Overview
Welcome to Urban Astrophotography, a website all about my attempts at taking photos of the night sky from Bristol, a
Author: Lee
My astrophotography kit
This list contains pretty much all of the kit I use to take the images on this website. I aim
OSC vs Mono from a city
So you’re an astrophotographer in a city and are looking to get a new camera to image deep sky objects
Image usage
All the images on this website are copyright Lee Pullen, unless a different author is indicated. If you’d like to
Star Trails
The Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move across the sky during the day, and the same happens to
Markarian’s Chain
A string of bright galaxies around 50 million light-years from Earth that share common motion through space. The brightest two
Asteroid Vesta
Vesta is an asteroid measuring approximately 525km across. It’s located within the asteroid belt, which is between the orbits of
M3
M3 is a globular cluster containing 500,000 stars. It formed around 11.4 billion years ago, making it more than twice
Nova Cas 2021
Discovered two days before this photo was taken, this nova is white dwarf star 5500 light-years from Earth that, due
The Pacman Nebula
An emission nebula that contains Bok globules, which are dark areas of gas and dust where stars form. The Pacman