The last decade has witnessed an increased interest in outer space among non-expert citizens of London; many astronomical societies have expanded, and telescopes and astronomical magazines have experienced pronounced growth in sales. This interest has been supported by anthropology, which has recently provided new insights into the cultural dimensions involved in contemporary experiences of the stars. Departing from the affection and closeness felt towards pictures by amateur astronomers in London, this paper explores the role of photographs in mediating the relationship between people and the universe. Drawing on Alfred Gell´s (1998) theory of Agency and Elizabeth Edwards and Janice Hart´s (2004) perspective on pictures as objects, I adopt a material and performative approach to understand the effects of astronomical images on people. I start by exploring the personal values that amateur astronomers associate with celestial bodies (based on Edwards (1998)), often humanizing them through animated descriptive concepts such as potentiality, creativity, and will. Secondly, celestial objects are anchored in scientific explanatory frameworks that mobilize a broader cosmological understanding (mobilizing Abramson and Holdraab (2014) and Hui (2017)); in other words, images portray a particular order of things shaped by explanations provided by scientific institutions in the media. Finally, current technical developments make it more accessible to capture and share pictures of outer space, also paving the way for online interactions (Miller (2016), Manovich (2017), Walton (2020)). These new developments inform specific and innovative ways in which people- amateur astronomers in this case- collectively experience the universe and astronomy.