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,...
Stellar Australis Blog
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...
Published: Great Southern Weekender
The Great Southern Weekender (the local newspaper for the southern part of Western Australia) printed one of my recent images of Flinder’s Peninsula in their reader’s section. Dark photos rarely come out well in...
How to polar align (“Apus” method)
INTRODUCTION There is no shortage of methods for polar aligning your mount (for southern hemisphere). I’ve used some of the methods, but in the end I settled on a method that works for me...
The Skies of Natural Bridge
After an already a long astrophotography session, I arrived at Natural Bridge located in the Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia, tired and cold. But I had timed it correctly and the edge of the...
Carina at The Gap
In Torndirrup National Park in Western Australia on a very rocky part of the wonderous coast line is what they call “The Gap”. Here there is a sharp cut in the rock where the...
Entrance of Fire
The small and secluded beach at Salmon Holes is roughly north / south aligned, with rocky hills framing each end of the beach. When the Milkyway is overhead it almost appears in this image...
Galaxy Rises over Flinders Peninsula
This is my first nightscape outing in a long time – atleast three months. Finally, the night skies over Albany cleared and no longer being under lock down due to the Covid issue I...
