Pitcher Parade Park, 27th December 2014 Canon 1100D 30 Second Shots

Looking South to Carinae, Crux and the Coal Sack,

Southern sky just above the Mount Leslie Estate tree tops.

Looking south to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

South again but meteor trail in view just off centre near the coal sack.

From down the bottom of the path near the bridge and stream looking through the tree tops.

Orion and Co. 16th December 2014 (The Sisters, The Bull, The Hunter and The Dogs)

Sunspots from Nov 21st 2014

M1 Crab Nebula from Leon Mow Dark Sky Site, Heathcote Victoria

3 x 10 minute frames taken with modified Canon 450D and SWED80 refractor.  Darks, Flats and Bias frames(first time) subtracted and then processed in Nebulosity.  Further processing then in Photoshop.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 taken November 15th

4 x 5 minute exposures taken with a modified Canon 450D and Skywatcher ED80 refractor.

Messier 42 and Messier 43 The Great Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula

This image taken with a modified Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor.  Made up of 5 frames of 2 minutes each,  Processed in Nebulosity.

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

Phases of the Moon - A Work In Progress

Day 1

Day 2 (plus 7 hours) Waxing Crescent 26th June 2017  Canon 760D and ZS70 Refractor

Day 3 (2 days 20 hours) Waxing Crescent 29th April 2017  Canon 760D and ZS70 Refractor

Day 4 (plus 21 hours) Waxing Crescent 1st  May  Canon 760D and ZS70 Refractor

Day 5 (plus 5 hours) Waxing Crescent 29th June 2017 Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 5 (plus 19 Hours) Waxing Crescent 2nd May 2017   Canon  760D and ZS70 Refractor

Day 6 (plus 5 hours)  Waxing Crescent 3rd April 2017 Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 6 (plus 22 hours)  Waxing Crescent 30th July 2017 Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 7 (plus 5 hours) First Quarter 31st July 2017  Canon 750D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 7 (plus 19 hours) Waxing Gibbous 4th May 2017  Canon 760D and WOZS70 Refractor

Day 8 (plus 5 hours)  Waxing Gibbous 5th April 2017  Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 9 (plus 19 hours)  Waxing Gibbous 6th May 2017  Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 10 (plus 19 hours) Waxing Gibbous 07 May 2017 Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 11 (plus 9 hours) Waxing Gibbous 8th May 2017  Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 12 (plus 9 hours)  Waxing Gibbous 9th  May 2017 Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day13  Waxing Gibbous 2nd April 2015 Canon 1100D and SWED80 Refractor(I think?)

Day 14 Full Moon 10th April 2017 Canon 4500D  and SWED80 Refractor

Day 15 Waning Gibbous 8th  November 2014  Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 16 Waning Gibbous 9th  November 2014  Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor

Day 17 Waning Gibbous 13th April 2017  Canon 450D and SWED80

Day 18

Day 19 Waning Gibbous 16th May 2017  Canon SWED80 and Canon 450D

Day 20 Waning Gibbous 17th April(AM) Waning Gibbous SWED80 and Canon 450D

 Day 21 Waning Gibbous 14th  November 2014  Canon 1100D and WOZS70 Refractor (cloudy morning, just two frames).

Day 22 Last Quarter 19th April 2017 Canon 450D and ED80 Refractor

Day 23 Waning Crescent 20th April 2017 Canon 450D and ED80 Refractor

Day 24   Waning Crescent 21st April 2017 Canon 450D and ED80 Refractor

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28

Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae NGC104

Took this with a Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor.  Initial Post Procesing including stacking, stretching, curves and noise reduction in Nebulosity and adjusted levels, curves, hue and saturation in Photoshop.  Consists of 5 x 60 second raw frames,  Autoguided with anothe ED80 and Meade DSI 2 Monochrome camera using PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software.

Visible to the naked eye, 47 Tucanae resides in the constellation Tucana (The Toucan) and is easily found with its brightness and position just adjacent to the Small Magellanic Cloud.  Being circumpolar (never setting below the horizon) makes it a feature of southern star parties all year round.  It's distance is approximately 17000 light years from us and it is 120 light years across.  It's   It's dense distinctive looking core of stars demonstrates both it's visual distinctiveness and  it;s dense population of high mass stars concentrated in the centre.
  

Tarantula Nebula NGC2070 and surrounding nebulosity

Took this with a Canon 450D and SWED80 Refractor.  Initial Post Procesing including stacking, stretching, curves and noise reduction in Nebulosity and adjusted levels, curves, hue and saturation in Photoshop.  Consists of 7 x 180 second raw frames, I took 10 in total and discarded three where the tracking/autoguiding was off.   Autoguided with anothe ED80 and Meade DSI 2 Monochrome camera using PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software.

The Tarantula Nebula is in the Large Magellanic Cloud 160,000 light years away outside our own Milky Way Galaxy.   The Tarantula itself is almost 2000 light years across.  That's a cloud big enough to encapsulate from our solar system to the Orion Nebula and them some.

Eta Carina Nebula NGC3372 29th May 2014

The Night of April 30th 2014

Two offerings from this night.

The first being this timelapse sequence I took as the evening progressed.

The second is this portrait of the Sombrero Galaxy taken with 5 x 2 minute exposures with a Canon 30D and Meade LX90 8 Inch.

 Lagoon Nebula, Canon 30D, Meade 8" LX90

 Trifid Nebula, Canon 30D, Meade 8" LX90

 Centaurus A Galaxy Canon 30D, Meade 8" LX90

NGC 6231,Canon 30D, Meade 8" LX90

Lunar Eclipse Sequence April 15th 2014 from Northern Tasmania

Images take with Canon 400D and William Optics ZS70mm Refractor

More from April 2014

IC2948 The Running Chicken Nebula.  8X2min frames Canon 350D SWED80

NGC4755 The Jewel Box open star cluster 8 X 30 sec Frames Canon 30D Meade LX90

Messier 8/ NGC 6523 The Lagoon Nebula 8 X 30 sec frames Canon 30D Meade LX90