Beautiful 22 degree halo this afternoon. Really bright above the Sun. South Oxfordshire, UK. #solar #halo

First noctilucent clouds I’ve seen this year. They’ve been more elusive than recent years. This was before dawn on 3rd July from south Oxfordshire, UK #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

Timelapse of the Moon passing through the Pleiades this evening and then going behind my house. Taken using a DWARF II smart telescope in Oxfordshire, UK. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

First time trying to image an eclipse from a moving train!! Projected through a hand held monocular somewhere in the London suburbs #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Falcon 9 second stage fuel dump seen on my AllSkyCamera this evening in Oxfordshire, UK. Video runs from 19:52 to 20:06 UT. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Had a fortunate break in the cloud to get an image of the partial phase of this morning’s eclipse in south Oxfordshire, UK. Unprocessed image using a DWARF II #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Venus and Mercury on 9th March from Oxfordshire, UK. I've been clouded out the last two evenings so this is the closest I'll be able to get them. The star top right is Algenib in Pegasus. A 6s exposure on an Omegon clockwork mount with a Cinesoft Subtle filter. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Tonight's 5-day old Moon taken with a DWARF II smart telescope from Oxfordshire, UK. A stack of 100x1/250s exposures. Levels adjusted but no other processing. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Venus and Mercury on 3rd March 2025 from Oxfordshire, UK. Taken on an old Sony Cyber-shot compact camera on a pocket tripod. There's not always a need for big expensive DSLRs! #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Venus, Moon and Mercury on 1st March from Oxfordshire, UK. The only clear shot I managed of Mercury due to the cloud near the horizon. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

My latest attempt at Jupiter from last night. Ganymede (top left) has just emerged from behind Jupiter and Io (bottom right) has just transited Jupiter and is casting its shadow. 300mm F/4 Newtonian with 2.5x PowerMate and ASI662 camera with contrast filter. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

The DWARF II smart telescope is a surprisingly capable little thing. Here is an image of M42 taken a couple of nights ago from my very light-polluted back garden. This is 100x15s exposures, stacked within the device and some post-processing in PixInsight. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

I've never been much of a planetary imager so I thought I'd try and improve! Jupiter this evening using a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain and a ZWO ASI662 camera. Best 5% of 5000 frames stacked in AutoStakkert and processed in PixInsight. Io (left) and Callisto visible too. #astrophotography #astronomy 🔭

Finally got a clear night to try my new ZWO ASI662 colour astro camera. This is a mosaic of 28 images using a 12" F/4 Newtonian telescope. Best 100 frames from 200 in each video stacked in Siril, stitched in Microsoft ICE, post-processed in PixInsight. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

Nicko McBrain is stepping back from touring with Iron Maiden. Tonight will be his final gig. It's been a privilege to see him with the band the past 36 years during which time I've seen them live around 25 times. I wish him all the best for the future. www.ironmaiden.com/an-announcem... #ironmaiden

I see mistaking Venus for a UFO season is upon us once again. The other place is full of out of focus videos of Venus and comments like "then another appeared in the East", i.e. Jupiter, as well...

Autumn is an ideal time to image the waning Moon as the ecliptic makes a steep angle with the horizon so it's high in the sky at a sensible time. This was taken last night with a DWARF II from Oxfordshire, UK. A stack of 50 x 1/500s images post-processed in PixInsight. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on 22nd October from south Oxfordshire, UK. Stack of 25x15s exposures at gain 80 using a DWARF II smart telescope. Slightly cropped and tweaked in post-processing. #astronomy #astrophotography #comet #dwarfii 🔭

Very sad day. Paul will forever be the voice of my teenage years. Killers was the first LP I ever bought. Original Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno dies www.bbc.com/news/article...

