Spectacular images of deep space caught by an amateur astronomer

"It may have taken NASA millions of dollars and over a decade to design a space telescope that could capture truly spectacular images of deep space.

But an amateur astronomer has now caught the same dazzling constellations - from his back garden.

Greg Parker, a professor of electronics at Southampton University, spent less than £10,000 on his equipment but invested thousands of hours to perfect the amazing images."

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