A night sky enthusiast has captured a series of stunning images of outer space - all from a street in New Cumnock.
Bryan Shaw has a passion for astrophotography - photography of astronomical objects, celestial events or areas of the night sky - and says there is no better place to point his camera upward that in the "braw wee place" of New Cumnock.
Bryan says the village is "rural enough that it makes the night sky the next best thing" and that the good air quality and lack of light pollution makes spotting some galactic delights much easier than in other locations, such as busy towns or cities.
This week, he captured the Andromeda Galaxy and the moon in it's waxing gibbous phase from Farden Avenue, as seen below.
Bryan said: "I took these images in New Cumnock from Farden Avenue - it's now just an abandoned ring road after all the houses were knocked down. I've taken images of the night sky before, I have a couple including the Core of the Milkyway taken from Loch Doon, and part of the North American Nebula taken from Farden Avenue again.
"For Astrophotography I am an amateur hobbyist but I do work professionally in Photography and Videography part time with my own company.
"I have a new page and platform I'll be starting soon called Nebula in Bloom which will be a page dedicated to Astro and teaching people how simple it is to spot or photograph the night sky from their own gardens or to just follow me on the process and see some pretty pictures of what's above our head at night."
Keep an eye out for more on Bryan's new project in the Chronicle soon.
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