These spectacular images of the night sky were taken by an MOT tester from his back garden.
Craig Allnut, 34, has been honing his astronomy photography skills for the past two year from his home in West Molesey.
He takes pictures of stars, galaxies and nebulas – clouds of gas and dust in outer space – with incredible detail through a camera mounted onto his telescope.
He said: "I first got into astronomy properly 10 years ago but I have always been interested in anything space-related since my dad showed me Halley's Comet from our front garden in 1986.
"They are wanting to put people on Mars. If I didn't have family commitments I probably would put my name down.
Elephant's Trunk nebula
"Each picture can take anywhere from two to 13 hours to capture depending on the brightness of the object.
"I will normally take a series of pictures anywhere from 10 to 20-minute exposures.
"I then stack them on top of each other to remove any unwanted noise and to bring out the detail."
Rosette nebula
His favourite deep space objects to photograph are the Elephant's Trunk nebula and the Horse Head nebula.
He is hoping his two-year-old daughter, who already knows some planets, will be a star-gazing companion when she is older.
Using a special mount and telescope, Mr Allnutt has a specific camera for space photography and jointly runs the Walton Astronomy Group, which meets at Esher Rugby Club.
Visit waltonastrogroup.co.uk.
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