Total Lunar Eclipse

Lunar eclipses are more frequent than solar eclipses, but it has been some time since I last photographed one. As … More

2026-02-17 Solar 90D 200mm 1600th f 4.5 ISO 100

The Sun

Today’s Sun using my new DSLR, a Canon EOS 90D, for its first test shot.

Nova in Vela!

Novae appear on average once every year or two. I recently posted about the “Nova in Lupus!” and now, only … More

Colourful Conjunction

Regulus and Mars A few days ago I took this image of the star Regulus with the planet Mars sailing … More

Nova in Lupus!

We’ve been waiting over a year for the much-anticipated “Blaze Star” (T Coronae Borealis) to go Nova and we’re still … More

A Dying Star in the Vela Constellation

Planetary Nebula NGC 3132

Gum 39

A Bright Nebula in the Southern Constellation of Centaurus

A Strange Object in the Carina Constellation

IC 2220 Toby Jug Nebula

An Active Galaxy

130 million light years away

An Ancient Spiral Galaxy

Celestial Splendour in Pyxis NGC 2613

Photographing Our Cosmic Neighbour

Imaging the Large Magellanic Cloud with a DSLR camera and Star Tracker

Cloudy Adventures

This session I optimistically set up my telescope under thick 90% cloudy skies, based on reliable forecasts that the clouds … More

Orion Nebula

M42 The Orion Nebula is an amazing object and one of the best in the sky but I’ve imaged it … More

Thor’s Helmet

NGC 2359 A Nebula in Canis Major Our Summer here in Sydney seems to be following a similar pattern to … More

The Heart of the Milky Way

Taken with a DSLR camera mounted on a star tracker.

Star Trails

Having taken star trails of up to about 15° rotation many times in the past, I wanted to obtain an … More

Pair of Galaxies

Messier 77, aka Cetus A or NGC 1068 This is a three hour exposure of the barred spiral galaxy M77 … More

47 Tucanae

A Bright Globular Cluster in Tucana NGC 104, Caldwell 106 The Sun sets late here on a December evening and … More

NGC 1313

An unusual galaxy in Reticulum NGC 1313 is sometimes called the Topsy-turvy Galaxy and with such an intriguing title, I … More

Tarantula Nebula

NGC 2070 in Dorado Caldwell 103 If any astronomical object truly inspires me, it is the Tarantula Nebula. It appears … More

Venus

Yes, Venus displays phases, just like the Moon. This is a recent telescopic image of the inner planet Venus, taken … More

The Spare Tyre Nebula

IC 5148 A Planetary Nebula in Grus The Spare Tyre Nebula is a doughnut shaped astronomical object located in the … More

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

It’s been a long wait but finally I got a cloudless evening sky with a clear view of Comet A3, … More

Milky Way Wide Field

The above feature view looks northwards from the Milky Way nucleus (top left). The light pollution of Western Sydney becomes … More

Grus Quartet

Four galaxies for the price of one!

The Small Magellanic Cloud

The SMC is one of the jewels of the Southern sky.

M53

A Messier object orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy – and a short article about the Messier Catalogue.

Riches of the Southern Milky Way

A wide field view of the spectacular Southern Milky Way and the barren South Celestial Pole.

The Star Adventurer Part 2

Eliminating Star Trailing
in Wide Field Astro-photography.
My previous article, The Star Adventurer Part 1, was about the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer in its most basic form. This second post builds on that and will show how I am redeploying processes which were developed using my refracting telescope to improve the basic Star Adventurer performance.

Helix Nebula

141 words, 1 minute read time

Milky Way Widefield

342 words, 2 minutes read time.

Dumbbell Nebula

242 words, 1 minute read time.

The Milky Way in Centaurus

564 words, 3 minutes read time.

Southern Cross

Crux Constellation Crux is the smallest of the eighty-eight constellations but is an iconic southern constellation. It lies in the … More

Lagoon Nebula

M8 in Sagittarius NGC 6523 & NGC 6530 One of the most beautiful nebulae in the whole sky, M8 is … More

Hidden In Plain Sight

Open Star Cluster NGC 5823 Caldwell 88 in Circinus (and Lupus) An open cluster of relatively young and loosely gravitationally … More

IC 4628

A Bright Nebula in Scorpius Coming towards the end of an evening session at Cosmic Focus Observatory, I had an … More

Globular Cluster NGC 6352

Caldwell 81 in Ara Image exposure:30 minutes Image Size:77.1 x 51.4 arc-min Image date:2024-06-03 Peering between (and well beyond) the Milky … More

The Rim Nebula

A big bright nebula in the constellation of Ara

M88 and Friends

The Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Twenty-five galaxies in one image!

Eta Carinae Nebula

The mother of all nebulae

Gum 23

A large wedge shaped emission nebula, sliced by lanes of obscuring dust

Seagull Nebula

An HII hydrogen cloud, 200 light years across.

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Galactic Twins

An associated pair of spiral galaxies in the constellation of Leo.

Omega Centauri

…this whopping giant ball of stars which orbits the disc of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 16,000 light years.

Look Back

An image capturing a rare close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, showcasing their similar apparent diameters and proximity.

Burning Bright

Against the stark blackness of interstellar space, the abundance backdrop of Milky Way stars are shining bright. In the middle, they seem to have caught alight, burning like a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.