Recently I was a guest on the Observers Notebook podcast talking about #LunarSketching. The episode is now live! Huge thanks to Tim for inviting me; it was so much fun 🙂 youtu.be/97nZ_8owqoU?...

I am really looking forward to visiting Solihull Photographic Society tonight (Wed 29 Apr) to give a two-part presentation about photographing weather and lightning. 7:30pm at Solihull Methodist Church, if you're local and want to attend, non-members are welcome (£5 entry)

#LunarOccultation of #27Leonis 25/04/26. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor + #ZWO #ASI120MC camera. The star vanished at 20:26:28 UT / 21:26:28 BST. I missed the moment it reappeared because of the huge magnitude difference, and I had the settings wrong Oxfordshire, UK

One of the reasons I chose a #Fairphone4 to replace my previous broken mobile was because all of the parts can easily be replaced by the end user. My USB-C port had become faulty so I ordered a new one, it arrived this morning and it was a quick and easy job to install. Job's a good 'un 😁#Fairphone

2 hour 35 minute #StarTrails timelapse, taken on 22nd April 2026 from Oxfordshire, UK. Canon 1100D + 18-55mm lens, 612 x 13 second exposures, stacked with darks using #StarStaX. Music by Dave Simpson.

There's a more leisurely paced video of me creating this pastel drawing of an 86% Waning Gibbous Moon over on YouTube but here's a frantic short-form version! Music is by Dave Simpson. #MoonArt #PastelArt #LunarArt #AstronomyArt #SpaceArt

#PastelArt of an 86% #WaningGibbous #Moon. This was a commission piece for a surprise wedding anniversary gift 🥰#Stabilo #CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper + white pastel stick for some of the brightest ejecta rays #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching

2 hour 35 minute celestial equator #StarTrails. Taken overnight 22nd/23rd April 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK. I stacked 612 x 13 second shots with 20 darks using #StarStaX

I caught 2 #Lyrids overnight 22/23 Apr '26, one at 23:40BST the other at 01:18BST. Both were caught on our SW facing meteor camera. My dew band failed so my lens fogged up at 2am. #Canon1100D + 18-55mm lens, ISO-1600 13sec f/3.5. #Oxfordshire, UK #LyridsMeteorShower #Meteors

I'm really looking forward to visiting Nene Valley AS again tonight (Monday 20th April), this time talking about photographing the Milky Way. Lots of updated slides and photos since I last did this talk 😊

Last week I was reading the Steeple Aston news magazine and I was so gutted to read that this old wind-powered water pump has been taken down. I loved using it as a foreground for star trails and Milky Way photography 🙁

Tonight I'm doing my 'What Has the Space Programme Done For Us' talk for the Eynsham Society. Tomorrow I'm visiting Kidlington Probus Club talking about the Moon. I've added lots of Artemis II photos to both and I'm looking forward to sharing some #MoonJoy with both groups 🌕😍

TONIGHT (Saturday 11th April) at 7:30pm I am delighted to be visiting Cotswolds AS again, to give my Astrophotography Highlights talk. They meet at Deer Park Archers archery club, Shurdington Road Cheltenham. Non-members are welcome - £2 entry fee

A year ago I completed five days of images capturing #Asteroid #Flora passing through #NGC3628 the #HamburgerGalaxy This was a line of sight effect; Flora is in our solar system and was ~235 million km away, but the galaxy is 35 million light years away! Tap to expand!

More photos from Friday 3rd April 2026, this time showing some faint #MoonRays poking through the band of cloud. It's only the second time I've photographed them, but our meteor cameras have caught them a few times. Oxfordshire, UK Canon 1100D + 18-55mm lens #LunarCrepuscularRays

As I was photographing moon rise on Friday 3rd April '26 I spotted a lovely right side #parasalene (#moondog). Photos taken with 2 Canon 1100D cameras, one with a 300mm zoom lens, one with an 18-55mm lens. #Oxfordshire, UK #AtmosphericOptics

I spent some wonderful hours over Easter Saturday and Sunday building my #LEGO #ARTEMIS #rocket. It's the 1st Technic kit I've ever built; I loved every second! The rocket launches, the boosters separate and the lunar module deploys! It's absolutely awesome 😁

On 18th March I drove over to Weston on the Green again to photograph the paras doing jumps from around 1,000 feet from an A400M. This is a small selection of almost 200 photos I took that afternoon! I used a Canon 1100D + Sigma 300mm zoom lens

On 25th Feb '26 I photographed the #EyesOfClavius #ClairObscur effect. This animation shows how much the Sun had risen over #Clavius between 18:01 and 19:40UT. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera, #Televue #Powermate5x. #Oxfordshire, UK

Lunar images I took on 25 Feb '26 when the Moon was 64% #WaxingGibbous. I love this lunar phase because the lighting is great over so many of my favourite regions. #WilliamOptics 70mm #refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera + #Televue #Powermate 5x. #Oxfordshire, UK

I'm just making the final edits on my talk for the Society for the History of Astronomy Spring Conference on Friday 24th April. I'm so excited to be talking about astronomical depictions in the 16th century illuminated manuscript '#DasWunderzeichenbuch' (#TheBookofMiracles)😁

Sunday was the 5 year anniversary of capturing this #InternationalSpaceStation #LunarTransit. We were in lockdown at the time but our house was below the transit centre-line & the #ISS passed over #Copernicus #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor #ZWO #ASI120MC camera. #Oxfordshire UK

Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of capturing this #InternationalSpaceStation #LunarTransit. We were in lockdown at the time but our house was below the transit centre-line & the #ISS passed over #Copernicus #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor #ZWO #ASI120MC camera. #Oxfordshire UK

#ZodiacalLight is a faint cone of light caused by sunlight reflecting off #InterplanetaryDust. Imaged from #Oxfordshire 15 Mar '26. #Canon1100D + 10mm & 18mm lenses. 20 & 18 images stacked in #Sequator with & without LP removal. More details in the VLOG I shared yesterday #AtmosphericOptics

NEW VIDEO!! join me as I go on a hunt to capture the #ZodiacalLight from Oxfordshire, UK (4 weeks late!). Here's the link: youtu.be/lLivbTBE85U?...

