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Hale Bop Comet: "I was always intrigued by the night skies and space, but it was witnessing the Halle Bop comet in my back garden in Dudley in 1997 that really put me onto astrophotography," he says The Helix Nebula, or NGC 793, a lrage planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius. It is a mere 700 light years away. Picture: MARTIN PUGH / BARCROFT MEDIA

Hale Bop Comet: "I was always intrigued by the night skies and space, but it was witnessing the Halle Bop comet in my back garden in Dudley in 1997 that really put me onto astrophotography," he says The Helix Nebula, or NGC 793, a lrage planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius. It is a mere 700 light years away. Picture: MARTIN PUGH / BARCROFT MEDIA

 
Horsehead Nebula in Orion Photo: His image of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion was awarded first prize in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 run by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The winning entry was taken over a period of 19 hours, over 14 nights, in a period of two months (of a subject 1,500 light years away) Picture: MARTIN PUGH / BARCROFT MEDIA
Horsehead Nebula in Orion Photo: His image of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion was awarded first prize in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 run by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The winning entry was taken over a period of 19 hours, over 14 nights, in a period of two months (of a subject 1,500 light years away) Picture: MARTIN PUGH / BARCROFT MEDIA