v.221 uploaded: January 2026
Sharnbrook Observatory

Welcome to my web site!

This version includes new solar and lunar images plus an updated graph of sunspot numbers now spanning more than 30 years.
All images were obtained using amateur telescopes.

As ever, I hope my web site encourages you to get out there and enjoy the treasures of our universe at first hand.

Best Wishes,  

Peter Garbett



Galleries...


African Skies     Mars                Venus            Equipment          Comets          Sun



The Aurora          Deep Sky       Moon          Jupiter             Saturn            NLC




Cycles 23, 24 and 25 graphed from my observational data



Microsoft Excel Worksheet


The Sun


10.01.26  10:05 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera












10.01.26  10:05 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera






Drizzled x1.5




05.01.26  10:30 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera








05.01.26  10:30 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera






04.01.26  09:50 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera








04.01.26  09:50 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



03.01.26  10:30 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera








03.01.26  09:39 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera


03.01.26  10:30 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera







03.01.26  09:39 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera





02.01.26  10:32 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera





02.01.26  10:32 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera







27.12.25  09:47 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera







27.12.25  09:47 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera




26.12.25  09:45 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera





26.12.25  09:45 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



25.12.25  09:43 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



25.12.25  09:43 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera









11.12.25  10:21 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera




10.12.25  10:18 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera

03.12.25  10:09 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera






Drizzled version:




Half size:



03.12.25  10:43 UTC  AR4294, AR4296 AR4298 stream of sunspots; 20cm Meade LX200, f=2000mm, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.





02.12.25  09:41 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera




Half size:




Full size:


02.12.25  10:16 UTC  AR4294, AR4296 AR4298 stream of sunspots; 20cm Meade LX200, f=2000mm, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.







30.11.25  09:43 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera




30.11.25  10:28 UTC  AR4294 & AR4296; very poor seeing: 20cm Meade LX200, f=2000mm, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.






26.11.25  10:06 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.






25.11.25  10:09 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.






13.11.25  10:10 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.








13.11.25  10:13 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera.
















Solar Chromosphere Mozaic
25.09.25  10:04 - 10:20 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.










Solar Chromosphere Mozaic
30.09.25  10:27 - 10:37 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.










Prominences Mozaic
30.09.25  10:27 - 10:37 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.











Solar Chromosphere
05.10.25  10:23 UTC, Coronado SM40 double-stacked filters, f=600mm, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.






Sunspot groups


30.09.25  09:58 UTC  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.















AR4197
28.08.25  10:03 UTC  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.



AR4197
31.08.25  08:33 UTC  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.






AR4100 on its third transit
31.05.25  09:26  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.










AR4100 on its third transit
31.05.25  09:35  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.







AR4100 on its third transit
02.06.25  09:18  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.







AR4100 on its third transit
02.06.25  09:52  20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.









AR4079 with 'light-bridge' between main umbrae
03.05.25  pretty turbulent seeing with goodish moments; 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter,
Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.









12.04.25  Mediocre seeing conditions 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter,
Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.







AR3780
09.08.24  Mediocre seeing conditions 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter,
Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.






AR3664: with a peak area of 3400 millionths of the visible surface is the 12th
largest since the start of the Greenwich Sunspot Catalogue in 1874.
09.05.24  16:17 UTC  Quite good seeing conditions 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter,
Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.






AR3590
24.02.24  Quite good seeing conditions 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.




Sequence of images showing development of AR3590 over a three day period:


23.02.24




24.02.24




25.02.24




AR3615
24.03.24  Mediocre seeing conditions 20cm Meade LX200, Mylar ND3.8 photographic filter, Baader solar continuum filter, IR/UV cut filter, Flea 3 CCD.








Lunar images


One sixth size:



06.01.26  00:41 - 0106 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



59% size:




'Wolf super-Moon'. One sixth size:

03.01.26  23:14 - 23:39 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



56% size:




Full size:




11.11.25  04:28 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera










Full size:


11.11.25  04:28 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera











Full size:



11.11.25  04:30 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera






11.11.25  04:38 UTC  20cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F10, UV/IR cut filter, Saturn-M SQR camera



Other sites of personal interest...


Amateurs                                                                          Commercial

Damian Peach's site                                                                Telescope House

Ian King's site                                                                         Coronado Hydrogen Alpha Filters

Jack Newton's site                                                                  Celestron U.K.

Nik Szymanek's site                                                                Meade

Rob Gendler's site                                                                  Starlight Xpress Ltd

Stefan Seip's site                                                                   True Technology Ltd

Steve Mandel's site                                                                Ian King Imaging

Thierry Legault's site                                                             Modern Astronomy

Brierley Hill Solar


Organisations/resources                                              Software

Astro buy/sell                                                                       Christian Buil's software      

American Meteor Society                                                       Registax for processing webcam images

Big Bear Solar Observatory latest images of the Sun                Firecapture software for Flea 3 etc

British Astronomical Association                                            Satellite predictions                

Cloud forecast for UK                                                           WinJUPOS

Cloudy Nights reviews                                                          Auto Stakkert!

Horace Dall, 1982  (video by Robin Scagell)                           Deep Sky Stacker

U.S. Naval Observatory Clock  UTC                                        GradientXTerminator

Luton Astronomical Society                                                   PHD autoguiding, DSLR shutter control etc                           

Observing Planets around other Stars via Transits!                  Stellarium planetarium software

Periodic error test results for mounts                                    Starry Dave software e.g. solar animations
(Google translator from French)

Prince Albert (South Africa) site                                            Noel Carboni's software

Solar astronomer's library

Solar Influences Data Analysis Center (International sunspot numbers)

SpaceWeather.com for solar activity and far more!

Unisys Jet Stream Forecast to assess likely seeing conditions

Jet Stream Forecast

Uk astro imaging forum

UK IR satellite cloud cover

Mount Wilson Observatory including archived sunspot drawings from the solar tower

IAU naming of planetary features




Established October 2000.           Copyright: P.J.Garbett