Cloud Strikes Recent summers here in Sydney have often been cloudy and wet – and this summer is following the…
Falling from The Sky
Strange Sunset Phenomena I made this “video” of stills in 2016 and posted it on YouTube. It lasts 166 seconds,…
Electrical Storm
NGC 1365
A fine barred spiral galaxy in Fornax
Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
A rare visitor to the inner Solar System.
NGC 2022
8,100 light years away
2021 Review: Post 3 of 3
Deep Sky Post 1 of 3 (Solar System) Post 2 of 3 (Deep Sky) Click on any image to view…
2021 Review: Post 2 of 3
Deep Sky An annual review of my best deep sky (beyond the Solar System) images. Thanks for looking! Post 1…
2021 Review: Post 1 of 3
Moon & Planets A reprise of my best Solar System images taken during the year. What! No Comet Leonard? Well…
The Crab Nebula, M1
This is what a supernova explosion looks like after nearly a thousand years have passed!
Night of a Thousand Flashes
Night of a Thousand Flashes: Evening Electrical Storm over #campbelltown #macarthur
Full Moon Rising
A golden Moonrise.
Planetary Nebula NGC 3195
Caldwell 109 Apparent magnitude: +10.1 Apparent dimensions: 40″ x 35″ Constellation: Chamaeleon At the considerable distance of 5,500 light years,…
Cleopatra’s Eye
NGC 1535 Object type: Planetary Nebula Apparent magnitude: +9.4 Apparent dimensions: 0.8 x 0.7 arc-mins Constellation: Eridanus “Cleopatra’s Eye” is…
Skull Nebula
Planetary Nebula NGC 246, Caldwell 56 Apparent magnitude: +10.4 Apparent dimensions: 4.0 x 3.5 arc minutes Constellation: Cetus Image exposure:…
Lightning Loop
Electrical Storm
Uranus
The seventh planet from the Sun.
The Saturn Nebula
Planetary Nebula NGC 7009
Transforming My Old Telescope
From Alt-Az to Equatorial My Meade LX-90 telescope has been with me for thirteen years. It was my second telescope…
Electrical Storm
A fine electrical storm over Campbelltown tonight.
Antares With Venus
Conjunction!
Neptune
The eighth and outermost planet
Helix Nebula NGC 7293
Planetary Nebula NGC 7293.
Saturn
My sharpest image so far…
Celestial Alignment
A twilight view of Mercury, Spica & Venus with the asteroid Vesta in attendance.
Eagle Nebula
Messier 16
A Shadow on Jupiter
Io Casts a Shadow
206,000 Light Years Away!
The Small Magellanic Cloud, NGC 292
Omega Nebula, M17
Omega Nebula, M17
In the constellation of Sagittarius
Distant Nebulae
NGC 346 and more in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Messier 71
Globular Cluster
Moon and Venus
Conjunction
IC 4628
A colossal star-forming emission nebula in the southern constellation of Scorpius
The Western Veil Nebula
Supernova Remnant.
Moon and ExoMoons.
Exciting discovery!
NGC 6025
Open Star Cluster
Caldwell 95
NGC 6072
Planetary Nebula in Scorpius
Conjunction: Moon, Venus and Mars
Conjunction!
IC 4685
Emission Nebula in Sagittarius
PN Shapley 1
The ‘Fine Ring’ Nebula
The Blue Planetary Nebula
NGC 3918 in Centaurus
Dazzling Venus
Why do we only see Venus in the West?
The Bug Nebula
A unique planetary nebula in Scorpius
Moon Close Up
Kids questions about the Moon.
Saturn
A good time for planets.
The Keyhole Nebula
Dark Nebula in the Eta Carinae Nebula
NGC 6357
The Lobster Nebula
Comet 2019/F1 (ATLAS-Africano)
A Comet in Octans Exposure: 12 Minutes Field of View: 19.4 x 19.4 arcmin Image date: 2021-06-12 It’s not often…
Venus & Distorted Moon
Setting in the West
Caldwell 107
A Distant Globular Cluster in Apus
Cat’s Paw Nebula
NGC 6334, an emission nebula in Scorpius
Total Lunar Eclipse (2)
26th May 2021
Total Lunar Eclipse
26th May 2021
Lambda Centauri Nebula (2)
Part of the Running Chicken Emission Nebula
Gibbous Moon
Why no stars?
Lagoon Nebula M8
NGC 6523
Beehive Cluster M44
An open cluster in Cancer….
Caldwell 48
A galaxy in Cancer….
Caldwell 96
An open cluster in Carina…astro-imaging
Caldwell 108
A globular cluster in the southern constellation of Musca
Star Cluster M67
NGC 2682 Constellation: Cancer Magnitude: +6.9 Diameter: 19 light years. Apparent size: 25 arc min Distance: 2600 light years. Open Clusters…
Trio of Galaxies
M105 & Friends
Moonset Projection
Moonset projected on Arts Cenre
My First Quasar!
3C 273
Last Quarter Moon
Sunset on the Moon
Omicron Velorum
The Omicron Velorum Cluster IC 2391.
The Silvery Moon
Gibbous Moon
Rosette Nebula
The Rosette emission nebula in Monoceros
Lambda Centauri Nebula
The Running Chicken Emission Nebula
Globular Cluster NGC 3201
A fine globular cluster in the Vela constellation.
How to Find the South Celestial Pole
Finding the South Celestial Pole
Lower’s Nebula
Lower’s Nebula, Sharpless 2-261
Eta Carinae
The Nebula & The Star.
Messier 93
Open Cluster NGC 2447 Constellation: Puppis Magnitude: +6.2 Apparent size: 10 arc min Diameter: 9.8 light years. Distance: 3,400 light…
Cosmic Focus 