Milton Keynes photographer captures brilliant picture of comet that appears once every 6,766 years

Kingsley is a professional photographer and videographer living in MK and as a hobby he goes out and shoots the nights sky with his DSLR camera.

"I do this for fun but also so I can show people more clearly what amazing sites are up there," he says.

Comet Neowise is currently visible to the naked eye and is the the first of this brightness in the Northern Hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997.

It is estimated to be three miles wide and appears once every 6,766 years.

"It was only discovered by NASA's wide-field infrared survey Explorer spacecraft just as lockdown began in the UK. It has been something too look forward to as the weeks of isolation turned in to months," said Kingsley.

Neowise is reaching its maximum brightness tomorrow and it will be clearly visible to the naked eye low in the northern skies from just after sunset to just before sunrise.

You can find it below the Big Dipper/Plough constellation.

"Going out and spotting the comet will be something family's can do together one evening this week without too much effort and well within the current lockdown rules. Also this is something we may not be treated to again until Halley's Comet is visible in 2061," said Kingsley.

He added: "With the clear skies this weekend, I took my opportunity to get out and get some clear shots of the comet. Just after midnight on Saturday morning I managed to capture these photos Campbell Park in Central Milton Keynes.

"With all the doom and gloom recently it's good just to look up at a natural phenomenon which is so beautiful and mysterious as comet Neowise."

The figure in the foreground is Kingsley's wife Amy.