An amateur astronomer has taken some incredible photos of space 1,350 light years away—from his back garden. Russell Atkin, 52, took up astronomy eight years ago, but has been forced to stargaze closer from home this year. He’s traveled all over the world in a bid to get views unspoiled by light pollution, but his best pics yet have been taken recently from his back garden, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The pictures show the stunning Pleiades star cluster and the famous Orion Nebula, as well as the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. His snaps capture light emitted from stars before Joan of Arc or the Vikings discovered Greenland. Russell said: “I think what a lot of people don’t realize is that you don’t need a fancy observatory at the top of a mountain—you can see so many incredible things from your own back garden. “Some …