Amateur astronomer captures image of sun with old tin tea caddy He said: "It is a six month pinhole camera image of the sun crossing my southern horizon at the New Forest Observatory. In this image the straight line to the left is the edge of the house roof across the road. You can see plenty of trees towards the south, and the two light dome-shaped objects are the New Forest observatories in my garden. For the image I used a tea caddy tin and held the film flat inside. I would love it if people were inspired by my work to go out and understand more about astronomy.