"I remember when, as a child, growing up on the Wirral seeing dark skies full of stars. Graham said: "We are blessed in the Badenoch and Strathspey area with dark skies which allow the beauty of the night sky to be visible to us. Graham said: "It is so important not look directly at the sun without using an approved Solar filter, if you do you risk serious damage to your retina and blindness." I used a commercially available solar filter which blocks 99.99 per cent of light. I captured this using my largest telescope, a Celestron Nexstar 8SE with a focal length of 2032mm. Sol is in a phase of increased sunspot activity, and several are showing in this image.
This is Sol, our sun, captured in white light last summer. Some of the galaxies are millions of light years away.
Of course it helps to know where to look – the sun and moon can't exactly be missed and several of the Solar System's planets are easy enough to see but pretty much everything else is not visible to the naked eye other than as pin pricks in the vast sky given the unimaginable massive distances from the earth. " I edited this image in Photoshop and accentuated the colours of the moon stemming from the minerals spread across the surface from meteor strikes." It is very bright with huge contrast against the night sky and this needs to be considered when selecting the exposure. Graham said: "The moon is not as easy a target as you may think. This is a single shot captured with my mirrorless camera and a 500mm lens and received a Bronze Award from the Guild of Photographers. Graham has captured these photographs of the hidden beauty of the universe using his technical know-how and specialist astrophotography camera equipment. Talented award-winning photographer Graham Hazlegreaves has shared with Highland News & Media some of his stunning images which, incredibly, were taken from his back garden in Boat of Garten. One of the very best regions in the UK to capture the night skies is the Highlands and here is the heavenly proof. Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Graham Hazlegreaves with the equipment he uses to capture the stunning images of space.
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