ShakeyJake
@buttcrackbill.bsky.social
Mountain biking piscator that likes space stuff (except space Karen)
I'm quite partial to pub quizzes, beer, sci-fi & horror movies and outdoors type stuff.
I'm quite partial to pub quizzes, beer, sci-fi & horror movies and outdoors type stuff.
Been a while! Finally managed to get a glimpse of comet Lemmon during a break in the clouds, the weather here has been terrible for ages! Bit of a rushed bodge photo as wasn't expecting the opportunity, just grateful I got a glimpse as doubt I'll be around in 1300 years when it comes back again!
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Been a while! Finally managed to get a glimpse of comet Lemmon during a break in the clouds, the weather here has been terrible for ages! Bit of a rushed bodge photo as wasn't expecting the opportunity, just grateful I got a glimpse as doubt I'll be around in 1300 years when it comes back again!
Back from a fishing holiday. Not the greatest year as fish were in spawning limbo, but did manage to get some milky way shots in during the 1 clear night we had.
July 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Back from a fishing holiday. Not the greatest year as fish were in spawning limbo, but did manage to get some milky way shots in during the 1 clear night we had.
1 year ago today I finally got to see Aurora Borealis, and in my home town! It's quite rare to see it here, and usually just a faint glow on the northern horizon only visible by camera, but this one was so crazy you could see it in all directions by eye, the photo with the pub is facing South West!
May 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
1 year ago today I finally got to see Aurora Borealis, and in my home town! It's quite rare to see it here, and usually just a faint glow on the northern horizon only visible by camera, but this one was so crazy you could see it in all directions by eye, the photo with the pub is facing South West!
11+ mile walk at the weekend incorporating my syndicate water so I could eye up some spots for Easter. Legs still stiff as boards 2 days later, getting too old for this! On the bright side I found a good 20+ fish all in one area, so have a starting point...
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
11+ mile walk at the weekend incorporating my syndicate water so I could eye up some spots for Easter. Legs still stiff as boards 2 days later, getting too old for this! On the bright side I found a good 20+ fish all in one area, so have a starting point...
Little jolly out on the stumpy. Tail wind all the way here so going to be a bitch on the way back 😬
April 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Little jolly out on the stumpy. Tail wind all the way here so going to be a bitch on the way back 😬
Had this small jack pike out this morning, caught a burbot live bait.
April 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Had this small jack pike out this morning, caught a burbot live bait.
Today's 30% ish solar eclipse. Thankfully the cloud cleared just as it started!
March 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today's 30% ish solar eclipse. Thankfully the cloud cleared just as it started!
As good as it's going to get for me today.
March 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
As good as it's going to get for me today.
Solar eclipse has started. Only gets to about 30% where I am.
Sorry for janky photo and f a photo, only way of have of sharing without disturbing the camera.
Sorry for janky photo and f a photo, only way of have of sharing without disturbing the camera.
March 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Solar eclipse has started. Only gets to about 30% where I am.
Sorry for janky photo and f a photo, only way of have of sharing without disturbing the camera.
Sorry for janky photo and f a photo, only way of have of sharing without disturbing the camera.
In April 2020, during COVID lockdown in the UK, I was fortunate enough for my back garden to fall within the viewing line of a solar transit of the ISS. The window of opportunity was tiny at about 3/4 of a second. Thankfully I pressed the shutter release at the right time, and captured 4 images.
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In April 2020, during COVID lockdown in the UK, I was fortunate enough for my back garden to fall within the viewing line of a solar transit of the ISS. The window of opportunity was tiny at about 3/4 of a second. Thankfully I pressed the shutter release at the right time, and captured 4 images.
So does that mean you guys are going to start spelling things properly? 😂
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So does that mean you guys are going to start spelling things properly? 😂
Musk & Trump (the mumps) have convinced their idiot base that the UK no longer has free speech, that we lock everyone up who doesn't agree with the current prime minister, like some kind of dictatorship.
Trump also recently posted this...
Trump also recently posted this...
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Musk & Trump (the mumps) have convinced their idiot base that the UK no longer has free speech, that we lock everyone up who doesn't agree with the current prime minister, like some kind of dictatorship.
Trump also recently posted this...
Trump also recently posted this...
Nice! I also got it in the Cotswolds. Was meant to be a bit of a recon mission to find a decent vista, but solid cloud over the following days meant this ended up being the only time I got to see it.
January 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Nice! I also got it in the Cotswolds. Was meant to be a bit of a recon mission to find a decent vista, but solid cloud over the following days meant this ended up being the only time I got to see it.
One from a few years ago, just 15oz off the UK record at 20lb 6oz. Was convinced it'd break it the following year as had caught it every year for 6 years around a pound heavier than the previous, but sadly never saw it again after this one.
BG swapped to protect the venue @ clubs request.
BG swapped to protect the venue @ clubs request.
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One from a few years ago, just 15oz off the UK record at 20lb 6oz. Was convinced it'd break it the following year as had caught it every year for 6 years around a pound heavier than the previous, but sadly never saw it again after this one.
