Lunar Eclipse

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

Moon Crescent

A recent image of this month’s crescent Moon.

Moonrise

Afternoon Moonrise

First Quarter Moon

The Clouds Finally Part…… 🌧🌧 It’s been a full month since I’ve had the opportunity to go outside with my … More

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 … More

Full Moon Rising

A golden Moonrise.

Moon and Venus

Conjunction

Moon and ExoMoons.

Exciting discovery!

Moon Close Up

Kids questions about the Moon.

Venus & Distorted Moon

Setting in the West

Gibbous Moon

Why no stars?

Moonset Projection

Moonset projected on Arts Cenre

Last Quarter Moon

Sunset on the Moon

The Silvery Moon

Gibbous Moon

That Other Conjunction

That other conjunction.

Approaching Conjunction

Get ready for a close encounter!

Moon

The ten day old Moon, on 25th November 2020.

Moon

Two Days Before Full Moon.

Forgotten But Remembered – 2

Amateur astro-photography is not always about imaging the most beautiful wide nebulae.

Exomoons and Double Planets

The Universe And All That.
Exomoons and Double Planets

Lunar Halo

Something special A lunar halo, imaged with my Canon 60D camera at 12.26 am on 7th May 2020. Exposure was … More

Planet Or Star?

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

End of a Decade

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

Orion in the Clouds

The Orion constellation – it’s one of the best known, easily recognised and most imaged constellations. Orion is unmistakable … More

Ten Day Old Moon

Object Details: Visual magnitude: -10.8 Apparent size: 29.9′ Diameter: 3475 km. … More

Crescent Moon

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

Where Is Tranquility Base?

The brief answer is just to the right of the “peninsula” pointing downwards at upper centre in my shot above. More precisely, … More

First Step On The Moon

My suspicion is that we are all going to be hearing a lot about the Lunar landing of Apollo 11 … More

Moon

First Quarter Moon imaged in video format with my ZWOASI071 and stacked in Autostakkert. This was taken on the same … More

Rupes Recta

Rupes Recta (latin for straight cliff) is a huge fault line or escarpment on the surface of the Moon, which … More

Saturn Occultation – April 2019

This is my DSLR image taken a few minutes after Saturn reappeared following its occultation by the Moon. Here in … More

Saturn Occultation

Next week will bring a challenging photo opportunity, with Saturn due to be occulted by the Moon. Here in Macarthur … More

Crescent Moon

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

First Quarter Moon

After a late afternoon thunder storm* our power was cut for ten hours. No tv, no radio, no internet, low … More

Near Full Moon

The two large craters with ejection rays are: Copernicus (just right of centre), 93 km diameter & 3.8 km deep; … More

Crescent Moon

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

Lunar Eclipse

The Lunar eclipse of 28th July 2018 (pictured above at 5.37 am) was cut short for me by high cloud … More

Earthshine

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

Full Moon

I’ve done less astro-photography so far this year, due to an unfortunate combination of equipment malfunction, purchase of two new … More

Dark Sky Observing Thwarted

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

Moon in the Clouds

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

On A Clear Day, You Can See For……

……363,530 kilometres! Holiday apartment view, from Ulladulla, NSW, looking NNE across North Head towards Cape St George. 12 day old … More

Moon

Object Details: Moon Visual magnitude: -11.8 Apparent diameter: 32.7 arc min Actual diameter: 3475 km Distance: 365,487 km New Moon: +17 … More

Moon at Six Days

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

Moon Horn

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

Waning Moon

The Moon rose about 8.45 pm last night, while I was practising my deep sky photography. So the evening ended … More

Waxing Moon

A nine day-old Moon, 73.5% illuminated. Image Details: Exposure: 0.0125s; ISO100 Gear: Meade LX-90, 2000mm f/l; f/10; 0.62 reducer; Canon EOS … More

Lunar Crescent

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

Southern Skies

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

Moon Haze

So much cloud lately has limited the amount of astronomy opportunities. This full moon image was taken through a lot … More

Recent Lunar Shots

All images shot with my Meade LX90 Schmidt-cassegrain telescope and Canon 60D camera. All images © R.Powell

Wide Field Views

Perigee Moon

This hype filled world: Tell people that the Moon will be at “perigee” tonight and they will change the subject. … More

Crescent Moon

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

Venus Meets The Moon

The planetary conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury is just about over but tonight the two day old crescent Moon … More

Near The Horizon

Last night I joined my Macarthur Astronomical Society friends at Campbelltown Rotary Observatory for another of our public astronomy nights. … More

Campbelltown Rotary Observatory

Campbelltown Rotary Observatory is owned by Western Sydney University and is located in the appropriately named Milky Way, behind the … More

Moon

Lunar Eclipse

The Lunar eclipse of 23rd March 2016. I had no high expectations of this event. It was a penumbral eclipse, … More

2012 – Planets

Moon Images – 2012

2011 – Moon

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

2010 – Moon

I took a lot of Moon shots in 2010. Here are is a sample…. …and here are a few more: … More

2009 – Moon

My first post on this website was in June 2014 but I began my astro-photography journey well before then. So … More

The Moon and The International Space Station

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

Moon, Ring Nebula, Albireo, Jewel Box, Venus, Jupiter

Dual Tailed Comet

Comet C/2014 Q1 (Panstarrs) was just a little higher in the sky tonight but it was still lower and dimmer … More

Finding Comet C/2014 Q1 (Panstarrs)

I like to look for bright comets with my DSLR mounted on a tripod. It’s a simple approach and it’s … More

Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter

2015-06-20 Moon Venus Jupiter 18mm. (c) R.Powell On 20th June 2015 the crescent Moon passed close to Venus … More

Moon, Messier 42, & Southern View

Above: 2015-01-29 Moon Clouds. The Moon had a remarkable blue corona and red halo as I took images of the … More

The Moon

Lunar Eclipse

I enjoyed a Lunar eclipse here in Australia tonight (8th October 2014). The weather was not very suitable for astronomy. It … More

Lunar Crescents

Occultation Of Saturn

We experienced another occultation of Saturn by the Moon on 4th August 2014. This image was obtained by my Canon 60D … More

Saturn and the Moon

An occultation of Saturn by the Moon occurred on 14th May 2014, meaning that for about an hour the Moon … More