Capturing the Cosmos at the Herschel Museum

Featuring the incredible nightscape, planetary, and deep sky photography of the local amateur astronomy community in and around Bath. The exhibition invites visitors to delve into the exciting world of astrophotography, explore the basic techniques, and marvel at the celestial imagery captured, as well as allowing visitors to compare drawings William Herschel and his son, John, made of observations from their telescope to photographs of the same celestial objects taken today in a series of digital reproductions of historic drawings, provided by the Royal Astronomical Society and Royal Society, demonstrating the contrast between how observations would have been recorded over 200 years ago and how we capture them now, with all the modern technology at our disposal.

Images were captured using smartphones, digital cameras and planetary cameras by amateur astronomers. Access included with museum entry.