Kevin Quinn
@kevq.bsky.social
Mainly visual stargazer/takes the occasional phone snaps. Has Parkinson's. Has written a few astronomy/stargazing & sci-fi books : https://tinyurl.com/y3jpm9wt
M27, Pixel 7a, 70mm refractor
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
M27, Pixel 7a, 70mm refractor
M45, as seen through 20*80 binoculars. White gel pen on black paper.
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
M45, as seen through 20*80 binoculars. White gel pen on black paper.
Well, I've only gone and booked my flights ... 😁
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Well, I've only gone and booked my flights ... 😁
With just over a month to go 🤞🏼 preparations have begun ...
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
With just over a month to go 🤞🏼 preparations have begun ...
Comet c/2025 A6 Lemmon
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Comet c/2025 A6 Lemmon
Messier 13, Pixel 7a, 70mm refractor
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Messier 13, Pixel 7a, 70mm refractor
Fantastic couple of 5-star reviews for A decade in stargazing and Demystifying Visual Astronomy just posted...
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Fantastic couple of 5-star reviews for A decade in stargazing and Demystifying Visual Astronomy just posted...
A better view of the increase in light pollution over the last ten years in west and north dorset ...
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A better view of the increase in light pollution over the last ten years in west and north dorset ...
Screenshots, separated by ten years. Can't work out how to set the view to be the same. LP looks a lot worse now though. Green/yellow is from today, 2025
August 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Screenshots, separated by ten years. Can't work out how to set the view to be the same. LP looks a lot worse now though. Green/yellow is from today, 2025
Phone snaps through a 10k Lunt solar scope, at SW Astro Fair at the Norman Lockyer observatory...
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Phone snaps through a 10k Lunt solar scope, at SW Astro Fair at the Norman Lockyer observatory...
Cool, my website of random astro-blathering has passed 5000 views - theastroguy.wordpress.com 🔭🎉🙂👍🏼
June 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Cool, my website of random astro-blathering has passed 5000 views - theastroguy.wordpress.com 🔭🎉🙂👍🏼
The Cerne Abbas Star Party 2025 got a mention in The Society for Popular Astronomy's magazine 👍🏼
For tickets and details see Eventbrite:
Date: Fri 17 Oct, 12:00
Location: Cerne Abbas Brewery
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cerne-...
For tickets and details see Eventbrite:
Date: Fri 17 Oct, 12:00
Location: Cerne Abbas Brewery
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cerne-...
June 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Cerne Abbas Star Party 2025 got a mention in The Society for Popular Astronomy's magazine 👍🏼
For tickets and details see Eventbrite:
Date: Fri 17 Oct, 12:00
Location: Cerne Abbas Brewery
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cerne-...
For tickets and details see Eventbrite:
Date: Fri 17 Oct, 12:00
Location: Cerne Abbas Brewery
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cerne-...
First and last shots from last night 🙂🔭
May 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
First and last shots from last night 🙂🔭
Today I'm at Swedish Day car meeting in yeovil looking for potential authors ...
May 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today I'm at Swedish Day car meeting in yeovil looking for potential authors ...
A wider view, with more context. The image was taken with a pixel 7A phone held to the eyepiece on a 10 inch Newtonian telescope, hence it being 'flipped'
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A wider view, with more context. The image was taken with a pixel 7A phone held to the eyepiece on a 10 inch Newtonian telescope, hence it being 'flipped'
A wider view, with more context. The image was taken with a pixel 7A phone held to the eyepiece on a 10 inch Newtonian telescope, hence it being 'flipped'
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A wider view, with more context. The image was taken with a pixel 7A phone held to the eyepiece on a 10 inch Newtonian telescope, hence it being 'flipped'
The large crater just coming into view at the top (actually near the south pole of the Moon) is known as Schickard, and is 212km in diameter, and 1.5km deep.
May 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The large crater just coming into view at the top (actually near the south pole of the Moon) is known as Schickard, and is 212km in diameter, and 1.5km deep.
Check out Gassendi crater, on the edge of Mare Humorum (the sea of moisture ...). Gassendi is 100km in diameter, while Gassendi A which bisects the rim is 32km wide ... 🔭🌔
May 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Check out Gassendi crater, on the edge of Mare Humorum (the sea of moisture ...). Gassendi is 100km in diameter, while Gassendi A which bisects the rim is 32km wide ... 🔭🌔