This photograph originally appeared in the 2018 Research student photography and image competition held to celebrate National Science Week (11-19 August 2018). Blurb: A small, simple, hand-made telescope absorbing the multicoloured light of the Milky Way contrasts with the immensity and complexity of the Universe. Siting at quiet desks, new and creative ideas are investigated by astronomers everyday to fully unravel the mysteries that surround us
