Albireo

Albireo, a double star in the constellation of Cygnus.

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 … More

Northern Star Trails

Northerly star trails.

M28

Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius

Star Birth in Sagittarius

Open Cluster Messier 25

Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri – our nearest star system.

South Celestial Pole

Star Trails in the Octans constellation.

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? … More

The Crab Nebula, M1

This is what a supernova explosion looks like after nearly a thousand years have passed!

Antares With Venus

Conjunction!

Distant Nebulae

NGC 346 and more in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Concentric Circles

Southerly Star Trails

Stars and Stripes

Alpha Centauri

A nearby triple star system.

Proxima Centauri 300s exposure 2020-08-25 Copyright Roger Powell

Our Closest Star

Proxima Centauri, a tiny faint red M type star.

Acrux double star system in the Crux constellation

Multiple Star Acrux

The brightest star in the smallest constellation.

The Coal Sack

The Coalsack is probably the most prominent dark nebula in our skies.

Forgotten But Remembered – 1

Sun Dog, Star Trails, and a Globular Cluster Please click to enlarge. This post is the first of two which … More

The Pleiades

The Pleiades is a cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus, relatively close to Earth – and is a … More

Sky Watcher

This was a thirty second snap taken during the period while I was imaging Comet 46P/Wirtanen through my SkyWatcher ED120 … More

Gem Cluster

A previously unposted archive image of this Southern Hemisphere object, taken earlier this year whilst testing the new ZWO 071 … More

Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

This image shows detail in a very small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy visible … More

Gem Cluster

A Southern Hemisphere object. Object Details: NGC 3293 Constellation: Carina. Visual magnitude: +4.7 Apparent diameter: 6.0 arc-min. (about one fifth … More

Star Trails

I spent a few days at Ulladulla last week, a coastal town 180 kilometres south of Sydney. With no telescope … More

Telescopic Star Trails

The motion of the stars in Carina, as viewed through my telescope. Note the different star colours and the ghostly … More

Star Cluster NGC 2516

This is a beautiful southern cluster of about a hundred stars, which fitted just nicely into the field of view. … More

M23

An open star cluster in Sagittarius. Object Details: Messier 23, NGC 6494 Visual magnitude: +5.5 Apparent diameter: 29 arc-min. Actual … More

Albireo

Albireo – a colourful variable double star system in Cygnus. It’s naked eye appearance is of a magnitude 3.0 single star but … More

Wild Duck

M11, is a nice open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scutum. In appearance, it bears some similarity to globular … More

Meridian Star Trails

Field of view approximately 98º x 75º. Exposed at f/4.5, ISO 640. Total duration of trails: 50.5 minutes, consisting of 98 … More

2013 – Star Regions

Nova!

My first nova, TCP J18102829-2729590, an 8th-9th magnitude object in the Sagittarius “Teapot” asterism. This cropped image was taken with … More

Southern Star Trails

Image details: Location: The Oaks, NSW. Direction: facing SSW. Field of view: 40° x 27°. Camera: Canon 60D mounted on a … More

Star Trail Album

Star Trails

Northerly star trails taken from The Oaks, NSW. Exposure time was approximately fifty-five minutes. It was totally clear when I … More

Acrux

Acrux, also known as Alpha Crucis is the brightest star of the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross. It is … More

Star Trails in Suburbia

My front verandah faces a near Westerly direction and gives me a great view towards the Blue Mountains. Last night … More