This was part of my big project to combine star trails from over a full year to create a full circle 24hr star trails but this was a single imaging session #Canon1100D 10mm lens
25 minute #StarTrails over a nearby Earth Satellite Station last night. Plenty of aircraft trails too! 91 x 15 seconds with a #Canon1100D + 18-55mm lens, Oxfordshire UK
image shows the rosette nebula, an HII region that has shells of red gas in circular layers that resemble a rosette around the outside with little nebulosity in the centre. Some people think the shape resembles a human skull. There is a bright star cluster almost in the centre and the whole nebula is surrounded by a black sky and numerous faint stars
#RosetteNebula in Nov '25 from #Oxfordshire, UK. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, EQ5 Pro mount/permanent pier, astro-modded #Canon1100D + #AltairQuadband filter. 150 x 2min + 30 darks, total exposure of 5 hours. I was losing the sky to dawn light at the time of imaging #Astrophotography
After several months of catching the #BlueLaser from the #NetworkRail #NewMeasurementTrain on our all sky + auroracam, I finally saw it in person at 03:10 on Thurs am. Photos with #Canon1100D + 50mm lens from #Oxfordshire #FlyingBanana #NMT #BlueLaserTrain
As the sun sets in the west, the withering leaves of a sapling birch sparkle like orange gems against an azure sky.
#wales #forestfriday #treescape
#scape #canon1100D #forest
#sunset
#Calwell31 / #IC405 the #FlamingStarNebula in Auriga, imaged from #Oxfordshire UK 19 Nov '25. William Optics 70mm refractor, astro-modded #Canon1100D + #AltairQuadband filter. 185x120sec at ISO3200, total exposure 6hrs 10min #Astrophotography #Nebula
#Comet #C2025A6 #Lemmon from #Oxfordshire, UK 21 Oct '25. #Canon1100D 50mm lens, 122x10sec, ISO-800 f/2.2, total exposure 20min 20sec. I observed it visually with 15x70 binos & my observed tail length was about 1 deg 15min, but the ion tail is ~13 degrees on the stacked image!
#Messier33 the #TriangulumGalaxy. Taken from #Oxfordshire, UK with a small refractor & standard #Canon1100D, 45 x 60 seconds at ISO-1600, total integration time 45 minutes #M33 #Galaxy #Astrophotography
#VeilNebula complex, taken from Oxfordshire, UK. 70mm refractor, 0.8x focal reducer, #AltairQuadband filter + astro-modded #Canon1100D. Shot during summer, 45x120sec ISO-1600. I removed the stars before processing & merged back in at the end, but I need far more practice at that!
2hr 15min #CelestialEquator #StarTrails #timelapse, 16 Aug '25. My camera was pointing south at the celestial equator. I stacked the images in StarStaX, saving the cumulative files to create this timelapse. 315 x 25 sec, #Canon1100D +10mm lens. Music by Doctor Turtle
2hr 15min #StarTrails, pointing south at the #CelestialEquator + the #MilkyWay. Images taken on 16 Aug '25 from my garden in #Oxfordshire, UK. #Canon1100D + 10mm lens, 315 x 25 sec, stacked using #StarStaX
#MilkyWay #timelapse from North #Oxfordshire, 16 Aug '25. Video created with 317x25sec shots, ISO-1600 f/4.5, #Canon1100D + #Canon 10-18mm lens. Music is 'Sleep' by Dave Simpson
#MilkyWay from North #Oxfordshire, taken mid-August. 50x25sec ISO-1600 f/4.5. #Canon1100D + #Canon 10-18mm lens, stacked using #Sequator making use of the freeze foreground tool. The light pollution removal also helped to bring out lots more Milky Way detail
The beautiful #Corona during #Totality of the #TotalSolarEclipse on 21st August 2017. This is an HDR merge of 4 different exposures, taken hand-held,with a #Canon1100D with 300mm zoom lens. They were taken from #GlendoStatePark Wyoming USA #Eclipse2017
On this day in 2017 we were in #GlendoStatePark, Wyoming for the #TotalSolarEclipse. It was such an incredible experience 🥰 Here are the 2 diamond rings either side of #totality. #Canon1100D 300mm lens, hand-held! #SolarEclipse2017
Out of almost 4,000 images with 2 #Canon1100D cameras I captured 15 #Perseid #Meteors overnight 12/13 Aug from #Oxfordshire, UK. Here are the brightest 4 #PerseidsMeteorShower #Perseids2025
2hr 10min #StarTrails under a Full Moon, 8th August 2025.
#Canon1100D 18-55mm lens. 695 x 10sec ISO-400 f/3.5 stacked with 35 darks using #StarStaX You can see the bright #Perseid that occurred at 22:14 UT / 23:14 BST on the bottom right.
2hr 10min #StarTrails under a Full Moon, 8th August 2025.
#Canon1100D 18-55mm lens. 695 x 10sec ISO-400 f/3.5 stacked with 35 darks using #StarStaX
Very short #IonizationCloud left behind after the #Perseid #Meteor at 22:15UT/23:14BST 8th August 2025. #Canon1100D with 18-55mm lens, 10sec shots at ISO-400 f/3.5 because of the Full Moon bleaching the sky. #Perseids2025 #PerseidsMeteorShower #MeteorShower
I caught three #PerseidMeteors overnight 8th/9th Aug '25 - confirmed by UK #MeteorCameras. The 1st was 22:14, 2nd at 02:32, 3rd at 02:46 - times in GMT/UT which is 1 hour behind BST. #Canon1100D 10 sec ISO400 f/3.5 #MeteorShower #Perseids2025 #Perseids
At 00:46UT/01:46BST 5 Aug '25 I caught a #Sporadic #Meteor. Later at 01:24UT/02:24BST I got a #PerseidMeteor that left a lovely #IonizationTrail. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D + 18-55mm lens, ISO-1600 13 seconds f/3.5 #PerseidMeteorShower #Perseids2025
95 min #StarTrails looking NW 2nd/3rd Aug 2025. Taken from North Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D with 18-55mm lens, 421 x 15sec, ISO-1600 f/3.5. Stacked in #StarStaX with 20 darks.
2hr 45 min #StarTrails looking NW 2nd/3rd Aug 2025. Taken from North Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D with 18-55mm lens, 737 x 15 sec, ISO-1600 f/3.5. Stacked in #StarStaX with 20 darks.
#StarTrails + all night timelapse from North Oxfordshire, UK 2nd/3rd Aug '25. 1,782 x 13 second photos were taken to create these videos! I had to swap battery part-way through because my mains cable is dead. I had a dew band in place. #Canon1100D
#StarTrails + overnight timelapse 1st/2nd Aug '25. Plenty of aircraft + satellites but no meteors. #Canon1100D, Canon 18-55mm lens, ISO-1600 13 seconds f/3.5. Star trails created using StarStaX, timelapse made with PIPP + Movie Maker. Music is 'Sleep' by Dave Simpson
Two #StarTrails images captured overnight on 1st/2nd Aug '25. I had to split it into two images; a 1hr 5min + 1hr 35min. Lots of aircraft/satellites but no meteors. #Canon1100D, Canon 18-55mm lens, ISO-1600 13 seconds f/3.5. Star trails created using StarStaX
Just over 3.5 hours of #MilkyWay (+cloud!) #timelapse from North #Oxfordshire UK. #Canon1100D + 10-18mm lens. 464 images, each was a 25 second exposure, ISO-1600 f/4.5 #NightscapePhotography #Astrophotography
