Super Strike!
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead – a dark nebula in Orion.
#astronomy
Super Strike!
Eastern Veil Nebula
Supernova Remnant NGC 6995 in Cygnus – The Eastern Veil Nebula
2022 Review
Image Review: 2022
The Trapezium
The Trapezium star cluster in the Orion Nebula, M42.
NGC 1512
Galaxy NGC 1512 and companion.
#astronomy
Grus Quartet
The Grus Quartet
Pleiades
The Pleiades, M45. An open cluster in Taurus.
Orion Returns…
Mars is back!
Lunar Eclipse
My images from the total lunar eclipse 2022-11-08
Moon Crescent
A recent image of this month’s crescent Moon.
Albireo
Albireo, a double star in the constellation of Cygnus.
NGC 6384
NGC 6384, a Spiral Galaxy in Ophiucus
Small Magellanic Cloud
Small Magellanic Cloud
The Tarantula
The Tarantula Nebula and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
M7
Ptolemy’s Cluster, NGC 6475, also known as M7
M2
Messier 2 is a globular cluster 55,000 light years away,
Satellites of Jupiter
Europa, Io, Ganymede & Callisto
Late Night Storm
Lightning strike!
47 Tucanae
Globular Cluster 47-Tucanae.
#astronomy
War & Peace Nebula
War and Peace Nebula
M18
Open Cluster in Sagittarius Image exposure: 60 minutes Image size: 38.5 x 24.9 arcmin Image date: 2022-07-30 one arcmin is…
NGC 6781
Planetary Nebula NGC 6781.
Lagoon Nebula
My two and a half hour exposure of the Lagoon Nebula, M8.
Northern Star Trails
Northerly star trails.
M28
Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius
NGC 3324
The Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Carina.
Moonrise
Afternoon Moonrise
Star Birth in Sagittarius
Open Cluster Messier 25
A Star Dies
A dying star: planetary nebula in Sagittarius.
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri – our nearest star system.
Towards the Galaxy’s Heart
The Ink Spot and open cluster NGC 6520
Saturn
It’s Saturn season again!
The Blue Planetary
The Blue Planetary Nebula in Centaurus.
Ring Nebula
The Ring Planetary Nebula in Lyra.
Supernova Remnant
A supernova remnant in the constellation of Norma.
Retina Nebula
A Unique Planetary Nebula in Scorpius.
A Globular Cluster in Serpens
A globular cluster and a rocket launch.
The Cheerio Nebula
A Planetary Nebula in Scorpius
M90
Messier 90 with Arp 76
Trifid Nebula
Messsier Object 20
NGC 2808
A Bright Globular Cluster in Carina
Sombrero Galaxy
M104, the Sombrero – an attractive target for amateur astronomers; an edge-on spiral galaxy with an emphatic dark dust lane
SN 2022hrs
A Supernova in Galaxy NGC 4647
Crescent Moon
Crescent Moon in the Sunset
Omega Centauri
The visually brightest, most massive and largest globular cluster in the sky.
M83
The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83
Centaurus A
Colliding galaxies!
Recent Sunspots
Sunspots.
Messier 78
M78, a fan-shaped ‘reflection’ nebula in Orion…
Planetary Nebula NGC 2867
Caldwell 90, in Carina
Feeling Lonely
A Poem about the search for intelligent life in the Universe
Messier 43
Poor old M43, overlooked and neglected.
First Quarter Moon
The Clouds Finally Part…… 🌧🌧 It’s been a full month since I’ve had the opportunity to go outside with my…
South Celestial Pole
Star Trails in the Octans constellation.
Eta Carinae
A Star within the Eta Carina Nebula Image exposure: 45.75 min Image field of view: 23.9 x 16 arcmin Image…
The Dog Star & the Pup
Camera :ZWO ASI071 Exposure:300 x 2 sec., stacked Image date:2022-02-09 Which is the first star to become visible after sunset?…
Electrical Storm
Camera :Canon 60D, 50mm. Exposure:25 sec, f/7.1, ISO160 Image date:2022-02-10 One night I got a perfect sky for astronomy. The…
Webb Telescope
I found the Webb Telescope from here in Macarthur!
Spirograph Nebula
A rare break in the weather enabled me to capture this elegant looking planetary nebula.
The Eskimo Nebula
Planetary Nebulae are pretty darn’ small in the telescope.
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
Cloud Strikes Recent summers here in Sydney have often been cloudy and wet – and this summer is following the…
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.
Cosmic Focus 