#astrophotography under UK skies 🤔 using Player One Ares-C Pro & Neptune C-II cameras, 200P-DS, Skymax 127 & Coronado PST scopes & iOptron GEM45 mount

Hemyock, Devon
Joined March 2021
Final version 😜M16 The Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation #Astrophotography
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). Just over three hours of data captured from my back garden #Astrophotography
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M51 – the Whirlpool Galaxy 🌀✨ Captured from my back garden here in Devon, and this image is a combination of data collected in both 2025 and 2026. Two years of photons coming together to reveal this beautiful interacting pair of galaxies! #Astrophotography #Galaxy #Devon
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This is M27, the Dumbbell Nebula — a beautiful planetary nebula around 1,360 light-years away. Amazing what can be seen from the garden on a clear night! #Astrophotography #M27 #DumbbellNebula #DeepSky #Astronomy #Hemyock #Devon
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Composition of images taken during this years partial eclipse from #Devon #UK #astrophotography (Captured using a Coronado PST and a PlayerOne Neptune CII using the RED channel only)
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The partial eclipse (95%) from Dunkeswell in Devon #astrophotography
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SH2-82 The Little Cocoon Nebula. 5.65 hours of exposure over the last two nights from my home in Hemyock, Devon, UK. #Astrophotography
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Captured using a modified Helios Explorer 200P (equivalent to 200PDS), Player One Ares-C Pro Camera, Skytech Tri Band Filter and IOptron GEM45 Mount. 625x180s subs, flats, flat darks, darks and bias. Stacked (1x drizzle) and processed in Pixinsight and PS
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Second attempt at processing the 6.25 hours I captured on the Pillars of Creation from my home in Hemyock, Devon #astrophotography
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Captured using a modified Helios Explorer 200P (equivalent to 200PDS), Player One Ares-C Pro Camera, Skytech Tri Band Filter and IOptron GEM45 Mount. 625x180s subs, flats, flat darks, darks and bias. Stacked (1x drizzle) and processed in Pixinsight and PS
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Here's an uncropped version showing the surrounding Eagle Nebula (M16) #astrophotography
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Captured using a modified Helios Explorer 200P (equivalent to 200PDS), Player One Ares-C Pro Camera, Skytech Tri Band Filter and IOptron GEM45 Mount. 625x180s subs, flats, flat darks, darks and bias. Stacked (1x drizzle) and processed in Pixinsight and PS
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First attempt at processing my own Pillars of Creation image. Data captured from 7th to 12th July 2026 from my home in Hemyock #Devon. 6.25 hours in total at FL of 900mm. Ares-C Pro camera with Skytech Tri Band Filter and new to me GEM45 mount 😀 #Astrophotography
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M13, also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules captured from my back garden in Hemyock, Devon, UK last night #astrophotography
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Non inverted edition of yesterdays sun from Hemyock, Devon around 13:00BST on 30th May 2026. Captured in Hydrogen Alpha using a Coronado PST & Player One Neptune CII (red channel only) #astrophotography
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Yesterdays sun from Hemyock, Devon around 13:00BST on 30th May 2026. Captured in Hydrogen Alpha using a Coronado PST & Player One Neptune CII (red channel only) #astrophotography
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I spent some time this afternoon reprocessing a image I captured back in September 2025. Right: NGC 7331 – a spiral galaxy ~40 million light years away. Left: Stephan’s Quintet – 5 galaxies, 4 locked in a dance This was 13.5 hours of data #astrophotography
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Re-process of the one hour of data I captured on M51. I prefer these colours! This was after adding the correct filter to SPCC in Pixinsight #astrophotography
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HemyockAstro (Pete) retweeted
A reminder that humans can do incredible things when we work together with purpose.
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I fitted an electronic focuser to my Skymax 127. I hope this will help me with planetary and luna #astrophotography Thank to the talented design, here's a link to the parts: printables.com/model/1328696…
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