Marathon #9 completed at Abingdon today. Chip time 4:37:41. Considering my lack of training I’m extremely happy with that 😀 #running #marathon

Finally clear skies in south Oxfordshire, UK. Managed to get a shot of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) using my DWARF II smart telescope. This is 30x15s at gain 80. Got the anti-tail plus a bonus tree in the corner. #comet #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

First hints of autumn on my training run through Abingdon next to the Thames this morning. #autumn #running

No comet for me this evening, it went cloudy before it got dark enough and it's not visible on any of my speculative photographs before the clouds rolled in. It is now raining! Will try again tomorrow. #comet #tsuchinshan-ATLAS

I'll be trying to see and photograph Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) for the first time this evening. It should be visible very low in the west around 7pm in the UK, maybe earlier. #astronomy #stellarium 🔭

New shoes day at this morning's parkrun. #parkrun #loveparkrun #running #HOKA

Last night's aurora simmered all night but peaked after midnight. This video from my all-sky camera is from 00:00 to 02:00 BST in south Oxfordshire, UK at 51.6°N. The greens come out whitish on this camera #astronomy #astrophotography #aurora 🔭

I think we could all use some good news right now, so here you go: Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will become visible in the evening sky starting tomorrow night. Clear view to the west essential. Sharp eyes highly recommended. Pointers at the link. skyandtelescope.org/press-releas... 🧪🔭

Obvious aurora in south Oxfordshire 51.5N right now #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

My all-sky camera in south Oxfordshire, UK picked up some intense red aurora last night. This video runs from 00:45 to 01:30 BST at 10fps. #astronomy #astrophotography 🔭

Today’s Sun taken with a DWARF II smart telescope. Possible aurora tonight from a CME released a few days ago. #astronomy 🔭

My weather station recorded a new rainfall rate record this afternoon during a storm. Station is in South Oxfordshire, UK with continuous records since 2013. The new record is 256.0 mm/hr at 14:21 on 20 Sep 2024 #weather

With the announcement of a new tour I had to listen to the first Iron Maiden album again. I’m immediately taken back to my teenage bedroom again #ironmaiden #vinyl

Off to Eastriggs MOD on a UK Railtours charter train 😀 #trains #trainspotting

Great North Run completed in 2:01:19. It was very wet but well organised for such a huge event. Very pleased with pace #running #greatnorthrun

Large group of Poplar Fieldcap (according to ObsIdentify) near our allotment #mushroom

Some of my best photos from April's total #solar #eclipse.

One hour (58 x 60s exposures) on M33 from last night. Taken with a 135mm refractor and an APS-C colour camera. Processed in PixInsight #astronomy #astrophotography

The DWARF II Smart Telescope is also a capable solar imager using the supplied filters. Took me just a few minutes to image today’s Sun. Stack of 50 x 1/400s exposures. Gain 0 and IR cut. A modicum of processing, cropped, rotated, sharpened and warmth adjusted 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography #dwarfii

I took my DWARF II Smart Telescope on holiday recently as it's very portable and easy to setup and use. This is a completely unprocessed, exactly as captured image of M31. A stack of 100 x 15s exposures with a gain of 120 and IR pass. 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography #dwarfii

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New milestone achieved at this morning's #parkrun as I completed my 100th volunteer credit 😀

Original Tomb Raider, still as tense to play as ever. So much muscle memory from playing this to death on PS1 as well. Still remember where some of the secrets are too. Love it!! #evercade #videogames

This was the pick of a recent haul of vinyl from RichMix Records in Brixham (excellent shop worth a visit if you’re in the area). I’ve had the CD since release but never seen an original vinyl before. In almost mint condition complete with inner liner with photos and lyrics. #vinyl #recordshop

It's great to see a half Moon and full Sun and shoot them both within minutes! It's been kind weather in London so far. #Astronomy #Moon #Sun

Today's spotty Sun. Taken with a DWARF II Smart Telescope. No processing other than rotated and cropped. A stack of 25 x 1/400s exposures. #astronomy #sun #sunspots #dwarfii