Workshop – Introduction to Astrophotography
Thank you to all those who attended my recent workshop on an “Introduction to Astrophotography”, conducted on the 24th and 28th of August at the Museum of the Great Southern. Many thanks to Catherine...
Stellar Australis Blog
Carina of Mt Tollbrunup
As the sun was setting over the Stirling Ranges the entire sky was covered in cloud, but the forecast showed that the night sky was going to clear up at around 8pm. So I...
The Blue Horsehead Nebula
Here is a quick capture of IC4592 – the Blue Horsehead nebula. The pale blue light of Nu Scorpii illuminates the surrounding reflection nebula, creating an almost ghostly apparition of a horse staring out...
The Field of Carina
The great Carina Nebula glows without peer in this image, nestled amongst a field of bright stars. The dense pack of stars towards the top right is the Wishing Well Cluster (NGC3532) and at...
Coblinine Under Carina
In the Coblinine Nature Reserve there are many places where the sad remains of dead trees reach up out of the salty dry (in most places) river bed that winds its way through the...
Coblinine Nature Reserve
Location Details Scroll to bottom of page for images and posts oblinine Nature Reserve is an area featuring a typically dry and complex lake / river system located near Katanning – deep in the...
Riding the Wave
52 Cygni seemingly rides the wave of the Veil Nebula in this image (well a small part of the Veil nebula – NGC6960). The subject probably suits a longer focal length than my telescope,...
Andromeda of the Deep
One can’t mistake the wonderful M31 Andromeda galaxy – a popular target for most astrophotographers. However, from Perth, Western Australia, M31 doesn’t get higher than 10 degrees above the northern horizon at this latitude...
Project: Dune Stars
POSTERS Here are two poster images showing the real-world stars that Frank Herbert mentions in his Dune novels. These posters are optimised for A1 size full resolution 9934 x 7016 and can be downloaded...
Achievement: David Malin Awards
Its been a difficult year with astrophotography, with Covid-19 lockdowns and weather being unusually bad (and uncanny in its timing when the moon is not in the sky). Hence, when it came to entering...
