Category Archives: Picture of the Week

This week we feature a Lunar Halo captured one cold evening at the New Forest Observatory, with Jupiter making a cameo appearance.

Pictures of the Week beginning January 4th 2026 will include ALL images captured at the New Forest Observatory – not just astronomy images. In this image we have a pair of Buzzards soaring over the New Forest Observatory in a … Continue reading →

For the Christmas week we feature my favourite Christmas period star. The mighty Sirius!!!

For the Christmas week we feature my favourite Christmas star. The mighty Sirius!!

This week we feature a large galaxy cluster that can be found near Arcturus. All the faint brown fuzzies that can be seen in the centre of this image are all galaxies. A star is tagged so that you can … Continue reading →

This week we feature the IC410/405 region of Auriga with an image captured using the 200mm Canon prime lenses together with the Optolong filters and the ASI 2600 MC Pro CMOS cameras.

This week we feature a bright blue magnitude 3 star in Perseus, SAO39053, 39 Delta Persei. The image comprises 72 x 450-second subs, that is 540-minutes or NINE HOURS on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs. I have … Continue reading →

This week we show the full spectral range of stars, WOBAFGKMRNS, Wow oh be a fine girl kiss me right now sweetie, with all stars imaged from the New Forest Observatory.

This week we feature the bright star Tarazed, 50 Gamma Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila. This image comprises 2-hours of 5-minute subs using the Sky90 array and the M26C OSC CCDs.

Picture of the Week this week is not one of my own, but is a composite of both Webb and Hubble space telescope images. This features the well-known “Pillars of Creation” image which is presented to you sans stars.