Amateur astronomy photographs

Description:Barcroft By John Bingham 5: Yet these extraordinary images show what Greg Parker, an amateur astronomer, was able to record with an 11in telescope in his garden in the New Forest. While some husbands choose to relax with a radio in their garden shed, the year-old engineering professor makes nightly visits to a small white dome-shaped observatory to gaze at the stars. Nicknamed "the Portaloo" by his wife and with more than a passing resemblance to a swing topped bin, the fibreglass structure sits wedged into decking on his patio. But it has enabled him to capture images to rival even those from Nasa telescopes and his photographs have now been published in a new book, Space Vistas.

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