Grus Quartet

The Grus Quartet

Orion Returns…

Mars is back!

My images from the total lunar eclipse 2022-11-08

A recent image of this month’s crescent Moon.

Conjunction

Moonset projected on Arts Cenre

The Universe And All That.
Is the Moon a Planet or a Star?

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

This Moon crescent kept us company for much of the evening during our last field night. It set at 10 pm, giving … More

It’s morning on the Moon! Sunrise will take about fourteen Earth days to cross the Lunar disc from New Moon … More

There is something about crescent Moons which captures my imagination. I’ve imaged a few but I’ve yet to realise my … 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

Object Details: Moon Visual magnitude: -9.1 Apparent diameter: 30.2 arc min Actual diameter: 3475 km Distance: 395,908 km New Moon: +6.2 … More

Looking a bit like a golden rhinoceros horn – this Lunar crescent was half-obscured by clouds forming above the western horizon, … More

The waxing Moon (4 days old), 1st April 2017. Canon EOS 60D; 200mm lens. 1/100th sec exposure at f/7.1; ISO … More

Some of my recent astro-images with the Canon 60D camera – no telescope and no light pollution filter. The star … More

Lunar crescent, five days old, captured at The Oaks, NSW, 5th November 2016. Canon 60D with 200mm lens, tripod mounted. 1/30th … More

Continuing my series of astro-images taken before I started up this website. I especially enjoy imaging the beauty of the … More