A nice bright Cloud Iridescence this evening. Not often you get to see one of these. 🔭🐡☁️🧪

Back home now from my 9 day adventure starting in London and working my way around the Netherlands. Rotterdam, Gouda, Boskoop, Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague and back to London for a few days via Belgium and France. Such a beautiful country the Netherlands with some of the friendliest people ever.

Last morning of my 9 day trip around the Netherlands and London.

A nice boat tour around Amsterdam this morning. 🇳🇱🚤⛴️

A visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today. A fabulous collection of art work with a superb audio tour. Shame it was spoilt by a really rude member of staff 😔 🎨🖌️🖼️👨‍🎨

A lovely afternoon in Oosterpark Amsterdam

The suns shining, I’m on top of the world (well A’DAM Lookout anyway). A glass of Rose wine, Florence and the machine belting out and amazing views of Amsterdam. Cheers. 🍷☺️🇳🇱🌇

Woke up to this view from my hotel room in Amsterdam. I didn’t expect to see these in the Netherlands. 🦜🪶🇳🇱

A quick visit to Stoom Stichting Nederland this morning to see a few British built locos amongst the Dutch and German ones. Really friendly staff.

Rotterdam from the viewing platform of Euromast.

Rotterdam Old harbour and the Erasmus bridge. ✈️🚢⛴️🇳🇱

Had a great day visit Boskoop in the Netherlands and Bonsai Plaza. Such an amazing nursery with a fantastic collection of bonsai and the friendliest and most welcoming staff.

At St Pancras station early on a Monday morning for the start of my next adventure in the Netherlands.

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My two Satsuki Azalea bonsai have come into flower. My young tree is full of blooms whereas my specimen Satsuki has produced only two flowers. Satsuki Azalea are amazing little trees in that they can produce a variety of different colours on the same plant.

Maximum of the eclipse (37.1% coverage from my location) at 11:03am.

The Partial Solar Eclipse (UK) currently taking place. Taken on my Seestar S50.

A nice morning at Bonsai Fest in Newark. Some stunning trees on show and lots of goodies to buy.

A quick visit to the science museum this morning. Saw the Apollo 10 CM, some of the British space program from the late 60’s early 70’s and lots of other interesting exhibits. Off to the Natural Histroy Museum for the afternoon.

The Moon, Jupiter and some random bridge.

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Took the Seestar out again and had a quick go at the Moon, M42, M81,M82 and NGC2976 and an attempt at the Pacman Nebula but the fog rolled in and cut it short. Such a fantastic little scope.

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Took the Seestar for another outing last night. A few teething troubles with locating objects and focusing but tried M45 the Pleiades. Doing well until I didn’t see it disappear behind a transmitter 🤦🏻‍♂️. I tried the Rosette Nebula and managed to capture 20 minutes of M81 and M82.

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Managed to get 34 minutes last night with the Seestar on the Flame and Horse head Nebulae. -8 at one point and I think the cold got the the Seestar. Really pleased with the result though. Only cropped the top and bottom, no further processing.

Just before Christmas i picked up a Seestar S50. I wanted something I could quickly set up and get some images with. I gave it a quick try last night and wow! I’m really impressed with it. I tried the Horsehead and flame nebula, M42 and M51. I’ve wanted to see the Horsehead for nearly 30 years. 😍

Had a nice few days in Edinburgh catching up with some friends. A lovely historic city.

Early morning preparation for today’s Santa Special with me as diesel driver.

Had a nice few days in Norfolk. Seeing friends, relaxing, getting back on the archery range. Now come home full of the flu 🤧 🤒

Good morning from a rather cold Norfolk. Not a bad view from the hotel room.

For those who know me from the Twitter ‘Hello!’. For those who don’t know me, I’m Mike. I work in an inorganic chemistry laboratory whilst studying part time for a degree in chemistry. I love astronomy, railways, aviation and photography.