Roger Hutchinson. LONDON, UK: DEFYING the light pollution of our capital city these stunning images of outer space have been taken by an amateur astronomer from his back garden in West London. Rivalling images taken by multimillion dollar spacecraft, the spectacular shots show incredible close-ups of the moon including the Apollo 15 landing site, Jupiter and Mercury. Other pictures show the International Space Station passing over London, a comet whizzing by and the moon rising high into the night sky. The awesome array of photos were taken by IT solutions architect and amateur astronomer Roge
Roger Hutchinson. LONDON, UK: DEFYING the light pollution of our capital city these stunning images of outer space have been taken by an amateur astronomer from his back garden in West London. Rivalling images taken by multimillion dollar spacecraft, the spectacular shots show incredible close-ups of the moon including the Apollo 15 landing site, Jupiter and Mercury. Other pictures show the International Space Station passing over London, a comet whizzing by and the moon rising high into the night sky. The awesome array of photos were taken by IT solutions architect and amateur astronomer Roger Hutchinson (49) from London. The married father-of-two captured the images from the modest observatory he has constructed with his own hands in the back garden of his home.
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