If you’re new to stargazing and want to know what’s up in the night sky each month, then this is the book you want to…
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If you’re new to stargazing and want to know what’s up in the night sky each month, then this is the book you want to…
This was a surprise; after having my first magazine-published astro photograph in BBC Sky at Night magazine in February 2012, I’ve had this one published…
BBC Sky at Night Magazine decided to use one of my astro-images in their February 2012 magazine, which is out today. I’m chuffed! (The winning…
(click to zoom!) My latest image was taken last month, on the 12th December 2011. It’s shows a view of the Rosette Nebula in Hydrogen…
Behold my latest ThoughtfulGeek video, “Photography of the night”. I thought it would be fun to put together a short fun video showing what…
“Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.” – from…
This is a first light image of a telescope that I had for a couple of weeks. Taken in the Hydrogen-Alpha narrowband wavelength of light…
I haven’t blogged for a while on my astronomical obsession hobby, so I thought I’d post a few pictures of the new cooled CCD, filter…
My (second hand) OIII filter arrived today. It’s a filter that blocks all light except for that around the frequency emitted from doubly-ionised Oxygen. Why…
The latest photographs from my Flickr Astronomy photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikewphotos/sets/72157625299582469/with/5655262499/ The Leo Doublet (M65/M66), commonly known as a pair of galaxies within the Leo Triplet, a…
