Astrophotography

Mare Nectaris Credit: NASA / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Gallery Mare Nectaris

Petavious Crater by Mark Large, Colchester, UK. Equipment: Altair Astro 10

Gallery Petavius Crater

Fornax Galaxy Cluster by Rafael Compassi, Presidente Lucena, Brazil. Equipment: 80mm F/5 Triplet APO, QHY9m, 36mm Baader filters.

Gallery Galaxy clusters and groups

Schroter's Valley by Julie Straayer, Albany Creek, Australia. Equipment: Skywatcher 150 Pro Maksutov, kywatcher AZEQ 5 mount, Starguider 12mm eyepiece, Orion Steadypix EZ smartphone adapter, Sony Xperia Z3 smartphone

Gallery Aristarchus Crater

Cassiopeia by Bill McSorley, Leeds, UK. Equipment: Canon 1000D, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer

Gallery Cassiopeia

Kemble's Cascade by Bill McSorley, Leeds, UK. Equipment: QHY8L cooled ccd OSC camera, SW150P Newtonian, EQ5 GoTo Mount, SW80ST, MS lifecam.

Gallery Kemble's Cascade

Messier 7 by Luis Fernando Parmegiani, São Paulo, Brazil. Equipment: GSO RC8

Gallery Open star clusters

Sun with PST & DSLR by Jarrod, Nossegem, Belgium. Equipment: Coronado PST, Canon 450D, Baader Hyperion Zoom and processed in photoshop.

Gallery The Sun

Spectacular Prominence Lift-off by Mike Garbett, Walsall, West Midlands, UK. Equipment: HEQ5 Pro, Equinox 120 refractor, Daystar Quark, PG Grasshopper 3 camera.

Gallery Solar prominences

Albireo Kfir Simon, via Tivoli Astro Farm, Namibia, 20 June 2020. Equipment: FLI ProLine 16803 CCD camera, Phillip Keller 16-inch Hypergraph, ASA DDM 85 mount

Gallery Albireo

The Moon - 2016-01-19 20:14z by Paul Hutchinson, UK. Equipment: Skywatcher Maksutov 127mm, Nikon D60, Skywatcher AltAz.

Gallery Gibbous Moon

Moon by Nick, Milan, Italy. Equipment: Canon 760, 300mm lens.

Gallery Quarter Moon

NGC 6357 Lobster Nebula by Tom Bishton, Brisbane, Australia. Equipment: ED120 Refractor, AZEQ6 Mount, ST80 Guidescope, Canon modded 600D, Synguider

Gallery Lobster Nebula

Crescent Moon Nick Jackson, Doncaster, 9 March 2019 Equipment: Nikon P900 digital bridge camera

Gallery Crescent Moon

Sarah and Simon Fisher, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Sarah and Simon say:

Gallery Full Moon