A real #sunset treat on Fri 20 Mar '26, a #SunPillar + #UpperTangentArc! Tangent arcs change shape dramatically with changing sun altitude so this was a deep V-shape that was sunset pink colour. Photos taken from #Oxfordshire, UK with a #Fairphone4 mobile phone camera #AtmosphericOptics

Last Saturday evening I was out on a mission to photograph something else, but while I was there I shot a few car headlight trails below the starry sky. All taken with a Canon 1100D and 18-55mm lens. #Oxfordshire, UK

Amaze amaze amaze! I have been so excited to see #ProjectHailMary for so long that I was nervous I would be disappointed when I finally saw it but I absolutely loved it! The film and the score was also brilliant. If you can get the cinema to see it, please do🥰

55 minute #StarTrails timelapse, taken from #Oxfordshire, UK on 15th March 2026. #Canon1100D with 10-18mm wide angled lens. Each exposure was 30 seconds. Music by Dave Simpson

55 minutes of #StarTrails pointing towards the celestial equator, taken on Saturday 14th March 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D +10mm wide angled lens. 98 x 30 sec at ISO-1600 f/4.5. Stacked in #StarStaX

Timelapse of me creating my friend's wedding gift. It's a pastel drawing of the Moon as it looked on the couple's wedding day, a 12% Waxing Crescent. I used Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper. Music is by Dave Simpson #MoonArt #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching

This was a wedding gift for a friend - a pastel drawing of the Moon as it looked on the couple's wedding day, a 12% Waxing Crescent. I used Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper #MoonArt #SpaceArt #PastelArt #AstronomySketching #AstronomyDrawing

Friday 13 Feb at 8pm GMT/UT I'm 'Zooming' over to Mid Kent Astro Society to do my Shadows in Space talk. The Zoom meeting is open to non-members for a £5 entry fee paid via BACS. If you want to join on Zoom drop me a message and I'll send over the instructions.

Today I did some astronomy sketching with an after-school science club for yr 7/8 in a local high school. First outing for my new 3D printed model of Tycho, one of our drawing subjects. It was great to see so many pupils in science club, and they produced some amazing work

There's just 2 days left to listen to my BBC Radio 3 appearance on 7th Feb, talking about music that's been to the Moon. Here's the link; skip to 1 hour 54 minutes into the show to catch my bit: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This photo popped up on memories from 5 years ago. 10 hour 35 minute #StarTrails from Oxfordshire, UK. This was part of my big project to combine star trails from over a full year to create a full circle 24hr star trails but this was a single imaging session #Canon1100D 10mm lens

Today I attended the funeral of wonderful Dr. Allan Chapman at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. It was a sad day but a really beautiful service, and so full of love. It was nice to see a few familiar faces from the astronomy world there #AllanChapman #RIP

Tomorrow I'm doing my Astronomy Sketching and Art talk for Horsham Astronomy Group (I'll be on Zoom). I've completely re-written this talk from scratch because I've created a lot of new artwork since I last did it. I can't wait to share the pictures and stories of my #SpaceArt

Calling astrophotographers!!! Garith Yang from UCL is conducting a research study into how aircraft and satellites intersect with astrophotography practices and how they shape a photographer's perception of the night sky. Take part by filling in this short questionnaire: tinyurl.com/yncd593j

25 minute #StarTrails over a nearby Earth Satellite Station last night. Plenty of aircraft trails too! 91 x 15 seconds with a #Canon1100D + 18-55mm lens, Oxfordshire UK

Here is my stacked image of the #EyesOfClavius, taken at 18:08 UT 25 February 2026 from #Oxfordshire, UK. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera, #TeleVue #5xPowermate.

#Jupiter from #Oxfordshire UK 24 Feb '26. #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor + ASI120MC camera, shot with #Celstron 3x Barlow then a #Televue #Powermate 5x which was pushing it a bit! I merged a different exposure for the Galilean moons

Processed some more #aurora pictures from last night (24 Feb). All are handheld, 3s exposures on an iPhone in RAW mode. Taken on board a Northern Lights cruise with Fred Olsen and the @gostargazing.bsky.social team. #astronomy #heliophysics

@herschelmuseum.bsky.social hiya, are you going to be open on Saturday? We wanted to stop in on our way to Bristol because my husband has never been to the museum before and I can't wait to visit again :D

Just a quick heads-up that the #EyesOfClavius will be visible from around 18:00 UT TONIGHT (Wednesday 25th February). I love this lunar #ClairObscur effect and it's always a fun one to observe.

Happy 60th Birthday to my husband Mark :) I made him this chocolate orange flavoured lunar landscape/space-themed brownie slab topped with chocolate orange whipped ganache. It tastes amazing if I may say so myself! #BirthdayCake #SpaceThemedCake

I am sending my pastel drawing of the Heart Nebula to everyone who finds Valentine's Day difficult. It comes with free virtual hugs if you need them ❣️

I am sending my pastel drawing of the Heart Nebula to everyone who finds Valentine's Day difficult. It comes with free virtual hugs if you need them ❣️

Happy Valentine's Day to my husband Mark McIntyre . Thanks so much for everything you do to help and support me, not just with my various astronomy endeavours but also with my crazy Halloween antics 😂

'Cloud streets' stream from the Florida coast | Space photo of the day for Feb. 12, 2026 www.space.com/science/weat...