BG swapped to protect the venue @ clubs request.
BG swapped to protect the venue @ clubs request.
First day fishing in forever. Didn't catch anything but the cold today, but was nice to get some fresh air for a few hours. The sun even made a brief appearance through the cloud as it was setting over the Severn bridges, so here's the obligatory sunset photo!
December 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM
First day fishing in forever. Didn't catch anything but the cold today, but was nice to get some fresh air for a few hours. The sun even made a brief appearance through the cloud as it was setting over the Severn bridges, so here's the obligatory sunset photo!
Andromeda again, but this time with a skywatcher star adventurer for tracking. Same camera as before, but with the canon 70-300 IS ii @ 300mm F5.6.
61 x 60s subs, post processing done mostly for free with dss, gimp and luminar 3
61 x 60s subs, post processing done mostly for free with dss, gimp and luminar 3
December 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Andromeda again, but this time with a skywatcher star adventurer for tracking. Same camera as before, but with the canon 70-300 IS ii @ 300mm F5.6.
61 x 60s subs, post processing done mostly for free with dss, gimp and luminar 3
61 x 60s subs, post processing done mostly for free with dss, gimp and luminar 3
This fuzzy blob was my first ever attempt at the Andromeda galaxy. Taken with a canon 700d and sigma 105mm macro.
I didn't have any tracking ability, so was limited to 3.2s exposures iirc, and only took about 50 in total.
Still amazing what you can see with no specialist astro gear though.
I didn't have any tracking ability, so was limited to 3.2s exposures iirc, and only took about 50 in total.
Still amazing what you can see with no specialist astro gear though.
December 5, 2024 at 9:21 AM
This fuzzy blob was my first ever attempt at the Andromeda galaxy. Taken with a canon 700d and sigma 105mm macro.
I didn't have any tracking ability, so was limited to 3.2s exposures iirc, and only took about 50 in total.
Still amazing what you can see with no specialist astro gear though.
I didn't have any tracking ability, so was limited to 3.2s exposures iirc, and only took about 50 in total.
Still amazing what you can see with no specialist astro gear though.
Here you go. I expect the compression from putting on here will screw it a bit, but using the originals on my screen I get about 4 moons between the very faintest outer edges of Andromeda, which actually means I'm missing about 1/3 of andromeda from my image as it should be roughly 6!
November 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Here you go. I expect the compression from putting on here will screw it a bit, but using the originals on my screen I get about 4 moons between the very faintest outer edges of Andromeda, which actually means I'm missing about 1/3 of andromeda from my image as it should be roughly 6!
Likely need more time on it to see it's full size, the outer edges are a lot fainter than the core. This is one of mine from 66 minutes of exposure and can barely make out the outer edges. I could overlay a moon shot when I'm home as I have uncropped images of both using this same lens (300mm)
November 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Likely need more time on it to see it's full size, the outer edges are a lot fainter than the core. This is one of mine from 66 minutes of exposure and can barely make out the outer edges. I could overlay a moon shot when I'm home as I have uncropped images of both using this same lens (300mm)
This image is what sent me down the astrophotography rabbit hole.
There was a bright "star" in the sky that I thought might be Jupiter, so I pointed my DSLR at it with a 300mm lens to see if I could make it out any better. I couldn't, but I COULD see the Galilean moons.
Blown away by a few dots...
There was a bright "star" in the sky that I thought might be Jupiter, so I pointed my DSLR at it with a 300mm lens to see if I could make it out any better. I couldn't, but I COULD see the Galilean moons.
Blown away by a few dots...
November 26, 2024 at 1:14 PM
This image is what sent me down the astrophotography rabbit hole.
There was a bright "star" in the sky that I thought might be Jupiter, so I pointed my DSLR at it with a 300mm lens to see if I could make it out any better. I couldn't, but I COULD see the Galilean moons.
Blown away by a few dots...
There was a bright "star" in the sky that I thought might be Jupiter, so I pointed my DSLR at it with a 300mm lens to see if I could make it out any better. I couldn't, but I COULD see the Galilean moons.
Blown away by a few dots...
Finally got round to stacking some moon and comet images from Thursday. Nothing too fancy, it's been a while since I last image stacked and have pretty much forgotten everything I had learned 😂
October 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Finally got round to stacking some moon and comet images from Thursday. Nothing too fancy, it's been a while since I last image stacked and have pretty much forgotten everything I had learned 😂
I'm new here, exiled from the realm of space Karen... So here's some comets and mountain biking, or Astrobiking as I like to call it.
I also like fishing, nature, gaming and general nerd stuff.
I also like fishing, nature, gaming and general nerd stuff.
October 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
I'm new here, exiled from the realm of space Karen... So here's some comets and mountain biking, or Astrobiking as I like to call it.
I also like fishing, nature, gaming and general nerd stuff.
I also like fishing, nature, gaming and general nerd stuff.