Magellan Tempest
There has been recent furore regarding the naming of the Magellanic Clouds (despite his early writings on the galaxies, Magellan was not the earliest recorder of the galaxies). A movement has been growing to...
Category: Deep Sky Astrophotography
Mists of Pleiades
The bright stars of Pleiades shine through the mist like dust that drifts within the intersellar emptiness, their pale blue light revealing the seemingly gentle currents driven by the light of the stars themselves....
The Ghost of Rigel
Around the blue supergiant star Rigel, a ghostly appartion circles, its pale translucent form drifting through Orion, forever searching. IC2118 (aka Witch Head Nebula) is quite a faint reflection nebula in the Orion...
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...
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...
The Angel of Pleiades
It is hard to mistake the cold beauty of Pleiades (Messier 45). In this image the blue stars of this open cluster shines through the interstellar clouds that flow endlessly through the infinite night....
The Firebird
The emission nebula NGC6188 appears like a firebird in this image, swooping down with wings outstretched upon its reflection in the depths below. Located 4,000 lightyears away in the constellation Ara, this nebula is...
Something Wicked
The Witch Head Nebula (IC2118) appears like a ghostly creature in this image, silently approaching the bright star Cursa (Beta Eridani) to the left. Its ethereal form is illuminated by the nearby supergiant Rigel...
