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jon.nic_astrophoto Astrophotography of deep space objects visible through a telescope from a garden in Derbyshire, UK www.buymeacoffee.com/jonnicastro

The crescent moon this evening showing bright Earthshine, illuminating the non-sunlit portion. Tonight the moon sits jus...
19/04/2026

The crescent moon this evening showing bright Earthshine, illuminating the non-sunlit portion. Tonight the moon sits just above the Pleiades star cluster and just further below shines Venus( out of shot in this 600mm focal length photo) 1/40th second exposure iso 3200, F.4.

Historic moment, live from Artemis 2 external camera, the view of the back of the moon and tiny Cresent earth on the rig...
06/04/2026

Historic moment, live from Artemis 2 external camera, the view of the back of the moon and tiny Cresent earth on the right side of the image; every one living including those on board the spacecraft are in this photo

If you're lucky enough for clear skies, get out and look north tonight, red alerts for Aurora anywhere in UK
20/01/2026

If you're lucky enough for clear skies, get out and look north tonight, red alerts for Aurora anywhere in UK

Some might say this is a.i , others will tell you this is my photo of the moon with an intriguing silhouette providing ...
24/12/2025

Some might say this is a.i , others will tell you this is my photo of the moon with an intriguing silhouette providing evidence that someone is on his way today.....

Lunar eclipse occurred during Moonrise this evening in the UK. Was a struggle to get a shot through cloud and being so ...
07/09/2025

Lunar eclipse occurred during Moonrise this evening in the UK. Was a struggle to get a shot through cloud and being so low on the horizon, but the clouds parted for a minute so I could get these rushed shots of the partial stage of the eclipse as the moon began to leave earth's shadow, the dark red of the shadowed side of the moon was clearly visible . Then the cloud came back and the eclipse was over for me

This is a single exposure from a wide-angled pinhole camera called a Solarcan that has been sitting facing south in my g...
17/07/2025

This is a single exposure from a wide-angled pinhole camera called a Solarcan that has been sitting facing south in my garden since December 21st (winter solstice) until June 21st ( Summer solstice). The photo paper inside tracks the path the sun makes everyday from its highest peak at the summer solstice, where it sets in the north-west in the far right of the image to its lowest path at winter solstice when it barely clears the trees and sets just 8hrs in the south-west after rising. The Equinox in March marks the point where the sun sets exaxtly in the west and gives equal 12 hrs of daylight and 12 hrs of night. This Spring in UK was particularly sunny as you see a thicker band where the sun was out more than other months. I didn't quite get framing right( again!) and so the apex of June solstice is cut off at the top. This is such a simple demonstration of the impact the earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees has on how high the sun rises during summer when the northern hemisphere is tipped toward the sun and then low angle sun in winter as we are tilted away by 23.5 degrees. From this we can easily calculate how high the sun got at its peak , knowing my latiitude of 52N its (90-52)+23.5 =. 61.5 degrees above the horizon and in winter it only manages to rise to: (90-52)-23.5=14.5 degrees above my horizon.
Why not get or make your own solarcan and photograph the path of the sun and the carvings of our seasons!

It's the lowest ( above the horizon) full moon today and tomorrow 11th july. The wobbly cycle of the moon takes 18.7 yea...
09/07/2025

It's the lowest ( above the horizon) full moon today and tomorrow 11th july. The wobbly cycle of the moon takes 18.7 years to complete and is a combination of earth's inclined orbit and the moons orbit and the fact we're fully leaning forward at 23.4 degrees towards the sun in the Northern hemisphere for our summer and all these cause us to see such a low full moon facing south ; not to be as low for 19 more years.

Here's my photo of a full supermoon from 2024.

29/03/2025

Here's a timelapse of this mornings partial solar eclipse. Each photo was taken at 1 minute intervals and the total time for the event was about 2 hours. Bottom left you can see a sunspot on the surface of the sun.

02/03/2025

Rotation of Jupiter, with moon Ganymede and Io . This time lapse is taken over 1hr with 5 minute intervals between images. the sequence is played back at 8 images a second and plays in forward and reverse and then repeats

Jupiter here. This photo was taken from my garden when Jupiter was near opposition and at its best for the year. Did you...
30/01/2025

Jupiter here. This photo was taken from my garden when Jupiter was near opposition and at its best for the year.
Did you know 6 major planets are on parade right now, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune soon all in the evening sky at the same time. Except for Uranus and Neptune, all are visible with the naked eye so just get out there and see the planets on show for you! I'll see if I can get fresh 2025 photos of all 6 in the next month so stay tuned here for more planets!

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