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Astronomy

Astrophotography is a very different technique to any other. The images you see in this gallery are, mostly, a combining of many exposures of the "target" whilst tracking the sky with computerised telescope mounts and then using some specialist software to stack and create the final images. If you are interested in taking up this fascinating hobby, Northern Optics in Scunthorpe are well worth a visit for excellent guidance and very good value. The web site is http://shop.northernoptics.co.uk/

We also have a North Lincs Astro Society which meets on the first Monday of each month at Far Ings National Nature Reserve (near the Humber Bridge). Please see http://www.northlincsastro.org for more details

See my other website https://annexatchurchviewbarn.com/ for details of how to come and stay and spend some time with the observatory.
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    The Horsehead Nebula, made famous by some stunning images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a small dark nebula that is silhouetted against the glow of the emission nebula IC434. This nebula is found just south of the leftmost star in Orion's belt and is around 1600 lightyears away from the earth. Taken with a modified Canon 450D and 8" SCT scope.
    The Heart Nebula, around 6200 light years away.
    An image of Star Trails over Pembrokeshire. This image comprises around 4 hours and 20 minutes of images, showing how much the earth moves around the Pole Star ( in the centre of the circle) in that time.