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16/06/2026

The great thing about Astronomical night being so short at the moment is it allowed me to film the Milky Way from blue hour to blue hour 😊
📍 Kimmeridge Bay

A night under the stars on Saturday at Kimmeridge Bay. 4 untracked shots stacked. Click for full length image.
15/06/2026

A night under the stars on Saturday at Kimmeridge Bay. 4 untracked shots stacked. Click for full length image.

13/06/2026

Golden mornings at Tintern Abbey

Into the blue
12/06/2026

Into the blue

Golden days, North Devon
07/06/2026

Golden days, North Devon

06/06/2026

Still in my top ten moments

English countryside isn’t too shabby in the summertime is it 😊
04/06/2026

English countryside isn’t too shabby in the summertime is it 😊

Two galaxies. One gravitational story. 🌌This is Bode’s Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82), captured together from m...
02/06/2026

Two galaxies. One gravitational story. 🌌

This is Bode’s Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82), captured together from my Bristol home with the DWARF 3.

Located around 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major, these neighbouring galaxies are locked in a long-term gravitational interaction. Their close encounter has dramatically shaped both of them.

The larger spiral below, M81, is a classic “grand design” galaxy — a vast rotating system containing hundreds of billions of stars, with sweeping spiral arms rich in gas, dust and ongoing star formation.

Above it is M82, the Cigar Galaxy. Its elongated, chaotic appearance is the result of tidal forces caused by its interaction with M81. That cosmic disturbance triggered an intense burst of star formation, making it one of the most active nearby starburst galaxies.

The light captured here began its journey to Earth around 12 million years ago — long before humans existed.

My first proper nebula capture with the DWARF 3 — the Dumbbell Nebula (M27), also known as the “Apple Core” nebula 🍎✨Thi...
31/05/2026

My first proper nebula capture with the DWARF 3 — the Dumbbell Nebula (M27), also known as the “Apple Core” nebula 🍎✨

This image is the glowing remains of a dying Sun-like star around 1,360 light years away in the constellation Vulpecula. Billions of years after exhausting its fuel, the star expelled its outer layers into space, creating this vast expanding shell of gas. At its centre is the collapsed stellar core — a white dwarf — whose intense ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding gas to glow.

The colours tell the story: the blue-green core is ionised oxygen, while the reddish outer regions are hydrogen being energised by the central star.

Captured from my Bristol garden using EQ mode over 3 hours: 298 x 30-second exposures at gain 60, stacked and processed in Siril and Lightroom.

Knowing that the light recorded here began its journey towards Earth around the early medieval period makes this one feel pretty special.

For a first nebula attempt, I’m pretty happy with this one.

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