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A rather pleasant sunrise at a favourite location ☺️
11/10/2026

A rather pleasant sunrise at a favourite location ☺️

A spontaneous sunset after I noticed the clouds looking epic whilst walking the dog after dinner. Sometimes it pays to j...
22/09/2026

A spontaneous sunset after I noticed the clouds looking epic whilst walking the dog after dinner. Sometimes it pays to just get up and go shooting ☀️☀️☀️☺️☺️☺️

IC 2631 — a reflection nebula in Chamaeleon, illuminated by the young variable star HD 97300 embedded within it. Part of...
20/09/2026

IC 2631 — a reflection nebula in Chamaeleon, illuminated by the young variable star HD 97300 embedded within it.

Part of the Chamaeleon I molecular cloud complex, ~500 light-years away.

6.5 hours of OSC at 3 minutes per sub.

M20 — the Trifid Nebula.One cloud, three personalities: red emission, blue reflection, and the dark lanes of Barnard 85 ...
13/09/2026

M20 — the Trifid Nebula.
One cloud, three personalities: red emission, blue reflection, and the dark lanes of Barnard 85 that split it into three.

Lit from the inside by HD 164492, a young O-star carving the core about 4,100 light-years away in Sagittarius.

A day trip to Moeraki boulders on our recent NZ trip. So much fun!
09/08/2026

A day trip to Moeraki boulders on our recent NZ trip. So much fun!

NGC 6188 — the Fighting Dragons of Ara, with open cluster NGC 6193 (the “Dragon Egg Cluster”) embedded within it. Emissi...
04/08/2026

NGC 6188 — the Fighting Dragons of Ara, with open cluster NGC 6193 (the “Dragon Egg Cluster”) embedded within it. Emission nebula in the constellation Ara, ~4,000 light-years away, shaped by radiation and stellar winds from young O-type stars in the Ara OB1 association

Just shy of 8 hours of integration at 3 mins per sub. Hoping to add more soon to bring out more detail especially around the dragon egg.

Processed in Pixinsight

IC2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula - 6,500 light yearszMy first multi night project since my rig moved to NebualNest. A...
02/08/2026

IC2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula - 6,500 light yearsz

My first multi night project since my rig moved to NebualNest. A great weekend of clear skies meant I was able to get coming up to 8 hours of integration which whilst still relatively low is far more than I was able to get shooting from the back garden.

What I love is that the even at 300mm focal length I was able to pick up Thackeray’s Globules!

Tasman Lake - we went here twice and honestly it wasn’t enough. We could have spent hours and hours here just shooting a...
30/07/2026

Tasman Lake - we went here twice and honestly it wasn’t enough.

We could have spent hours and hours here just shooting away. Simply heaven 😍

If Erling Braut Haaland saw this I’m sure it would remind him of Norway and he’d say “this is blue heaven”

The amazing Purakaunui Falls. A short walk from the car park and an amazing experience. Just a shame our sunset plans fo...
28/07/2026

The amazing Purakaunui Falls. A short walk from the car park and an amazing experience. Just a shame our sunset plans for Nugget Point were rained out 🤣

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We were lucky enough to get a beautifully dark night on our trip to Tekapo recently. Sadly the church had some maintenan...
26/07/2026

We were lucky enough to get a beautifully dark night on our trip to Tekapo recently. Sadly the church had some maintenance work on but we s**t it anyway as the Milky Way was rising right over the church!

If you look closely enough you’ll see several nebula including the Lagoon Nebula!

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