The Orion Capsule – Success?
There were intermittent clouds last night, but there were some long, clear spells. Therefore, I had to try at least once to capture the Orion Capsule as it…
Star-Gazing
Tracking Artemis II
There are exciting times ahead, and that’s something we really need in the world these days. Much as Earth-orbiting space stations have advanced since 1972, humans have been…
A Comet Sparking Internet Hysteria: The 3I/ATLAS Story
Comet 3I/ATLAS created an enormous amount of online speculation last year.# Now it is safely making its way out of the solar system, I thought I’d pick apart…
European Astrofest
I’m once again looking forward to meeting up with friends old and new in London at the European Astrofest: https://europeanastrofest.com Astrofest is held at Kensington Town Hall in…
Betelgeuse and its companion Siwarha
Recently, astronomers discovered a hidden companion star to the red supergiant star Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse is the brightest star in Orion, located in his right shoulder. It is very…
Affinity Version 3: A New Era in FREE Creative Software.
I have been using Affinity for quite a few years now and ditched the expensive Photoshop about three years ago. 😁 Affinity Photo gave me most of the…
Star-Gazing Guide to Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing
NOW AVAILABLE Star-Gazing Guide to Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing. This newest edition covers the latest version of Canva’s Affinity 3. http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Shop As with my other guides, the images…
A11pl3Z – Interstellar Asteroid / Comet?
The presence of a very interesting, newly discovered object has been announced. A11pl3Z was captured on July 2nd by the Deep Random Survey remote telescope in Chile. It…
Comet SWAN25F
The SWAN Imaging system has found a new comet. It has not been assigned an official designation yet, so currently known as SWAN25F. Has now been officially named…
Parade of the planets
Many people have asked me about the parade of planets being widely talked about recently. Several planets will be nicely on display over the next couple of months,…
Star-gazing Guide to Pixinsight Astrophotography Image Processing.
Now available for pre-order. My latest Astrophotography Image Processing Guide covering Pixinsight is now available to order with a £3:00 saving from my secure online shop until the…
Saturn Occultation – 21st August 2024
On the 21st of August I was really looking forward to the Moon occulting Saturn in the early hours of the morning, reappearing as the sky was getting…
T Coronae Borealis – Possible outburst this year?
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a red giant star lying 3,000 light years away. This extremely interesting star is usually about magnitude +10, which is well below…
Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks – It’s getting brighter.
After a few recent outbursts, Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks is now starting to brighten and show lots of activity as it approaches perihelion in April. See my Sky…
Affinity Photo Image Processing Guide V3.
Coming soon… Affinity Photo Astrophotography Imaging Processing Guide, 3rd Edition. Updated and expanded to accompany Version 2 of Affinity Photo, will be available for pre-order soon.
Comet 144P (Kushida)
Comet 144P (Kushida) is currently visible in Taurus, just west of The Hyades Star Cluster. I managed to capture it on the evening of the 4th of February…
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinsan-ATLAS)
To keep up to date with events, download and install the TeamUp Sky Diary and carry it about on your phone: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/sky-diary We could be in for a…
Smart Telescopes. Fad, or astrophotography future?
Smart telescopes have been around for quite a while now. Talking to Vespera and Uninstellar owners over the past year or more, they all said they enjoy the…
Animation of Venus Occultation – 9th November 2023
Despite persistent and thin clouds trying to spoil the view, I managed to capture the ingress and egress of the occultation of Venus by The Moon on the…
Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks
Another comet has recently had yet an other outburst, just like 29P / Schwassman-Wachmann and 2P / Encke. This is Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks. Currently located in the…
Comet 103P / Hartley 2
There are three comets to look out for the next few months and into next year. These are, Comet 2P / Encke, 29P / Schwassman-Wachmann and 103P /…
Comet 29P / Schwassman-Wachmann
There are three comets to look out for the next few months and into next year. These are, Comet 2P / Encke, 29P / Schwassman-Wachmann and 103P /…
Comet 2P / Encke
There are three comets to look out for the next few months and into next year. These are, Comet 2P / Encke, 29P / Schwassman-Wachmann and 103P /…
Jupiter & Uranus
Jupiter is very prominent in the night sky at the moment. It rises late evening in the northeast and is almost at its highest very high in the…
Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura).
This bright comet is starting to get quite exciting. It is currently (7th September 2023) visible low in the north-eastern sky just before sunrise as it moves through…
Supernova 2023ixf in Messier 101
ON the 19th of May, I was taking an image of a supernova in a distant galaxy NGC 4995. The results of that image is below. While processing…
Testing ZWO’s AM5 Harmonic Mount
We are seeing a revolution, or even a series of revolutions, in our hobby, with “Smart” telescopes, ever better optics and the new Harmonic mounts. Harmonic (or Strain…
Imaging Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is starting to brighten, and could give us a great display over the next couple of months. See my previous blog entry here for…
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) – 6th January 2023
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is brightening. This image was taken on the morning of the 6th of January 2023, fighting the Moonlight. I managed to get enough subs…
Occutation of Uranus – New Years Day evening.
This evening, The Moon moves in front of (Occults) Uranus. It won’t be as spectacular as December’s occultation of Mars, but will still be interesting to observe or…