Galaxies, nebulae, planets, lunar and solar work, presented with room for the photograph to breathe.
Personal observatory / image archive / software bench
Chapel Astro
Ian Steane's record of photographing the night sky, learning the craft, and building small tools that make the work more legible.
Current plate
Photographs first, notes close behind.
The archive is arranged like a working contact sheet rather than a showroom. Targets keep their astronomical context: catalog names, dates, filters, equipment and the occasional practical scar from the night.
A chronological observing log of experiments, equipment, mistakes, better nights and slowly earned technique.
Scripts and utilities for logging, planning, processing and controlling the bits of astronomy that benefit from software.