Astronomer, Reinvented

Amateur astronomer and writer. Works as technical author but have spent most of my career in training. About me: http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/About_Phil.html

Last Notes

2025-11-20 09:19:55 GMT

#astronomy I photographed the Western Veil Nebula with the Seestar S80. I stacked 8 integration runs in Deep Sky Stacker, the longest being 74 minutes. I used the Exposure and Saturation features in GIMP to finish.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippughastronomer/54856812668/in/dateposted-public/
https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/581/281/209/499/842/original/b0c2d1a0d5747a45.jpg

2025-09-14 18:37:17 GMT

My #astronomy blog is nearly up-to-date. I just have a moon and double star session on 13th left to process which I will do tonight or early in the week. There are new sun, moon and deep sky objects.
https://sungazer127mak.blogspot.com/2025/09/september-2025.html

2025-09-13 14:39:51 GMT

#astronomy Conditions were far from ideal but I had held off trying the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) for a while with the Seestar S50 but I could resist the urge no longer. I stacked 6 images in Deep Sky Stacker for a total of 420 minutes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippughastronomer/54743126046/in/photostream/
https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/197/502/283/040/426/original/94da4fd658ab9b24.jpg

2025-08-07 19:50:41 GMT

#astronomy I took two images of Saturn with the Seestar S50, one showing the rings and the other showing the moons. Unfortunately, I couldn't combine them.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippughastronomer/54691101309/in/photostream/
https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/114/989/219/010/511/956/original/66453549b6b1a443.jpg

2025-07-25 10:01:45 GMT

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There will never be peace until Israel and Palestine recognise each other's right to exist. Unfortunately, I don't see this happening any time soon.

2025-07-24 18:55:56 GMT

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I don't normally comment on politics. I guess that the Hamas attack on Israel was horrific and I understand Israel's desire for revenge. However, starving and killing the non-involved in Gaza is just not acceptable. In an ideal world, Israel and Palestine would both have the right to exist.