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A Photographer, film freak, neophyte camera collector and a confused Astronomer.
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The Ark of Extinction Taking the GW670 out for a trundle. Fujifilm GW670 III, Ilford FP4, ISO 100, Redruth, Rodinal 1:50 #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #mediumformat

Home is where the Art is. By this time, I'd run out of film and had to get the phone out. Lesson learned. Carry more film. Redruth, UK #photography #urbanphotography #fotografia

No 29 One from a first few rolls through my newly acquired Canon 7s rangefinder before it goes off for a CLA. Canon 7S, Film, Bellini Xtol Stock, Shanghai 100, Keswick #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #angefindercamera

From a recent road trip to southern Scotland. Parked Campbeltown, Scotland #photography #urbanphotography #fotografia

From a recent road trip to southern Scotland. Cornered Campbeltown, Scotland #photography #urbanphotography

The Sun today 2025-05-22 @ 14:04 UT Back from a 4 week road trip to Scotland. Great to get back and open up the observatory Sun Groups: 8 Sun Spots: 18 Wolf Number (R): 98 North Groups: 3 North Spots: 4 South Groups: 5 South Spots: 14 Q: 23 🔭, #astronomy #astrophotography #sun #spaceweather

This is so cool.

From a recent road trip to southern Scotland. Chipped Campbeltown, Scotland #photography #urbanphotography #urbandecay

Sad news indeed. NASA at it its best.

Tracking Kosmos-482’s expected re-entry in ~12 mins. www.satcat.com/sats/6073

The ghost of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from last night (2025-04-18). The comet disintegrated in mind January but the remaining loose cloud of dust and rubble continues to reflect enough light to be detected in a small telescope. The dust still forms a nice parabolic hood.

The Sun today 2025-04-17 @ 09:50 UT The crop shows a nice pair of groups on the eastern limb. Sun Groups: 6 Sun Spots: 60 Wolf Number (R): 120 North Groups: 3 North Spots: 28 South Groups: 3 South Spots: 32 Q: 22 🔭, #astronomy #astrophotography #sun #spaceweather

A coronal mass ejection is en route from the Sun! This footage from GONG reveals two filaments of plasma erupting on the weekend, the latter of which is predicted to reach Earth tomorrow afternoon/evening. A strong geomagnetic storm (and lower-latitude aurora) is possible.

5th straight day of Solar observation. Almost unheard of in the UK ! The Sun today 2025-04/10 @ 12:15 UT Sun Groups: 9 Sun Spots: 6 Wolf Number (R): 151 North Groups: 6 North Spots: 42 South Groups: 3 South Spots: 19 Q: 28 🔭, #astronomy #astrophotography #sun #spaceweather

Feels almost cruel to point out that all the bollocks about our 10% tariffs being a 'Brexit benefit' lasted for about four days. But here we are...

....that's what you get when you elect incompetent Head Bangers.

Managed to struggle out of my pit this morning to observe Comet SWAN25F, although it looks like it will get the IAU designation C/2025 F2 SWAN. 11 frame stack of 15sec subs. TMB80 f/6 , ASI183MM ☄️🔭 #CometWatch #astronomy #astrophotography

The Sun today 2025-04-06 at 12:48 UT TMB80 f/8, ASI 183MM, SBIG G filter. No sitting outside taking a gentle tan and listening to the birds. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon 🔭, #astronomy #astrophotography #spaceweather #sun

So Cool. Who said you can't do Astronomy during daylight :-)

New comet SWAN25F, a while ago from home. At magnitude 9, quite condensed, with a quarter-degree ion tail showing visible filaments. Very bright in green channel, bright in blue, and faint in red. Decorated by Elon Sky-Destroy. 🔭20-cm f/3.7 Reflector + CCD, from Vallés, Valencia, Spain. #cometwatch

The World is going fucking crazy at the moment. I need to disengage for a day. A rework scan of a negative from 2024 that seems rather apt at the moment. Step Into BelliniFoto Eco-Film (Xtol), Fujifilm GW670 III, Ilford FP4, FalmouthUK #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #believeinfilm