Stellar Australis Blog

Mist of Pleiades (redux)

Re-learning some old processing skills that have faded over the past year of relative inaction, I’ve re-processed my previous wide-field image to include some shorter length exposures to produce an HDR version. HDR has...

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...

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....

GWN7 News

I was fortunate that my Astrofest win and Eclipse photo was the subject of a short TV news feature presented on GWN 7 news on the 22nd of November 2023. Exciting!!! My few seconds...

Interview: ABC Radio Interview

I was delighted to be interviewed by ABC radio’s Eddie Williams regarding my recent win in the Astrofest 2023 astrophotography competition. It primarily focuses on my eclipse image and my experiences in Exmouth and...

Astrofest 2023 Winner

I am honoured to have my image of the 2023 total eclipse in Exmouth chosen as the Best Astro photo and the Best Eclipse photo in the West Australian annual Astrofest 2023.  This came...

Eclipse 2023

Results Here are the images of the eclipse through my telescope. Read further down for details on my expedition to the 2023 eclipse in Exmouth, Western Australia.

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,...