Josh Dury

Josh Dury is a British landscape astrophotographer. He works from the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England (Great British Life). He photographs the night sky over British landmarks. He signs his work Josh Dury Photo-Media. Space.com identifies him as "aka Starman" (Space.com).[edit]

Dury grew up around the Mendip Hills. Dark skies and ancient sites shaped his subject matter. His 2017 Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlisting was his first national recognition (MNR Journal). A second shortlisting followed in 2023 (Great British Life). Schooling and degree details are unverified. They are dropped from this page.[edit]

2023: overall winner, Historic Photographer of the Year (Digital Camera Magazine). Shortlisted again for Astronomy Photographer of the Year (Great British Life).

2025: Ammonite Press published his 52 Assignments: Night Photography, a 128-page hardback of weekly night-sky projects (Ammonite Press). Best-seller claims are unverified. Dropped.

February 2026: Dury photographed six planets in one frame from the south coast of England (Space.com). PetaPixel covered the image on February 26, 2026 (PetaPixel). He also documented the major lunar standstill at Stonehenge (Astronomy Magazine).

June 2026: NASA ran his Venus-Jupiter conjunction over Avebury as Astronomy Picture of the Day on June 12 (NASA).[edit]

Technician first, celebrity never. Dury is quoted in press for planning and patience rather than personality. Outlets run his images with his shooting notes attached (Space.com, PetaPixel). He teaches through talks and his 2025 book (Ammonite Press).[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 832 subscribers, 95,831 views (fetched 2026-10-15). Popularity rank: #35,064 overall, #25,255 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). He holds no placement in the iFANN Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. No formal fandom name is on record. His audience is photographers and astronomy enthusiasts. They follow the technique, not the man.[edit]

Press calls him "Starman" (MNR Journal). His 2023 shortlisted image, "The Enigma of the North," framed the Callanish stones under the Milky Way (Great British Life). The Menorca eclipse trip claimed on earlier versions of this page could not be verified. Dropped.[edit]

Private. Dury is based in the Somerset area. He has published nothing about parents, siblings, partners, or children. No family detail is on record.[edit]

Royal Observatory Greenwich runs the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Dury has been shortlisted twice (Great British Life). NASA selected his Avebury image for Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA). His book publisher is Ammonite Press (Ammonite Press). Claims of European Space Agency endorsement could not be verified. They are dropped.[edit]

No partner on record. Dury publishes nothing about his romantic life. Status: undisclosed.[edit]

Undisclosed. No credible outlet has published a net worth figure for Dury. Earlier versions of this page carried a $1 Million estimate. It was unverified. It is dropped. Book royalties, print sales, and speaking fees are plausible income sources. Plausible is not confirmed.[edit]

Dury won Historic Photographer of the Year 2023 outright (Digital Camera Magazine). He was shortlisted, not a winner, for Astronomy Photographer of the Year in 2017 and 2023 (Space.com).[edit]