Jupiter

This is Jupiter and, unless I am very mistaken, the bright dots at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock relative to it are its moons. This was taken with a 200-500mm lens set to 500mm. Not as sharp as I would have liked but there was a bit of a breeze at the time and this is a 120 second exposure so there would have been minute wind vibration. I have "cleaned up" the image as best I can.

Mars in the night sky

A portion of the Milky Way with Cassiopeia Centre Stage

Taken from the South Downs, Looking ENE. Same image as the previous one but processed to show the immense number of stars even in just a small portion of the night sky and the range of colours they give out.

Cassiopeia Centre Stage

A stacked image (Starry Sky Stacker) of the same portion of the Milky Way as the next image in this gallery but with minimal processing to show a view closer to what we see with the naked eye.

Venus, just before dawn

Jack & Jill under the Milky Way

This photo is a composite of two images taken at the same location. The sky was taken using an iOptron SkyGuider Pro star tracker to ensure sharp stars with no trailing whilst the foreground was taken with the camera stationary on the tripod.

Jill faces the Milky Way

Night sky viewed through passing clouds

Taken from the back-garden

Made from 20 light frames with 10 dark frames by Starry Sky Stacker 1.3.1. Algorithm: Median

The Milky Way

Seen from our back-garden with Jupiter and Saturn shining bright in the lower portion of the sky.

Made from 9 light frames with one dark frame by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.8.0. Algorithm: Min Horizon Noise

The night sky viewed through a gap in the coulds.

Jack & Jill under the night sky

The Milky Way

as seen from the South Downs

Night Sky

As seen from the South Downs

The Milky Way

As seen from the South Downs