#Venus this afternoon, on approach to solar conjunction at 98% phase. IR-UV false colour.

#Mars captured during broad daylight in 1-micron light, just 38° from the Sun - technically my first image of the season!
Pretty pleased with the result given I'm running half the normal resolving power at 1μm, with Mars also being some 300M km away. North-up. #astrophotography

Now that's what I call a prominence!
Some great views of sunspot region 3628 this morning, with a large prom lifting off the solar disc.

Despite high cloud mostly being a nuisance, it did provide a (real) glow effect to the image which I quite like.

#astrophotography #sun

A close look at our star this morning from a very hazy UK.
Some nice eruptions emanating from the #Sun 's far-side - this big sunspot region should rotate into view in the coming days!
10min looped timelapse with Evostar 120mm & Quark Chromosphere.
#telescope #astrophotography

The #Sun this morning though a few gaps in the cloud. Finally got to test my new double-stack system, and the results are gorgeous!

Inverted view of active region 3628. #Astrophotography

Found myself looking through some older shots, and stumbled across this one - the partial solar eclipse of June 10th, 2021. Single exposure with the (rather old) D5300 at 300mm.
I'm missing the US eclipse in a few weeks, but I hope people are a little more lucky with the cloud!

A live view of #Jupiter from my garden just now. Fairly stable conditions in the late afternoon. #telescope

A distant view of #Venus this morning in Ultra-Violet false colour using the 16' scope. Decent conditions for the ~15° elevation - probably thanks to a hard frost.

The southern polar region appears quite extended today, reaching mid-latitudes near the terminator. #telescope

#Jupiter photographed this evening under decent seeing conditions. Probably my last of the '23-'24 season as it nears the Sun in the sky. #telescope

There happens to be a neat planetary conjunction today with Saturn, Mercury, the Sun and Earth forming a line in space. This also marks the start of the '24-'25 Saturn observing season - looking forward to it already.
Image from SOHO's Lasco C3 Coronagraph.

The Lunar South Pole captured just now from a very dewy backyard.
Quite a favourable libration at the moment with Shackleton Crater readily visible. #moon #telescope

Some quick images of the largest sunspot currently visible on the #Sun this morning - AR3576, which spans around 3.5 Earths in diameter. #telescope

#Jupiter photographed 20 minutes before sunset today, with Ganymede beginning its transit across the southern hemisphere - some quite nice details given the current distance. Gotta love the twilight hue! #astrophotography #telescope

A live view of #Jupiter this evening through the 16” scope. Ganymede is seen at left approaching transit.

The nightside of #Venus on Oct 7th from home, with a radar altimetry map for comparison. The main dark region is the high altitude terrain surrounding Aphrodite Terra.
Reprocessing, I managed to reduce the glare from the dayside somewhat. Still a little distracting though...

A process of #Mars & Phobos on November 12th, 2022 - a bit of practice ahead of the rapidly approaching 2024/5 season. Single 1 minute video stack. #astrophotography

Too much high cloud tonight for normal imaging, so here's a family portrait for a change. L->R: Ganymede, Europa, Io, Callisto. #Jupiter #telescope

Quick snap of #Jupiter 1 hour before sunset yesterday during a brief spell of good seeing conditions. Single 1-minute capture with the GRS rotating out of view. #telescope