The Starsmith Astrophotography

03/10/2025

Please like my new page Witchmark Observatory for a new project for this Winter :)

25/08/2025

In Gran Canaria at the moment on a family holiday. Even from a very light polluted bay you can take some long exposure images of the Milky Way on your phone from the beach - it’s up there… you just need to know where to look.

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25/08/2025

Right then, hello everyone… been a while hasn’t it? Well I’ve been busy.. really busy and in the background I’ve been working on something special. Sneak peek in the picture… looking forward to this season now the nights are rolling in 🙂

23/03/2025

Hello All, you'll have probably noticed that I've fallen off the face of the earth these past 12 months with my Astronomy and giving live talks. I've had a lot of "stuff" going on behind the scenes but I've got some big news coming up in the next few weeks.

Stay tuned :)

23/02/2024

Well that was a blast! A great show as part of the Dark Skies Festival in Yorkshire. Big thanks to the Station Inn at for hosting my last show of the season and of course, the audience, who made the night really fun!

We even got lucky with some breaks in the cloud to take a look at Jupiter and the moon in detail. Good to see fellow astronomer Diamond Skies attending too.

Please do tag me in any photos of the evening on Facebook or Instagram!

See you next winter!

Lee - The Starsmith.

21/02/2024

Wow!!

18/02/2024

Catch the Starsmith show at another venue!

If you've missed out on our Brockholes experience then I'm pleased to announce that I will also be working with the Station Inn by the Ribblehead Viaduct in Ingleton and have one last show penned in on the 22nd January 2024. Get ready to be amazed as I take you you on a cosmic journey through the

18/02/2024

Thank you to all who attended my last Brockholes event of the season! I had a brilliant night and thoroughly enjoyed answering your questions at the end of the show!

If you didn't get tickets for Brockholes, then I'm pleased to announce that there will be another opportunity to see it at the Station Inn near Ribblehead Viaduct the 22nd February as part of the

YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK DARK SKIES FESTIVAL 9-25 FEBRUARY 2024

Dark Skies Festival

Event details on how to book tickets can be found here!

https://www.thestarsmith.com/event/ribblehead-dark-skies-at-the-station-inn/?fbclid=IwAR2Y1ouVy-dHGP15bM79BF7FhZk3fCjl4mdjf3qTMeRthdDzpvz7sgF4XfY

Join us for a magical evening of stargazing at The Station Inn, Ribblehead! Get ready to be amazed as The Starsmith takes you on a cosmic journey through the solar system, learning what you can see with your eyes, binoculars and telescopes. Then we go deeper into space! There will also be a brief in...

22/01/2024

18/01/2024

Afternoon All... Huge apologies for having to postpone tonight's Skies and Pies show at Brockholes.

I moved rurally to get the best dark skies... however when it snows... it really snows and despite my best efforts I couldn't get down our farm track safely with all my equipment.

Hope to see you next week!

23/12/2023

Woop! One more sleep!! (For it to be one more sleep!)

🎅 LOOK OUT FOR SANTA ON CHRISTMAS MORNING! 🦌 🦌 🦌

Santa can be spotted over the UK travelling home towards Lapland after a hard night's graft on Christmas morning.

Not to be confused with the International Space Station, Santa's sleigh will appear as a bright star travelling at speed across the sky from West to East.

Look towards the South West around 07:27 GMT; it will take his reindeer about 4 minutes to pull his sleigh across the sky before they fade into the Sunrise. Look out for Venus, too!

Clear skies! And Have a Merry Christmas!

11/12/2023

Fingers crossed for some clear skies!

The annual Geminid meteor shower takes place from 4th December to the 16th December. In 2023, the peak activity is expected on the evening of the 14th