Swansea Astronomical Society Blog

The Diamond Ring effect taken at T3 as totality ended. Stack of 3 x RAW images taken with a Sony ZV-E10 Milc camera fitted with a 350mm zoom...

Images of the total solar eclipse of the 12th August 2026 taken on board Sky Princess off the coast of NW Spain at Latitude 44.05.4N and L...

The Chinese Dragon nebula from 70 minutes worth of data; 30 minutes through each of the Ha and S2 filters 10 minutes through the O3 filter. ...

The Crescent nebula from 1.5 hours worth of data, 30 minutes on each of Ha, S2 and O3 filters. 5 min exposures with AstroDMx Capture through...

I have been capturing the faint target SH2-124 for the past week. Relatively low surface brightness in the surrounding areas but with gent...

This is the Lion nebula (SH2-132) 30 hours of data using my Askar SQA55 and Player One Ares M Pro  In SHO. It contains 2 amazing planeta...

This is the Nebulae field in Northern Cygnus, with the propeller to the top right. 2 nights of imaging this with a total integration tim...

The Iris nebula taken with the Dwarf mini in EQ mode at 60s exposure and gain 80.  200 images were stacked. Processing in Stellar Studio, St...

M16 the Eagle nebula from 1.5 hours worth of data, 30 minutes on each of Ha, S2 and O3 filters. Rendered in Ha+S2-OO and the Hubble palette-...

Images of the Solar Eclipse taken with the Dwarf mini with a Solar filter attached to the lens.  Settings were 1/800s exposure. Chris Playle

The Bubble nebula and M52 star cluster taken with the Dwarf mini in EQ mode at 60s exposure and gain 80. 120 images were stacked. Processing...

Sh2-119 in Ha+S2-O3-O3 palette and Sh2-119 blend of Hubble and S2+Ha OO palettes.  Captured with AstroDMx Capture through a WO 81 mm APO ref...

Images were captured with a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ72 Bridge camera fitted with an ICE 100,000 ND solar filter. Steve Wainwright and Nicola M...

Pickering's triangle from 1.5 hours worth of data, 30 minutes on each of Ha, S2 and O3 filters. Rendered as H+S-OO,  Hubble Palette and ...

HOO-WR134-V1769 Cygni captured by AstroDMx Capture with a WO 81mm APO refractor and a QHY Minicam 8. Processed with PI, GraXpert, SASPro and...

Mosaic image of the Elephant's trunk nebula taken with a Dwarf mini in EQ mode at 60s exposure, gain 80. 152 images were stacked. Proces...

A Mosaic image of NGC 6883 nebula taken with the Dwarf mini in EQ mode at 45s exposure and gain 80. 85 images were stacked. Processing in St...