Mark McIntyre
@markmac99.bsky.social
NGC2146, the Dusty Hand, a peculiar barred spiral. More info on flic.kr/p/2rHxGV7
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NGC2146, the Dusty Hand, a peculiar barred spiral. More info on flic.kr/p/2rHxGV7
Another small planetary nebula, this time NGC7008 the Fetus.
Details on flic.kr/p/2rHDwcd
Details on flic.kr/p/2rHDwcd
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Another small planetary nebula, this time NGC7008 the Fetus.
Details on flic.kr/p/2rHDwcd
Details on flic.kr/p/2rHDwcd
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
Details here flic.kr/p/2rHtVeW
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 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
Details here flic.kr/p/2rHtVeW
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
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 !
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
About 3 hours data taken with my usual kit. Somewhat messy background due to thin high cloud
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 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
About 3 hours data taken with my usual kit. Somewhat messy background due to thin high cloud
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
As always, tech info over on flic.kr/p/2rGGHW9
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 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
As always, tech info over on flic.kr/p/2rGGHW9
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
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!
Another planetary, this time NGC1514. Again more technical info on my flickr account. flic.kr/p/2rGviet
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another planetary, this time NGC1514. Again more technical info on my flickr account. flic.kr/p/2rGviet
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
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
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
More technical info on Flickr
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 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
More technical info on Flickr
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
More info on my Flickr account
October 16, 2025 at 10:23 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
More info on my Flickr account
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
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 ...
flic.kr
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 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
tech details on Flickr flic.kr/p/2ryiWTW
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
more in part 2
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 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
more in part 2
Reposted by Mark McIntyre
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! 🤓 🔭🧪
📷 @vrubinobs.bsky.social
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! 🤓 🔭🧪
📷 @vrubinobs.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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! 🤓 🔭🧪
📷 @vrubinobs.bsky.social
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! 🤓 🔭🧪
📷 @vrubinobs.bsky.social
Reposted by Mark McIntyre
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
IC434, the Horsehead. This is 40 minutes of data captured with my RC8 and Altair 294C, stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
January 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
IC434, the Horsehead. This is 40 minutes of data captured with my RC8 and Altair 294C, stacked in DSS and processed in Pixinsight.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
Its interesting to note that IC434 is actually the bright nebula *behind*. The nebula is about 1200 ly away and is an HII region being ionised by Sigma Orionis.
Hello! Its high time i posted here. Prepare for much astrophotography...
January 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hello! Its high time i posted here. Prepare for much astrophotography...
A bright fireball was seen this morning at 0147 on 2024-03-02, unfortunately through thick cloud on many cameras. Several visual sightings too - if you saw it please do file a report via our website.
Analysis hopefully incoming!
Analysis hopefully incoming!
March 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM
A bright fireball was seen this morning at 0147 on 2024-03-02, unfortunately through thick cloud on many cameras. Several visual sightings too - if you saw it please do file a report via our website.
Analysis hopefully incoming!
Analysis hopefully incoming!