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7 
0 
M81, M82 & Holmber...
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2025 Apr 10 – 22:39 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 14 – 21:16 UTC

11 
1 
Lunar Occultation of A...
Alan C Tough
Obs 2025 Apr 01 – 21:39 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 03 – 09:38 UTC

3 
0 
M37
Thomas Wade
Obs 2025 Mar 24 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 25 – 19:25 UTC

12 
0 
Bode's Galaxy M81
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2025 Mar 19 – 15:11 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 15:14 UTC

7 
0 
NGC457
Thomas Wade
Obs 2025 Feb 25 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 13 – 16:32 UTC

8 
0 
The Monkey Head Nebula
David Davies
Obs 2025 Feb 26 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 07 – 10:11 UTC

13 
2 
Aurora Borealis
Pauline Phillips
Obs 2025 Jan 28 – 21:41 UTC
Upload 2025 Feb 21 – 13:58 UTC

4 
0 
LDN 673 and others
Manolo_Rodriguez
Obs 2024 Sep 09 – 02:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Feb 16 – 17:33 UTC

14 
0 
Thor's Helmet
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2025 Feb 04 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Feb 09 – 16:02 UTC

7 
0 
The Crescent Nebula
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2024 Jun 28 – 13:34 UTC
Upload 2025 Feb 07 – 22:47 UTC

19 
0 
Helical Auroral Ray
Steve Knight
Obs 2025 Jan 28 – 20:16 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 29 – 11:12 UTC

14 
0 
M1 - The Crab Nebula
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2025 Jan 07 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 24 – 10:18 UTC

17 
0 
Mars - 13 Jan 2025
Geof Lewis
Obs 2025 Jan 13 – 22:25 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 16 – 13:23 UTC

9 
0 
Andromeda
Mazin Younis
Obs 2025 Jan 08 – 23:22 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 09 – 23:23 UTC

5 
0 
Cygnus Wall
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2024 Jul 28 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 01 – 13:56 UTC

20 
0 
Mercury's sodium tail
Dawson
Obs 2024 Dec 23 – 07:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 27 – 06:51 UTC

10 
0 
NGC 1931 Fly Nebula
Manolo_Rodriguez
Obs 2024 Dec 12 – 02:08 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 17 – 23:07 UTC

4 
0 
The Heart Nebula (IC 1...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2024 Dec 13 – 09:56 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 13 – 10:02 UTC

5 
0 
M46
Manolo_Rodriguez
Obs 2024 Nov 05 – 04:25 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 05 – 22:46 UTC

12 
5 
The Flying Dragon
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2024 Oct 16 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 26 – 15:35 UTC

12 
0 
Mars 16th November
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Nov 16 – 04:09 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 17 – 04:10 UTC

14 
0 
Jupiter and GRS
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2024 Sep 15 – 02:47 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 15 – 10:20 UTC

7 
0 
M31
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2024 Nov 05
Upload 2024 Nov 06 – 13:26 UTC

10 
0 
A New Perspective on N...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2023 Aug 16 – 13:47 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 26 – 13:53 UTC

12 
0 
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLA...
Martin Mobberley
Obs 2024 Oct 23 – 02:13 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 23 – 09:58 UTC

7 
0 
LDN 694 (Barnard 143)
Manolo_Rodriguez
Obs 2024 Sep 04 – 23:35 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 15 – 17:34 UTC

3 
0 
The Pleiades M45
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2023 Nov 10 – 22:33 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 07 – 18:19 UTC

15 
1 
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuch...
Michael Buechner
Obs 2024 Sep 30 – 03:12 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 02 – 13:33 UTC

2 
0 
Supernova Remnant in V...
Luigi Morrone
Obs 2024 Sep 19 – 08:24 UTC
Upload 2024 Sep 27 – 13:24 UTC

2 
0 
The Whirlpool Galaxy (...
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2024 Apr 01
Upload 2024 Sep 20 – 09:09 UTC

7 
2 
VelaXYZ
Luigi Morrone
Obs 2024 Feb 01
Upload 2024 Sep 19 – 08:24 UTC

5 
0 
Abell 78
David Strange
Obs 2024 Sep 11 – 00:29 UTC
Upload 2024 Sep 12 – 12:41 UTC

9 
0 
NGC 7023 Iris nebula
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2024 Sep 03 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Sep 04 – 18:03 UTC

8 
0 
Aurora at Tarbatness 2...
Denis Buczynski
Obs 2024 Aug 28 – 00:49 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 28 – 12:19 UTC

4 
0 
Saturn Occultation
Pete Lawrence
Obs 2024 Aug 21 – 03:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 23 – 09:00 UTC

12 
0 
M27 - The Dumbbell Neb...
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2024 Aug 09 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 16 – 14:54 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 7331
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Aug 06 – 23:01 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 07 – 22:05 UTC

2 
0 
Noctilucent clouds - 2...
Steve Brown
Obs 2024 Jun 28 – 22:29 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 29 – 13:33 UTC

10 
0 
M57
David Strange
Obs 2024 Jul 14 – 23:36 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 17 – 19:46 UTC

11 
2 
IC 1805, Heart Nebula ...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2024 Jan 19 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 10 – 11:19 UTC
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