Another night of imaging in the backyard. M 106 (NGC 4258) galaxy, a little over 24 million lightyears away. Stacked 189 subs with minimal processing, the result is pretty nice, given the constraints of the setup—an inexpensive camera and OTA. #astronomy #astrophotography #zwo

Jupiter from March…2025 Starlog March 16th, 2025, 9:53 p.m. local time Do not attempt to adjust your computer's internal clock. You are exactly

🔭 It’s been a long road back to the telescope, but I’ve finally posted an update.

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#Astrophotography #Jupiter #Celestron #Astronomy #ZWO

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

A ball of mostly blue stars with a few orange stars scattered in & a small ring like planetary nebula which is the remains of an exploded star.

#astrophotography #williamoptics #zwo #skywatcher

Shot in the New forest this Messier 46 star cluster with a planetary nebula.

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

Oval shaped due to incline, this galaxy has tightly wound bluish arms & darker orange dust lanes.

#astrophotgraphy #williamoptics #zwo #skywatcher

My backyard shot of spiral galaxy Messier 88, 50-60 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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

M51, Whirlpool Galaxy from my March 17 imaging run. Same imaging data, better processing. I stretched the last one a bit too far, blowing out the galaxy core. M51 is bright, so you don't need really long exposures. #astrophotography #ZWO #astronomy #carbonstar150

Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt. Bothe Equatorial Belts are visible, and the northern one has an irregular boundary

Also took 6 x 60s videos of Jupiter, derotated with WinJupos. #CFF 160 🔭, #Televue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. Best 25% stacked in AstroSurface, then de-rotated, then sharpened. #astrophotography

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Jupiter, showing the Great Red Spot to the right of the disk, with Ganymede's shadow almost central.

Not the best seeing - in fact some videos were like looking over a bonfire - but you take what you can get! 13 x 60s videos, best 25% stacked, derotated in WinJupos, then sharpened in AstroSurface. #CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO 585MC camera. #astrophotography

Messier 95 a barred spiral galaxy 33 Million Light years away in the constellation of Leo. The core & bars are orange with blue ring like structure & delicate spiral arms.

Messier 96 a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo 31 million light years away. The central core is amber with distinctive dust lanes & faint arms extend forming an oval around the centre.

#astrophotography #zwo #williamoptics #skywatcher

A couple of Leo galaxies, Messier 95 & 96 shot last night from my Lee on solent backyard with a William Optics FLT110 F7 scope.

Jupiter 11/8/2022, #Celestron 8 AVX, prime focus #ZWO ASI178MC, 10000 subs per image, #Autostakkert!, wavelet sharpening with #Corel Paintshop Pro Script, #Astrophotography

Jupiter 11/9/2022, #Celestron 8 AVX, prime focus #ZWO ASI178MC, 10000 subs per image, #Autostakkert!, wavelet sharpening with #Corel Paintshop Pro Script, #Astrophotography

#Moon craters Sacrobosco, Azophi, Abenezra, Geber.. #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

#Moon crater Albufeda area #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

#Moon craters Julius Caesar, Agrippa. #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

#Moon craters Walther, Werner, Regiomontanus, Purbach #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

#Moon crater Arzachel #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

#Moon Craters Halley, Horrocks, Rhaeticus #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! Wavelet Sharpening via #Corel Paintshop Pro script. #Astrophotography 04/16/2024.

Several large lunar craters.

#Moon Craters Aliacensis, Werner, Blanchinus, Apianus, Playfair, #Celestron 8 prime focus #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert! 3. Wavelet Sharpening with #Corel Paintshop Pro script, 04/16/2024 #Astrophotography

Started a year ago with serious astrophotography. Final result of Jupiter 25-02-2026. Quite happy with this.

#Astrophotography #Jupiter #planet #solarsystem #Celestron #ZWO #ASIairplus #photography #astronomy #cosmology

#Craters Stoefler, Faraday, #Celestron 8 prime focus, #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000subs, #Autostakkert! 3, Wavelet sharpening #Corel Paintshop Pro script. 04/16/2024 #Astrophotography

Lunar craters embedded in mountainous lunar terrain. Montes Recti(Straight range) in upper right.

#Moon Craters Le Condamine, Maupertuis, Montes Recti, #Celestron 8, prime focus #ZWO ASI178MC, #SharpCap 3000 subs, #Autostakkert!, wavelet sharpening script in #Corel Paintshop Pro. #Astrophotography 10/02/2025