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The Heron Galaxy (Arp 84) last night. 2h Lum, 3h OSC with 24” Dob at f/4.5. Bortle 6.

Mars in 2025. A series of my better captures from the last few months - all at the same image scale to show the change in apparent size. Note also the northern polar cap receding as the Martian Spring sets in.

Jupiter on 15th November 2024 - a throwback to a previously unprocessed image captured under good conditions with my 'old' 16in scope. A rather uneventful face to the planet with the GRS barely visible on the right hand side.

#Saturn yesterday in near IR - my first capture of the season. The rings are barely visible, poorly lit due to the low sun angle. Reasonable conditions low in the sky before sunrise.

Messier 57 - The Ring Nebula, captured a few days ago from the trusty backyard. Great conditions with star full-widths as low as 0.5" arcseconds. 5,500 x 0.4-sec (36m). (IR)RGB.

Saturn at the eyepiece just now at 1050x magnification. Titan is seen at lower-left here.

Saturn and Titan this morning in false colour. Due to variable conditions, I opted to do some filter testing and stumbled across this palette with the data I had. Really liked the look of it so here it is! (L)RGB = (642nm)850nm-642nm-B

The International Space Station last night, hand-guided as it flew over the UK at 23:30 local time. The dual Dragons of Axiom-4 and Crew-10 are prominent at the aft end of the station. 24” scope at 7000mm f/11.7.

Nice views this morning

Venus this morning in UV false colour. Reasonably good conditions low in the sky.

And here's the second flyover, taking place just a few minutes after midnight. SpaceX Crew-10 at top.

Last night's snap of Saturn through a break in the clouds. The moon of Tethys can be seen in transit across the northern (bottom) hemisphere here. Reasonably good conditions from inside the calm 'eye' of a low pressure system currently over the UK.