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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

Posted on November 11, 2025 by kevsadmin

An inconveniently placed tree made getting an image of this comet difficult. On 24-10-25 I only got 3 subframes that were of any use. However, this did serve as a good learning curve for the following night when I decided … Continue reading →

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NGC7380 – Wizard Nebula

Posted on November 10, 2025 by kevsadmin

NGC7380 is an open cluster of stars in Cepheus and the surrounding emission nebulosity is known as the Wizard nebula. It is about 8,500 light years away, about 25′ of arc long and shines around magnitude 7.2.The image below was … Continue reading →

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M81 & M82

Posted on May 15, 2025 by kevsadmin

Messier 81 (the spiral galaxy in the centre) and Messier 82 (bottom right) taken on 5th March 2025 using a Sky-Watcher 150P and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera (16 x 180s subs = 48 minutes of data)

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Two Telescopes Jupiter Image Comparison

Posted on December 4, 2023 by kevsadmin

Click here for a comparison of Jupiter images taken with the CUAS Northumberland telescope and SkyWatcher Esprit 120ED APO refractor.

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MARvellouS MARS

Posted on December 15, 2022 by kevsadmin

Take a look at the above Solar System/The Planets menu to see my recent images of Mars and exciting occultation of Mars by The Moon on 8 December 2022

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C/2019 Y4 Atlas – A comet hurtling through our Solar System

Posted on April 7, 2020 by kevsadmin

Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas could become a bright naked eye object in May 2020. The picture below was taken on 28 March 2020. Comet C/2019 Y4 (Atlas) is currently approaching our Sun at over 35 km/s and will be closest to … Continue reading →

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Messier 51A and 51B Whirlpool Galaxy

Posted on May 21, 2019 by kevsadmin

Messier 51 is an interacting spiral galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It lies at a distance of approximately 23 million light years and is about 76,000 light years across. The pronounced spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy is … Continue reading →

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Barnard 33 – Horsehead Nebula and NGC 2023

Posted on April 15, 2019 by kevsadmin

The Horsehead nebula is about 1500 light years from Earth, the bright reflection nebula to the bottom left is NGC 2023 and Alnitak (left hand star of Orion’s belt) is causing the flares emanating from the left hand side of … Continue reading →

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M27 Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula)

Posted on November 14, 2018 by kevsadmin

The nebula lies about a quarter of the way from Altair to Deneb and consists of gases expelled from the central star that are being excited by the strong UV radiation emitted by this star and emit strongly at certain … Continue reading →

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Messier 64 – Black Eye Galaxy 20 March 2018

Posted on March 27, 2018 by kevsadmin

This is my first attempt to use my new observatory and equipment after a year or so gap having moved house to Cornwall and built a new observatory. Having spent until 1:30am drift aligning the mount (I got nowhere with … Continue reading →

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