Nightscape Calendar 2023
Well, for me 2022 has been very desolate with regards to my astrophotography. I hardly managed to get out at all due to work, family, and trying to owner build my new house in...
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Stirling Range National Park
Location Details Scroll to bottom of page for images and posts tirling Range National Park contains a fantastic mountain range situated under amazing dark skies. The range spans west to east and features numerous...
The Burning Range
In the distance, the Stirling Range National Park in Western Australia lies under the Milky Way cores as it slowly rises above the hills and mountains. The bright Lagoon Nebula shines like a big,...
Nightscape Calendar 2022
Well, its the season where the galaxy core is in the western skies and sets early in the mornings. This is my favourite time of year, and for many astrophotographers who enjoy doing nightscape...
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...
Flinder’s Skies
Summer in the southern hemisphere means that the bright Milkyway core is no longer in the night sky, but that doesn’t mean nightscapes are less interesting in summer (although they are a bit more...
William Bay Astro
During the day Greens Pool in William Bay near Denmark, Western Australia is a popular spot for locals and tourists to swim. The multitude of rocks just off the clean beaches breaks up the...
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...
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...
