Triple Grand Conjunction

Triple Grand Conjunction.

End of a Decade

With no more images in the pipeline and the bushfire smoke worsening again in South West Sydney – and showing … More

The crescent Moon and the planet Venus. The dark side of the Moon is illuminated by sunlight reflecting off the … More

Above: The Large Magellanic Cloud. Canon 60D on Star Adventurer mount, 24mm lens, 3 minutes, f4.5, ISO 1600, cropped. Following our visit … More

A waxing gibbous Moon on 28th February 2018, suspended in the East between some early evening clouds. Image © R.Powell … More

Magnificent Venus returned to the evening sky in July 2016 and will remain dominant in the Western sky until March … More

With many Autumn bushfire hazard reduction burns being carried out around Sydney, I have been looking for opportunities to image … More

I was hoping to see comets during this observing session but while the sky looked clear, we had high haze, making narrow … More

Clouds can spoil our observing nights but they make great sunsets. We call our observing site “Stargard”. It was named … More

The Geminid meteor stream was at its peak last night and predictions were for a high hourly rate, especially after … More

First, the Moon. This was a test image taken with my new 150-600mm camera lens to see if it will … More