September-October Lyncid #meteor from my Nottinghamshire back garden with my meteor camera kit at 04:40 BST #Astrronomy (vis mag -2.3; Vg 65.05km/s; mass 0.31g)

A spectacular Sporadic #meteor 💫 in the early hours this morning 02:14 BST, captured by my meteor camera from my Nottinghamshire back garden. Not even the fringes of next door’s Willow tree could obscure it! #Astronomy (vis mag -3.9; Vg 55.57km/s; mass 0.51g)

Lots of #sunspot activity on the midday Sun ☀️ this bank holiday from my Nottinghamshire back garden, (using my Seestar S50 smart scope) #Astronomy

A couple of particularly bright Perseid #meteors 💫 picked up by my Nottinghamshire back garden meteor camera last night - despite it pointing in the opposite direction to the constellation Perseus & the bright Moon.

Watching the Perseids #meteor shower at the Nottingham Astronomical Society observatory 💫

This OAP (Old Age PlayStationer) still a decent gamer 😊 Playing Difficulty level Torment IV on #DiabloIV for PS5 ✅

Agapanthus “Blackjack” - RHS plant for pollinators looking splendid in my Nottinghamshire back garden, (an African lily).

First significant Perseid #meteor spotted by my Nottinghamshire back garden meteor camera in the early hours 01:14 BST, ahead of the peak on 12th August for this strong meteor shower #Astronomy (vis mag -2.2; Vg 58.65km/s; mass 0.21g)

My Nottinghamshire meteor camera picked up this beauty… a c-Andromedid #meteor at 00:33 BST on 12th July 💫 #Astronomy (vis mag -2.3; Vg 57.87km/s; mass 0.92g)

Puzzled over the Roman Dodecahedron found in Norton Disney - just what could it be? 🤔 We had our guesses… (At the National Civil War Centre in Newark UK before it goes on its museum travels after Friday 18th July) #Archaeology

Pause everything & an immediate read… (from one of my favourite 📖 authors)

I thought I’d image the Sun this morning on such a meltingly hot 🥵 day from my Nottinghamshire back garden, using my Seestar S50 smart scope #Astronomy Comparison on the right is a Solar Dynamics Observatory image. IMPORTANT - never view the Sun without adequate filter protection!

Really bright, substantial #meteor visible through the thick cloud in the early hours (03:04:29 BST) from my Nottinghamshire back garden.

Our other Peonies are coming out now…

A long trail, pretty fast-moving mu Cygnid #meteor in the not particularly dark UK Summer night skies (3rd June 00:46 BST).

Here come the Peonies in our front garden…

It’s arrived & I can’t wait to read it 📖 New book time from my favourite author Joe Abercrombie #theDEVILS

Globular Clusters - M3 in Canes Venatici & M53 in Coma Berenices with my #CelestronOrigin I think about what the night sky would look like if you were on a planet in the middle of these ancient ‘packed’ star clusters 🤩 #Astronomy 2001: A Space Odyssey comes to mind “My God, it’s full of stars!”

A bright, big, slow-moving Sporadic #meteor in the early hours this morning (03:53 BST).

I’m very excited by a tiny point of light! I thought I’d give my #CelestronOrigin telescope a challenge with Dwarf planet Haumea located beyond Neptune’s orbit and currently at opposition #Astronomy (A recent article recommended using a minimum 10-inch aperture telescope). 1/3

Telescope time #CelestronOrigin before the NFL Draft 🏈 in the early hours, fell asleep shortly before the SF49ers pick at No.11 - doh! 😴 Jewel high overhead in the night sky 🔭 from my UK back garden was Messier 51 spiral galaxy in a pair of interacting galaxies in Canes Venatici 🤩 #Astronomy

The Sun today from my back garden with comparison to Solar Dynamics Observatory image #Astronomy IMPORTANT - never view the Sun without adequate filter protection!

This OAP (Old Age PlayStationer) still a decent gamer 😊 Very hard boss fight Echo of Lilith on #DiabloIV PS5 done ✅

Bright Sporadic #meteor at 03:36 UTC this morning from my Nottinghamshire back garden. Ahead of the increase in meteor activity with the medium shower Lyrids in April. Sporadic meteor (vis mag -2.6; Vg 39.92km/s; mass 1.1g)

Partial Solar ☀️ eclipse from my Nottinghamshire back garden this morning using my smart scope. Worried about the clouds ☁️ first off but turned out nice 😊 (start, maximum & end) IMPORTANT - never view the Sun without adequate filter protection!

