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Well not great conditions at all last night, but I managed to get 1 3/4 hrs of imaging done. Along with intermittent clouds, the light pollution from the Moon didn't do me any favours. Anyway, here's M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Nikon D5300 (Astro...

The first decent night for ages... I wanted to try out the Redcat 51 I bought several months ago! The target was M13 the Hercules Globular Cluster. The only trouble - M13 is fairly low in the sky until the Summer. I started at 11pm (it was then at about 30 degrees up) and was finished 1 o'clock...

I've recently been using a 1965 standard Super Speed flare tip & it's just a little bit more efficient than a DE89 for me. A really smooth, close shave with Indian Gillette Platinum black platinum blades.

It's a great daily razor, but I'd like it a tiny bit more aggressive. I bought the Executive Shaving Braveheart head, and whilst I love the audible feedback during the shave, that head is a lot less smooth and only slightly more aggressive than the EJ original. I tend to go for a Merkur HD 34C...

Another experiment with the late 80's Nikon lens. The Flaming Star nebula region of Auriga Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Nikon D5300 (Astro modified) ISO 400 Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED AF (set at f/4) 385 x 30 second lights 50 flats 50 biases 50 darks I used Siril 1.2.1 along with Starnet++

Last night I decided to try something a bit different. I used my old, standard cheapo Nikon D3300 along with a late 1980's Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED AF lens to image the old favourite M45 The Pleiades. Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Nikon D3300 ISO 800 Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED AF (set at f/4) 333 x...

Lovely clear, crisp skies with little wind last night, for a change... California Nebula in the constellation Perseus Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Canon 750D (astro modified) ISO 1600 Samyang 135mm set at f2.8 274 x 40 second lights 50 flats 50 biases 50 darks I used Siril 1.2.0 along...

Flaming Star Nebula region, in the constellation Auriga Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Canon 750D (astro modified) ISO 800 Samyang 135mm set at f2.8 455 x 30 second lights 50 flats 50 biases 50 darks I used Siril 1.2.0 along with Starnet++ Stacking took 11m 50s.

Yeah, fish, chips mushy peas and for me, tartare sauce is a great combo. Just salt for me though, the vinegar kills the flavour of the fish completely.

Slow cooked beef stew in ale with herb dumplings.

NGC 2264 heavily cropped and reprocessed from my Rosette nebula region image.

I use a LeoFoto Armour LN-284CT Carbon Fibre Tripod.

The Rosette Nebula and surrounding region in the constellation Monoceros Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Canon 750D (astro modified) ISO 800 Samyang 135mm set at f2.8 393 x 30 second lights 50 flats 50 biases 50 darks I used Siril 1.2.0 along with Starnet++ Stacking took 9m 28s.

Thanks. Andromeda and Orion are going up as acrylics.

I'm pleased with this effort from last night and this morning.

Orion's belt & nebulae. Plenty to see here, including the Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, and of course M42 - the Great Orion Nebula. Considering how low Orion is at the moment, and how windy it was when taking the subs, I'm very pleased with the end result. Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro...

A couple of hours worth of break in the clouds gave me the chance to capture the rich star and hydrogen alpha fields in Cygnus, which lies across the main band of the Milky Way. Deneb to Sadr in Cygnus Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Canon 750D (astro modified) ISO 1600 Samyang 135mm f2 (set...

NGC 1909 / IC 2188 aka The Witch Head Nebula This is a very faint reflection nebula right next to Rigel in Orion, but the nebula is just inside the Eridanus constellation. The image is flipped 180 degrees. Bortle 4 really helps with this target. A lot of folk in larger towns and cities have...

M45 The Pleiades / Seven Sisters Clearly visible with the unaided eye, the young stars in this famous open cluster emit high levels of blue nebulosity. Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Canon 750D (astro modified) ISO 1600 Samyang 135mm f2 (set at f4) 205 x 45 second lights 50 flats 50 biases...