A Clear Night at Clarendon 5th October 2013

Centaurus A and Omega Centauri Friday 28th June 2013

Really excited about the potential of now autoguiding and imaging with a SCT Meade LX90.

Got these images Friday 28th June.

NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy. (8 x 10 min frames stacked and processed in Nebulosty) Camera was a (soon to be modified)  Canon 300D.

Omega Centauri Globular Cluster (6 x 1 min frames)

Latest Night Sky Shots including 1st June 2013 Aurora and passing Train.

Southern Aurora from Clarendon House Tasmania

Canon 1100D, 6400 iso, 30 Seconds, Tokina 11-16mm Wide Angle Lens at F3.5

This shot I took when the curtaining  effect became very prominent for just about a minute of so. Large and Small Magellanic clouds top centre.

This shot includes the portion of the Milky Way referred to as the Emu.

This shot includes our observing party for the evening in the foreground.

This shot includes the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

Milky Way and Telegraph Pole

            Night Sky Shots 2nd of June 2013 at train crossing near Clarendon House

                              Canon 1100D, 6400 iso, 30 Seconds, Canon 18-55mm EF lens at F4.5

Tree and Sagittarius Star Cloud

Star Trail and Headlight Trail

Star Trail and Tree

Star Trail and Power Lines

Passing Train!

16th April Galaxy NGC 4945 and Surrounding Star Field

Galaxy NGC 4945

Taken with Modified Canon 350D, Skywatcher ED80 Refractor, EQ6 German Equatorial Mount, Autoguided Meade DSI II with PHD and SWED80 Refractor.

Image consists of 17x 4min exposures captured with DSLR focus and Canon EOS software

Stacked and Processed in Nebulosity,Dark and Flat Frames Subtracted.

Eta Carinae NGC 3372 11th April 2013

Eta Carinae

Taken with Modified Canon 350D, Skywatcher ED80 Refractor, EQ6 German Equatorial Mount, Autoguided Meade DSI II with PHD and SWED80 Refractor.

Image consists of 10x2min exposures captured with DSLR focus and Canon EOS software

 Stacked and Processed in Nebulosity,Dark and Flat Frames Subtracted.

Jupiter and the Moon from February 18th 2013

April 12th 2013 Cloudy Night Sky and Star Trails

Eta Carinae

This image of the Eta Carinae Nebula was taken 11th April with a Canon 350D & 80ED Refractor, Skywatcher EQ6 German Equatorial Mount, Autoguiding with Meade DSI Pro and 80ED Refractor and PHD, Canon EOS Image Capture, Post Processing in Nebulosity.

Devonport, Tasmania Timelapse and Stills 9th April 2013

Click for Timelapse

Single cropped frame from timelapse where we witnessed a low flying meteor trail, very slow, bright and spectacular!

Star Trails from Orion 15 min exposure

Star Trails from Crux (The Southern Cross) 15 min exposure

Orion Star Field (The Iron Pot) 1 min exposure

 Time lapse setup.  30 second exposure

Time-lapse sequence taken at York Creek Observatory Georgetown Tasmania 6th April 2013

Click to see time-lapse sequence.

Image of the Seagull Nebula IC2177 5th April 2013

We had some fun at our last community viewing night  discovering this lesser known nebula that lies some 3700 light years out towards the rim of the Milky Way in Canis Major.

The image was taken with a modified Canon 350D, ED80 Refractor, EQ6 mount and auto-guided with a Meade DSI Pro II also with an ED80 using PHD.

I recorded the nights viewing on this time-lapse on which I made these light swirls during some of the 30 second exposures

Stills and Time-lapse sequence 28th/29th March 2013 Georgetown, Tasmania

Timelapse and Stills Easter 2013

York Creek Observatory, Georgetown Tasmania

The Domes in Moonlight (Click for time lapse sequence)

ISS flyby with Aussie flag in the foreground.

The Constellation Orion

Moonrise behind a nearby hill

Star trails as Orion sets.