A page for all those budding astrophotographers out there to show us the images they have captured on their own equipment or whilst using the DAS dome telescopes. It would be most useful to supply some information on each picture for example, Who took the image?, what is it of? and the date taken. If you can also supply details of the scope and settings as well as the camera used that would be even better.
Spent a few nights this week collecting data on the Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus. This is part of a huge supernova remnant, the aftermath of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. This is in SHO, a less common choice for this target consisting of, 6hrs on HA, 6hrs on Oiii, 3hrs on Sii (Rachael Wood) c.2025
Found in the constellation of Cygnus, the North America Nebula NGC7000, is a large emission nebula whose outline resembles the North American continent. Its distinct Gulf of Mexico region makes it a favourite among wide-field astrophotographers.(Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2023
Found in Cygnus, the Tulip Nebula is a bright emission nebula resembling a blooming tulip in space. It lies near the famous microquasar Cygnus X-1, one of the strongest known X-ray sources. (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2023
The Wizard Nebula, NGC7380, found in the constellation of Cepheus, is a star-forming region that appears to outline the shape of a robed wizard. It hosts a young open star cluster that illuminates the surrounding gas and dust (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2024
A small dark nebula silhouetted against the bright emission nebula IC 434, it resembles the head of a horse rising from the cosmic dust. It is one of the most famous targets in astrophotography due to its distinct shape and location near Orion’s Belt. (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2024
Found in Auriga, the Tadpole Nebula is a glowing star-forming region notable for its “tadpole-shaped” clumps of gas and dust. It is energized by the nearby open cluster NGC 1893, which drives strong stellar winds (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2023
NGC224 (M31) Andromeda Galaxy. The nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and on a collision course with it in about 4 billion years. It spans over 220,000 light-years and is visible to the naked eye from dark skies. (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2021
Found in Cassiopeia, NGC/IC 1805, is a vast emission nebula shaped like a heart, rich with ionized hydrogen gas.It contains the star cluster Melotte 15, whose young stars and stellar winds sculpt the surrounding gas and dust. (Rachael & Jonathan Wood) c.2023
The Sun showing sunspots c. August 2025, note that there is terrestrial cloud moving across the image. (Rachael Wood)
Western Veil Nebula showing Pickerings Triangle, large area to the lower left of the image (Rachael Wood)
NLC (noctilucent cloud) observation, around 02:00 UTC on the morning of the 3rd July 2025. Hand held Nikon D3200 camera taken in Belton North Lincs. (Brian Shepherd)
NLC & Venus observation, around 02:00 UTC on the morning of the 3rd July 2025. Hand held Nikon D3200 camera taken in Belton North Lincs. (Brian Shepherd)
NGC6992 the Eastern veil nebula, taken from my back garden in Cantley, using my Skywatcher 150PDS, a cooled ZWO294mc camera with an Optolong L-enhance filter. A stack of 34 frames at 240s, 121gain. (Paul Wilson)
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy taken in June 2024 with a Skywatcher 150PDS and ZWO294MC Pro camera. Stack of 22x3min images processed in Photoshop. (Paul Wilson)
Jupiter with 3 of its moons Europa, Io and Ganymede (Peter Lloyd)
Jupiter with Io in transition, note the shadow (Peter Lloyd)
Our Moon, c.2025 processed from a RAW image using Affinity Photo (Martin Clayton)
Orion Nebula, Celestron Astromaster 130, Samsung mobile phone (Martin Clayton)
