Kevin Morgan

The southern skies are simply stunning. Taking from New Zealand whilst on holiday with my #dwarf3 telescope

The sun taken today from near Salisbury, UK #solarastronomy #astronomy #sol #thesun

Partial #eclipse today from south west England. Taken with #dwarf3 smart telescope

Currently sat in HKG (VHHH - see my previous post!) waiting for my flight with a few hours to kill. Any top tips to share? #traveladventure #travel

Sunset over Hong Kong #travel #traveladventure

LHR or EGLL? What’s that all about? #traveladventure longhaul.ghost.io/egll-or-is-i...

Hoping to do some #astronomy in New Zealand. Unfortunately the order for my Dwarf3 places in September did not arrive in time! Still, if we get clear skies going to get some Milky Way shots and do a bit of upside down visual!

Almost time to leave! Waiting for our taxi… how many green stone jewellery shops do you want to visit? #traveladventure #aeotearoa #cathaypaciifc

Last day at work today ahead of our trip to #newzealand. Flying out of #heathrow tomorrow with #cathaypacific - a first for me travelling with that airline! #traveladventure

Packing almost complete. Going to be doing a review of our new backpacks from #Bellroy along the way… @bellroy.bsky.social

On our way to London to see The Lion King musical! It’s chilly but a lovely day!

Amazing time at Salisbury Playhouse last night watching the opening performance of #SleepingBeauty. Perfect evening out for my daughter’s birthday

Daughter’s 20th birthday today. How on earth did that happen?!

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Sad to hear about the death of John Prescott today. I met him once when he was on an official visit to the air traffic control centre at Swanwick (before it was operational). I was demoing the new ATC system. He asked some brilliant questions and was friendly

Elephant’s trunk nebular #astrophotography

Andromeda M31 Galaxy. Need more data but pleased with my first attempt. #astrophotography

Finished processing my image of the Pleiades this morning (M45) - really pleased with it. #astrophotography

Taken from a dark sky near #Brecon in #Wales #astrophotography #astrocamp

*Really* pleased with this image from our #solarcan. Positioned on the front of the house from mid summer’s day to mid winter’s day 2023. It shows the path of the sun across the sky throughout those 6 months. #solargraphy

M82 images using an #itelescope scope in Utah. Processed in Wiltshire using PixInsight. Some stars a bit wonky (over processed) but pleased with overall result. Will have another go at processing when I can 🔭

Stunning views of Jupiter this evening through the eyepiece from a chilly Wiltshire UK 🔭

It’s time for some surgery on my #c8edgehd - let’s install a #zwo electronic focuser… 🔭

Managed to install Windows onto an older MacBook Pro last night using bootcamp. Want to try some of the windows only astronomy software like autostakkert registax and NiNA…. Another rabbit hole to go down! :-) 🔭

ZWO electronic focus thingy should be arriving today. What’s the chances of me having a. Time to fit it to my C8Edge today, and b. Clear skies to try it out tonight….. 🔭

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First time tonight with the ASIAIR that everything has gone well! Couple of minor setup niggles that I need to look at in the daylight, but the software has performed well and it seems to work with my Nikon D7200 at last! 🔭

Pop-up Astronomy on Bath Abbey this evening by @bathastronomers.org.uk for over 65 people on the Tower tour. Night sky newbies, young and old, got to see the planet that put Bath on the map, Uranus. Then the majesty of Jupiter and Saturn. A tour of the stars before finishing with the Moon. Amazing.

M82 with a bit more stacking and cropped…. Pretty amazing from the ASIAIR. No other post processing! 🔭

M82 Cigar Galaxy - livestacked from my ASIAIR 🔭

Following up on my last post, here's a direct link to the video of my step-by-step imaging and processing workflow for a hydrogen alpha Sun. 🧪🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrKC...

@dylanodonnell.bsky.social loved the latest video of those NZ photos! I’ve family in NZ and have visited on a few trips. Last one stayed in an Astro B&B on the coromandel. Lovely observatory with a 14in SCT - and those amazing skies… 🔭

Had such a frustrating Astro session earlier this week - one of the rare clear evenings of late - just couldn’t get anything to work. Planning on doing some diagnosis this weekend along with trying new power supply and some new usb 3 cables. Why is this hobby so complicated?! 🔭

Tomorrow, big day coming ! Euclid will reveal its first images and they are gorgeous ! 🔭 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

🔭 Beautifully clear evening near Salisbury, Wiltshire UK last night, but needing to get up at 0430 for work yesterday morning meant tiredness won over doing some observing. How long til retirement?!

Thank you to staff at Salisbury Cathedral School for allowing Bath Astronomers to visit with telescopes and a planetarium this evening to help inspire the students who've just done Space in Yr5. The skies were clear, and the planers and stars shone brightly. Smashing night and hot chocolate too!

Saw a very vivid starlink train overhead Paignton in south west England last night. Always mixed feelings as it’s an incredible sight with amazing technology underpinning both the launch and the system itself, but also destroying our view of the night sky 🔭