Dave Eagle
@dave-stargazer.bsky.social
Amateur Astronomer, Planetarium Operator, Author and Educator.
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Yay! I've seen a lovely review of my new Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing book on First Light Optics Web page.
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
I have received another very nice testimonial for my new Affinity guide from a very satisfied customer in Finland. 😃
My astrophotography image processing guides are available from my secure online shop.
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
My astrophotography image processing guides are available from my secure online shop.
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 AM
I have received another very nice testimonial for my new Affinity guide from a very satisfied customer in Finland. 😃
My astrophotography image processing guides are available from my secure online shop.
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
My astrophotography image processing guides are available from my secure online shop.
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
I finally had a chance to process some images from Tuesday night. It still needs a lot more data, but here's an image of the Horsehead Nebula. Not too bad for a bright Moon in the sky.
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I finally had a chance to process some images from Tuesday night. It still needs a lot more data, but here's an image of the Horsehead Nebula. Not too bad for a bright Moon in the sky.
Yay! I've seen a lovely review of my new Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing book on First Light Optics Web page.
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Yay! I've seen a lovely review of my new Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing book on First Light Optics Web page.
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini...
It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
Last night was possibly my last session out with a telescope for 2025, as tonight looks iffy. Boy, it was cold, so I wasn't out for too long.
December 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Last night was possibly my last session out with a telescope for 2025, as tonight looks iffy. Boy, it was cold, so I wasn't out for too long.
Yay!! I've finally cracked the publishing side of Affinity. It's so different from Word and also has its own idiosyncrasies. However, I now know enough to use it to publish my planned books.
December 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yay!! I've finally cracked the publishing side of Affinity. It's so different from Word and also has its own idiosyncrasies. However, I now know enough to use it to publish my planned books.
A more careful reprocess of my Messier 1, Crab Nebula, image taken a couple of nights ago, to help reveal the pulsar at the centre of the expanding cloud of material from the supernova.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A more careful reprocess of my Messier 1, Crab Nebula, image taken a couple of nights ago, to help reveal the pulsar at the centre of the expanding cloud of material from the supernova.
I might give myself a nice ongoing winter project to see if I can capture changes in Hubble's Variable Nebula.
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I might give myself a nice ongoing winter project to see if I can capture changes in Hubble's Variable Nebula.
Nebulosity close to the bright star Mu Geminorum, captured in Ha.
December 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nebulosity close to the bright star Mu Geminorum, captured in Ha.
Sharpless 264 and the reflection nebula, Cederblad 51, located in northern Orion.
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sharpless 264 and the reflection nebula, Cederblad 51, located in northern Orion.
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, captured last night.
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, captured last night.
Part of Barnard's Loop, captured last night.
December 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Part of Barnard's Loop, captured last night.
If anyone is interested in seeing some pictures taken during our Go Stargazing, Fred Olsen, Chasing The Northern Lights Cruise last month, I have started posting them here:
www.flickr.com/photos/eagle...
Have a great Christmas and a fantastic 2025, everyone.
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Have a great Christmas and a fantastic 2025, everyone.
Northern Lights Norway Cruise
Fred Olsen, Go Stargazing Cruise, In Search of The Northern Lights. 13th - 27th of November 2025. It's not easy taking images from a moving ship.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If anyone is interested in seeing some pictures taken during our Go Stargazing, Fred Olsen, Chasing The Northern Lights Cruise last month, I have started posting them here:
www.flickr.com/photos/eagle...
Have a great Christmas and a fantastic 2025, everyone.
www.flickr.com/photos/eagle...
Have a great Christmas and a fantastic 2025, everyone.
My close-up view of pillars in the Heart Nebula, taken a couple of nights ago, with added colour data from September 2024. Normal colour and converted to pseudo-Hubble Palette.
December 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My close-up view of pillars in the Heart Nebula, taken a couple of nights ago, with added colour data from September 2024. Normal colour and converted to pseudo-Hubble Palette.
Monochrome Hydrogen Alpha image of part of NGC 281, The Pacman Nebula taken last night. Colour data from August 2024 added.
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Monochrome Hydrogen Alpha image of part of NGC 281, The Pacman Nebula taken last night. Colour data from August 2024 added.
The Eyes of Virgo. Monochrome data of NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 taken last night. It was getting extremely murky by the end, so I had to stop. I added colour data taken in November 2023.
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Eyes of Virgo. Monochrome data of NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 taken last night. It was getting extremely murky by the end, so I had to stop. I added colour data taken in November 2023.
Four nebulae from the Sharpless Catalogue in one image taken overnight.
From left to right, SH2-232, SH2-235, SH2-231 & SH2-233.
From left to right, SH2-232, SH2-235, SH2-231 & SH2-233.
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Four nebulae from the Sharpless Catalogue in one image taken overnight.
From left to right, SH2-232, SH2-235, SH2-231 & SH2-233.
From left to right, SH2-232, SH2-235, SH2-231 & SH2-233.
A longer integration of the solar system interloper comet 3I (ATLAS) taken early this morning.
I can't see the mothership, so I think we'll be okay for Christmas. 😉
I can't see the mothership, so I think we'll be okay for Christmas. 😉
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A longer integration of the solar system interloper comet 3I (ATLAS) taken early this morning.
I can't see the mothership, so I think we'll be okay for Christmas. 😉
I can't see the mothership, so I think we'll be okay for Christmas. 😉
Here's a nebula I've not imaged before. This is NGC1491, 9,800 light-years away in the constellation of Perseus.
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here's a nebula I've not imaged before. This is NGC1491, 9,800 light-years away in the constellation of Perseus.
A couple of familiar nebulae taken close up in Hydrogen Alpha last night.
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A couple of familiar nebulae taken close up in Hydrogen Alpha last night.
My astrophotography books on PixInsight, Affinity, Photoshop and High Resolution Lunar & Planet Imaging are available from my secure Online Shop:
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December 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My astrophotography books on PixInsight, Affinity, Photoshop and High Resolution Lunar & Planet Imaging are available from my secure Online Shop:
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop
Planetary nebula SH2-188 in Cassiopeia.
December 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Planetary nebula SH2-188 in Cassiopeia.
Image of solar system interloper Comet 3I (ATLAS) just past its closest approach to Earth, taken this morning. It's about 170 million miles away from us and heading back out into deep space. No, it's definitely not an alien spacecraft, despite the rumours.
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Image of solar system interloper Comet 3I (ATLAS) just past its closest approach to Earth, taken this morning. It's about 170 million miles away from us and heading back out into deep space. No, it's definitely not an alien spacecraft, despite the rumours.
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) taken tonight. I finally captured an image showing the separate fragments after the nucleus split.
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) taken tonight. I finally captured an image showing the separate fragments after the nucleus split.
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) taken tonight. I finally captured an image showing the separate fragments after the nucleus split.
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) taken tonight. I finally captured an image showing the separate fragments after the nucleus split.
As we cruised back to the UK in The North Sea, on the 25th of November, just before I took this picture, I finally saw the green flash, at sunrise.
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As we cruised back to the UK in The North Sea, on the 25th of November, just before I took this picture, I finally saw the green flash, at sunrise.