Great South Run
21 October 2022Last Sunday (16th Oct) was The Great South Run in Portsmouth – probably the last shoot until after the Winter months. It was an absolute pleasure to shoot – and […]
Last Sunday (16th Oct) was The Great South Run in Portsmouth – probably the last shoot until after the Winter months. It was an absolute pleasure to shoot – and […]
A very quick post just comparing my images of Andromeda. Two things have become really clear about this Astro lark: 1) The longer total exposure you can get, the better […]
A clear night a couple of days ago so I had a crack at adding to my Andromeda data (individual photos). I used a different lens this time; my Canon […]
Last weekend there was a pretty amazing Full Moon. I was driving as it rose directly in front of me and when the moon is close to the horizon, it […]
Sunday 9th Oct was the Royal Parks Half Marathon starting and ending in Hyde Park and taking in London sights such as Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Admiralty Arch […]
The Andromeda Galaxy is a tantalising object to target. Our nearest neighbouring galaxy, it is still 2,500,000 light years away. To put that in context, Orion is just 1,344ly while […]
In the last month there have been some decent clear skies so I’ve been out and targeted in on a couple of objects to photograph and together with learning new […]
The very basic tracking mount I bought is good, it does its job at a low price, but understandably has its limitations. The main drawback I found was with Polar […]
Run later in the year, 2nd October, due to uncertainties with scheduling because of Covid. It’ll be back to April in 2023. A lot of the guys I work with […]
Last night was fairly clear. But with a nearly full moon bright in the sky, as I found out, this severely limits the amount of detail you obtain from any […]