Stellar Australis Blog

Judges Commendations – Astrofest 2018

Astrofest 2018, Two Judge’s Commendations What a great night (apart from the lousy weather). Astrofest 2018 was held in Perth, Western Australia where I received two commendations for my deepsky image of the Horsehead...

Across the Pale Moon

On the 21/02/2018 at 7:54pm the International Space Station (ISS) passed across the moon as seen from Perth, Western Australia. At this moment, the moon was 27deg above the horizon, the station being 804km...

Pinnacles Practice Session

My very good and inspirational friend, Peter, was keen on trying out some astrophotography so we both took a trip out to the Pinnacles for some practice. Summer is not a good time of...

Lake Clifton

Location Details Scroll to bottom of page for images and posts ake Clifton is located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Old Coast Road, between Mandurah and Bunbury. It falls...

Guilderton Lighthouse

There are few lighthouses in WA that offer both dark skies as well as proximity to Perth – and Guilderton lighthouse is one of them. About an hour north of Perth, this lighthouse stands...

Lake Dumbleyung

Lake Dumbleyung

Location Details Scroll to bottom of page for images and posts have been only once to this lake so far, but it is a great lake and I find myself wishing to go back...

Published: NASA APOD

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day were generous enough to choose my photo of the Carina nebula over Lake Ballard. Thanks! https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180105.html

Lighthouse of Infinity

After a two months photographic drought, the skies cleared last Wednesday long enough from me to spend some time at Guilderton, Western Australia to image the dark skies over their fantastic lighthouse. A favourite...

On Wongan Hill

Wongan Hills is located in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia and around 2 hours drive from Perth. I took this image from the local look-out situated on the hills not too far from...