It's been such along time since posted anything here that I can't remember the last time I did. Well I can actually because the date of my last post was 17 October 2024 on a day I went out to try to photograph the full moon rising behind Stoodley Pike in West Yorkshire - and that shoot was scuppered by clouds! It's really hard keeping a blog up to date as my inspiration for it comes in spits and spurts and it's mainly to do with the weather. Until last week we've had so many rainy days and cloudy mights here in the UK over the last year that many people have packed in astrophotography and sold their gear. It's very understandable and I've also considered it several times myself because I seem to spend a lot of my days just waiting for a decent night to image.
However, when I first got started in 2019 I set myself a target of producing a book of my best astrophotography images and, with almost a week of clear night skies recently, I've felt reinvigorated into fulfilling this project. I've even bought myself a new camera, laptop and some other bits and pieces to help me do it. That's even more money I've sent down the astrophotography rabbit hole!
In spite of the poor weather I have been posting fairly regularly on my GeekTeacherAstro Facebook group (www.facebook.com/GeekTeacherAstro) but usually only my fall back target of the moon. You can often get a moon photo in between short breaks in the clouds when deep sky imaging isn't possible.
So, without further ado I'm going to post a couple of images from this week which I took with my new camera and then I'll get on with posting some 'back issues' so to speak. I'll also be updating my GeekTeacher Astro Flickr page when I can remember the password!
