About

I've been photographing the night sky since 2003. I started out in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, with a ToUcam Pro webcam and a lot of patience, and over the years there I worked my way through a Canon 10D, a modded Canon 300D, an SBIG ST2000XM, and a Canon 5D. After a quieter spell in Lennoxtown from 2009, I moved to Bishopbriggs in 2018, just outside Glasgow, where I now image with a ZWO ASI 585MC and an SV550 on an EQ6-R Pro. The kit has changed plenty over twenty years. What hasn't changed is the thrill of watching a faint smudge turn into a galaxy or nebula on screen. This site collects some of my favourites from along the way.

Kit

From 2003 to today, earliest first.

Hamilton, Lanarkshire Up to 2009

ToUcam ProWebcam
Canon 10DDSLR
Canon 300D (modded)DSLR
Canon 5DDSLR
SBIG ST2000XMCCD camera
TMB 115Telescope
Losmandy G-11Equatorial mount

Bishopbriggs From 2018

SVBONY SV550Telescope
Skywatcher EQ6-R ProMount
ZWO ASI 585MCAstro camera

Gordon's imaging rig in a back garden: a white refractor with guidescope on a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro mount — SVBONY SV550 telescope, Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount, ZWO ASI585MC camera, SVBONY 60mm guidescope with ZWO ASI 120MM guide camera.