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Landscape and Astrophotographer based in Scotland. www.stevenrobinsonpictures.com If you like my page I aim to share with you 2 - 3 images per week or less.

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31/08/2026

California Nebula from Scotland

In 2021, I imaged this emission nebula from my backyard. This is a little 'dark' patch of sky, which produces red-pink light unseen to the human eye. It is an area of star formation from hydrogen gas, found in the constellation of Perseus. The dust around this, is interstellar dust which sits in the milky way between us and the nebula. All from the back garden...

27/08/2026

The Witch

It was good to see an auroral glow this night by Maggie Wall in Perthshire. This is a grave representing a 'witch' burnt at this location in the 17th century.

Sitting aside this famous monument in Scotland, we have Auriga (the pentagonal shape left) and Cassiopeia (the 'W' shaped constellation on the right). These basically run right through the milky way; an area of obvious high star density. These constellations are well known fixtures of the night sky in the northern hemisphere.

20/08/2026

Red - Green Auroral Glow over Scotland

It is always interesting when the faint north tail of the milky way intersects aurora like this. In many ways I prefer the glow of aurora to pillars and dramatic sky filling aurora - as it makes it a nightmare to compose a cohesive picture that works.

14/08/2026

The Perseid Meteor Shower from Scotland

While you all slept, I was watching all these mini fireballs streak across the dark night sky in Scotland.

12/08/2026

Perseid Meteor Shower

Remember that tonight is the peak of the best meteor shower of the year. This is coinciding with a solar eclipse earlier in the evening - requiring a good vantage point looking toward the west horizon.

The Perseid's are a glorious reminder of our place in the universe. They arise due to the Earth passing through the debris left over by the comet Swift-Tuttle as it makes it's 133 year orbit of our home star. At peak, there can be approximately 100 meteors per hour. Many of these are the size of a grain of sand to about the size of a small pea, travelling at 37 miles per second. (133,000 miles per hour).

Steve

10/08/2026

Perseid Meteor Shower

On the night of the 12th August, the best meteor shower of the year coincides with a solar eclipse that you will have probably heard about endlessly already. The moon is not my preferred type of photographic target (as an astrophotographer, the moon and I dislike each other). It is, however, worth observing. This is easy to do, be at a location that has a clear view west, as the moon will appear above the horizon. Time will vary based on your latitude, but be there by 7pm.

The Perseid's will show up much later. At this time of year in Scotland, at least, we have only just started welcoming darkness back. This means realistically more like 11pm and onwards for good photography, however if observing, you will be able to see bright meteors before this time (and depending on where in the world you are observing from).

The Perseid's are a glorious reminder of our place in the universe. They arise due to the Earth passing through the debris left over by the comet Swift-Tuttle as it makes it's 133 year orbit of our home star. At peak, there can be approximately 100 meteors per hour. Many of these are the size of a grain of sand to about the size of a small pea, travelling at 37 miles per second. (133,000 miles per hour).

Steve

NB - Sky is blue here due to the effects of a setting moon.

06/08/2026

Quiraing Ridge Walk

Even in the heights of summer, this place is undeniably beautiful. This picture is scaled down from a massive, wider panoramic image. If you look closely, you will see some hikers on the ridge in the foreground.

04/08/2026

Wallace Monument in Stirling

03/08/2026

M88 Galaxy: 50 Million Light Years from Earth

Messier 88 (M88) is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781.

I just love pondering deep views of the cosmos like this; imagining if there is life, staring back into the Milky Way. At 50 million light years, it's as it sounds. A vast, unreachable distance for humans. Travelling if we could, at the speed of light, it would take 50 million years to reach here. That is something that our human brains just cannot fathom.

In this picture, the blue-pink areas are star forming areas. The central, more orange - white area, contains the galaxies oldest stars. The stars around the galaxy are in our own Milky Way.

30/07/2026

Loch Voil Spring Milky Way

You will know by now that I don't rush to post pictures or really care about trends. Trends come and go; however pictures that invoke a feeling should remain in the mind's eye. What I care about most, is showing the cosmos and night sky. This one really brings home the beauty of the spring milky way, arching over a little known part of Scotland, in ultra dark skies. Like many, for me, music and pictures serve as a great reminder, memory and nostalgia for nights like this spent looking out into the universe, alone with my thoughts. It's a privilege to be able to shoot in some of the darkest skies in the whole of Europe. We are very lucky to be able to take such imagery here. PS, can you see Orion here?

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