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The night sky is beautiful as photons from the Universe rain down and end their journey of hundreds or thousands of light years in the back of your eye. For millennia, this has been a personal experience which even the invention of the telescope four hundred years ago did not share. One hundred and seventy-five years ago, the first photographs of the cosmos were taken and professionals and amateurs alike haven't stopped since.

Thirty-one years ago, we saw the first images from the Hubble Space Telescope and our shared view was transformed. The optical equipment, cameras, and software have changed radically in those last three decades with it now accessible to anyone with an inclination and soon a passion to capture the night skies in the Hubble palette, true colour, or in their own creative way from their own humble garden.

This free exhibition of the day and night-time skies above Somerset is brought to you by members of Bath Astronomers, your local stargazers. You're invited to see their images, meet the astrophotographers, and see some of the equipment used to take these jaw dropping images.

The exhibition in the Elwin Room at BRLSI opens to visitors at 7:30pm for 2 hours. Let us know you are coming by registering for free via the link.

The exhibition will be complemented from 8:15pm with three short talks on the night sky and how to start enjoying it with binoculars and telescopes. Perhaps start on your journey towards winning the Royal Museums Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year in years to come or share those photons of light with the people you love!