Overnight 20/21 June our meteor cameras in Oxfordshire, UK captured LOTS of #sprites above #Thunderstorms in Belgium. They're low down, 1st half they're bottom left, 2nd half bottom right. Watch here: youtu.be/fcl5snQzWbo
This is the reality of aircraft & satellite intrusion on our meteor cameras now. The animation shows the all night vs meteor stacks for 3 of our cameras in Oxfordshire last night. Dotted lines are local aircraft, satellites affect everyone. Image credit: UK Meteor Network/Mark and Mary McIntyre
Pretty gutted that I missed a phenomenal display of #NoctilucentClouds from North Oxfordshire this morning but I needed sleep! Our aurora/NLC camera got it. I love seeing the ribbons of mist rolling along the bottom of the hill too. Time-stamp is in GMT #NLC
On Friday 19th June at 8pm I'll be visiting my friends at Milton Keynes AS to give my talk all about #photographing #MeteorShowers. 8pm at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley. Non members are welcome! I'm really looking forward to it :-)
Go Stargazing is offering discounted solar glasses to help people safely observe the 12th August partial eclipse + raise money for Astronomers Without Borders. Limited time offer! UK postage only. Get yours here: tinyurl.com/ytx3ysb6
I had very little time to think or chose the right camera to photograph this #WaxingCrescent #Moon + #Venus #conjunction! I took this with my #SonyA7iii + 100mm lens. I wish I'd grabbed my Canon + zoom lens sooner but it clouded over again. Oxfordshire, UK
Timelapse of me creating my #MoonJoyJune pastel drawing based on one of the #Artemis2 mission photographs. Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper. Music by Dave Simpson #MoonJoy #MoonArt #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching
For the #NASAArtemis #MoonJoyJune art challenge on Instagram, I created some pastel drawings using one of the images taken by the Artemis crew in colour + mono. I also created a close-up of #ReinerGamma #MoonJoy #SpaceArt #MoonArt
At 13:00 BST 30 May '26 I spotted a #CircumscribedHalo. The outer part had faded by the time I'd grabbed my proper camera, but the colour subtraction shows the distinct oval halo around the outside of the circular #22DegreeHalo. #SonyA7iii + Samyang 14mm lens. Oxfordshire, UK
#AtmosphericOptics
On 27th May 2026 in #Oxfordshire, UK we had the most incredible #AntiCrepuscularRays visible on and off for most of the afternoon. These photos were taken between 19:00-19:20 BST with a #SonyA7iii camera + Samyang 14mm lens #AtmosphericOptics
