This is what the Sun looked like today from the New Forest Observatory.

Apparently loads of Saharan dust and smoke from Iberian forest fires dragged up here by Ophelia.

Got today’s EPOD with 3 very special stars in a region close to the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus.

Thank you Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work.

An extremely deep M45 image taken with the Sky 90s and M26C OSC CCDs. Over 25-hours total imaging time using 10, 20, and 30-minute sub-exposures. The image “cleaned-up” beautifully with Noel Carboni’s AstroFlat plugin.

Zoom-In – Single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD.

Zoom-Out – Single frame Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

Here’s a 3D printed Digital Sundial – set up and working for real in the garden.

Compass to point North and protractor to set latitude.

All works!!

A nice region of blue in a sea of red – reflection nebula NGC6914 in Cygnus.

Zoom-In – single frame original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD.

Zoom-Out – single frame, Sky 90 array with M26C OSC CCDs.

Zoo-In – Original Hyperstar on a C11 with an H9C OSC CCD.

Zoom-Out – Sky 90 with an M25C OSC CCD.

Both are single frames.