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Photons that travelled
a thousand years
to reach this page.
A personal archive of deep-sky, planetary, and lunar imaging. Built and stacked from the back garden, processed late at night.
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12 July 2026
The Crescent Nebula, Together — HOO from Hydrogen and Oxygen (NGC 6888)
Two filters, several short summer nights, about six hours of narrowband — combined into one bicolour image of the Crescent’s blown-off shell.
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27 June 2026
Crescent Nebula in OIII — HOO Project, Night 1 (NGC 6888)
Night 1 of a multi-night HOO project on NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula: 47 × 180 s of OIII with a Sky-Watcher 200PDS, and the per-sub data showing a sky that dipped to 288 ADU at astronomical midnight and held to within ±4% all night.
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26 June 2026
Imaging NGC 6543, the Cat’s Eye Nebula — When Dawn Turns Your Frames White
A summer build log on the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543): 46 OIII subs with a Sky-Watcher 200PDS, and the per-frame data showing how dawn near the solstice drove the sky from 280 ADU to a pure-white 65,535 by 04:07.
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// in loving memory
Bruno · 2013 – 2026 — the husky who gave astrohusky its name.
My companion under every cold, clear sky. Read his story →