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Mark McIntyre
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The eclipse of 2026-08-12 as seen from Cornwall. Images taken with a Dwarf Mini, each frame is a stack of 10 in full auto mode
August 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The Leo Quartet aka the NGC3190 Group, consisting of NGC3189, NGC3187, NGC3193 and NGC3185 (the uppermost spiral).
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The Leo Quartet aka the NGC3190 Group, consisting of NGC3189, NGC3187, NGC3193 and NGC3185 (the uppermost spiral). NGC3189 is the edge-on spiral with the dust lane, 3187 is the s-shaped open spiral a...
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April 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
M105, NGC3384 and NGC3389 in Leo.
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April 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I meant to post this earlier too.
A two-pane mosaic of the Moon around 21:30 on the 24th of April. The Lunar X is still faintly visible in this shot.

Shot with the RC8 and H294c, stacked in Autostakkert 4 and composited in Microsoft ICE.
April 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Some of the images we've taken with the Dwarf Mini. I'm pretty impressed with this little scope given it weighs less than a bag of sugar. Mary recently reviewed it for a magazine.
April 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
M91, a magnitude-11 barred spiral in Coma Berenices.
Technical details on Flickr: flic.kr/p/2s9WFqH
M91
M91, a magnitude-11 barred spiral in Coma Berenices. 2 hours shot with the H294c and RC8. Stacked in DSS, processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom. 2026-04-09
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April 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
M51 from a few nights ago. The background is frustrating me - i think my primary fogged up!
March 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NGC2146, the Dusty Hand, a peculiar barred spiral. More info on flic.kr/p/2rHxGV7
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another small planetary nebula, this time NGC7008 the Fetus.
Details on flic.kr/p/2rHDwcd
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
RCW89 is a probable supernova remnant in the southern constellation Circinus. The left image is Ha, the right is RGB, Ha and Oiii
Details here flic.kr/p/2rHtVeW
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For those of you who don't know me, i'm an #astrophotographer, #meteoricist and astrophysicist based in Oxfordshire, UK where i live with my wife Mary and our cats. Mary is also an astrophotographer and science writer. We share a collection of telescopes and fight over who gets hte best !
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And finally for today, M81, Bodes Galaxy. This will be it for a while as we're due solid rain for a week!
About 3 hours data taken with my usual kit. Somewhat messy background due to thin high cloud
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another planetary, the Medusa Nebula aka sh2-274. Only the 'head' is visible in this image, not enough data!
As always, tech info over on flic.kr/p/2rGGHW9
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
And with 3i in the news constantly, i couldn't resist making a video of this interstellar object as it passes by. This is about 90 minutes compressed into a few seconds!
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another planetary, this time NGC1514. Again more technical info on my flickr account. flic.kr/p/2rGviet
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I've had a few goes at this now - PK164+311, the Headphones planetary nebula. There's more info over on my Flickr account flic.kr/p/2rHdh83
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NGC3227 and 3226 are an interacting pair of spiral and elliptical in Leo. 3227 has an active nucleus and the group are about 77 Mly away.
More technical info on Flickr
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ARP 286 is a small group of peculiar galaxies, NGC5560, 5566 and 5569 about 50-60 Mly away in Virgo. They're gravitationally interacting and in particular the two spirals appear distorted.

More info on my Flickr account
October 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
C23 aka NGC891 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in Andromeda. Its about 30 Mly away. I quite like this one because its pretty much what our own galaxy would look like edge-on.
tech details on Flickr flic.kr/p/2ryiWTW
C23 aka NGC891 2025_09_22
C23 aka NGC891 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in Andromeda. Its about 30 Mly away. I quite like this one because its pretty much what our own galaxy would look like edge-on. 81 mins data taken with the ...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Golly its been a while since i posted. anyway, here's a bunch of Galaxies and one Glob. Mostly taken with my own kit, except NGC1365 which is some iTelescope data.
more in part 2
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Kid-at-xmas levels of excitement (did I wake up at 5am - yes I did!) #RubinFirstLook

The Virgo cluster is an inspired choice: three-cheers for Sinclair Smith and his 1936 observations of it which helped Zwicky conclude there must be invisible #darkmatter out there! 🤓 🔭🧪

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June 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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My message to Zuck
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
M42, the Orion nebula.
I barely processed this at all - i stretched the stack a little but otherwise its pretty much straight off the camera.
M42 is an emission nebula in Orion, lit up by new, highly luminous stars.
January 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Jupiter 2025-01-02 18:42
Imaged with the RC8, H294C.
Best 10% of 2300 frames (2 mins video)
Stacked in Autostakkert 4, processed in Registax & FastStone.
Three galilean moons visible, plus the red spot.
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM