My name is David Nash and this is my web page. Here you will find the results of my "adventures in astrophotography". I use webcams and dedicated astronomy CCD cameras, as well as film and digital SLR cameras and a variety of telescopes.
I live in Cambridgeshire in England in a small village fairly close to average size towns, but where the sky is dark enough to have a good view and make astronomy worthwhile.
I hope you enjoy looking at my pictures!
The Elephant's Trunk is only part of the large emission nebula that is known as IC 1396. Located in Cepheus this large nebula is a mass of hydrogen alpha gas and contains multiple swirls and globules of gas and dust which form interesting shapes such as those shown here.
Click the image to go to the Nebulae page where you can find the full-sized image.
Comet 17P/Holmes in outburst October 2007 This periodic comet flared up to a million times its brightness on 23 October 2007. This image shows it on 28 October, during continuing growth.
Wide-field picture of Comet 2004/Q2 Machholz near the Pleiades and the California nebula on my Miscellaneous page.
Comets! Comet 78P/Gehrels imaged on the 14 November, 2004 as it passed through Aries and Taurus, and Comet 2004/Q2 Machholz imaged on 17 December in Eridanus. Notice that the stars have trails, showing that the comets are moving relative to them for the duration of the exposures captured.