Took advantage of the brief clearish interludes between patchy clouds with my #CelestronOrigin - Double Cluster (Caldwell 14) open clusters close together in Perseus, some 7,500 light-years away from my Nottinghamshire back garden #Astronomy

A night to wonder at #Astronomy delights from my Nottinghamshire back garden with my #CelestronOrigin - Spindle Galaxy a lenticular galaxy in Sextans All in Coma Berenices are Needle Galaxy an edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 53 a globular cluster Black Eye Galaxy a Seyfert spiral galaxy

A good night out with the #CelestronOrigin in my Nottinghamshire back garden - NGC 2174 Monkey Head Nebula a HII emission nebula without filter & with Optolong L-eNhance narrowband filter #Astronomy Really pleased with the nebulosity detail this filter brings out. (Bortle 5-6 & no post-processing)

Released today & an immediate read #Faithbreaker - the epic finale in the internationally bestselling Fallen Gods Trilogy 📖

Making the most of another clear night sky with #CelestronOrigin from my Nottinghamshire back garden #Astronomy Leo triplet - easy to frame with app M67 open cluster in Cancer NGC 2903 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo (big & bright) NGC 3344 Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo Minor (low surface brightness)

My #CelestronOrigin was busy last week from my Nottinghamshire back garden #Astronomy Pinwheel Cluster (M36) & Starfish Cluster (M38) open clusters both in Auriga NGC 2403 active spiral galaxy nucleus in Camelopardalis Bode’s Galaxy (M81) type II Seyfert spiral galaxy in Ursa Major

A varied evening’s viewing (25/02/2025) with my #CelestronOrigin from my Nottinghamshire back garden #Astronomy M35 open cluster in Gemini NGC 2903 barred spiral galaxy in Leo (broadband filter) 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann periodic comet in Leo M106 type II Seyfert spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici

A lovely morning in Nottinghamshire with a strange yellow ball in the sky ☀️ so my #Seestar smart scope 🔭 springs into action… (my effort & Solar Dynamics Observatory image for comparison) IMPORTANT - never view the Sun without adequate filter protection!

HII emission nebulae last night with my #Celestron Origin + Optolong L-eNhance narrowband filter. Bortle 5-6 skies with okay seeing from my Nottinghamshire back garden. Thor’s Helmet (Duck Nebula) in Canis Major & Monkey Head Nebula in Orion with no post-processing #Astronomy

Totally immersed in the experience 🌻 at the wonderful Van Gogh 360° digital art experience in Leicester yesterday.

Flaming Star Nebula in the constellation Auriga from a rare clear UK night last week. Using my #CelestronOrigin with an Optolong L-eNhance narrowband filter & exposed for 4515 secs (301x15s) in Bortle 5-6 skies from my back garden #Astronomy

Just about ready for the #SuperBowl 🏈 Snacks/Nibbles - check Pizzas 🍕- check Beers 🍻- check

Just about remembered how to use my “old school” move-by-hand telescope 🔭 & utilised my 6+ year old mobile over the eyepiece to image a beautiful waxing gibbous (67%) #Moon tonight from my Nottinghamshire back garden.

Hubble’s Variable Nebula (NGC 2261, Caldwell 46) is located in the constellation Monoceros & magnitude 11.81. With my #CelestronOrigin telescope 🔭 from my Nottinghamshire back garden #Astronomy

I thought I’d give my #CelestronOrigin an #Astronomy challenge. Palomar 2 a distant globular cluster in Auriga from my Nottinghamshire back garden (Bortle 5-6). Usually a target for much larger telescopes on the best of nights. (25/01/2025 | 21:42 | exposed 64x10s | no post-processing)

Currently reading the No.1 Korean bestseller with over a million copies sold and a Waterstones Science Fiction & Fantasy book of the month winner.

Dusted down the champion PlayStation arcade fighter Soul Calibur VI… KAPOW! 💥 arcade mode beaten on my first go ⚔️

Currently reading ‘The Allday Gift’ short story by Miles Cameron, after the breathtakingly brilliant Deep Black from his Arcana Imperii series. Quite possibly the best science fiction I’ve read since Asimov when I was a young ‘un!

In shocking news: my dog likes mud!

First #fireball 💫 of 2025 already - a Quadrantid in the early morning 06:29 UTC on 3rd Jan. Spotted from my Nottinghamshire back garden with my UK Meteor Network camera kit. (vis mag -5.0; Vg 41.60km/s; mass 1.6g)

My brilliant ice sculpture in the back garden… okay, so it’s the frozen top off the bird bath 😁

Rare clear night in the UK - quick to get my new #Celestron Origin smart scope in use. Still finding my way around the scope & app and tonight filters, (Optolong L-eNhance narrowband filter). Flame Nebula (Emission), Rosette Nebula & California Nebula (HII Regions)

A couple of particularly bright Northern delta Cancrid meteors 💫 last night/this morning to start the New Year off. Captured on my UK Meteor Network set-up from my Nottinghamshire back garden.

My cinema 🎦 movie of 2024 was the heart-warming, resplendent, utterly charming “The Holdovers” (with the sublime brilliance of actor Paul Giamatti).

My Cinema 2024 Godzilla Minus One Poor Things The Holdovers Argylle Dune: Part Two Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Fall Guy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga A Quiet Place: Day One Deadpool & Wolverine Alien: Romulus Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Joker: Folie à Deux The Radleys Juror #2 Red One Gladiator II Wicked