Messier 16
Tag: Night Sky
Star Cluster M67
NGC 2682 Constellation: Cancer Magnitude: +6.9 Diameter: 19 light years. Apparent size: 25 arc min Distance: 2600 light years. Open Clusters … More
Our Closest Star
Proxima Centauri, a tiny faint red M type star.
The Eight-Burst Nebula
Designation: NGC 3132, Caldwell 74, in the constellation of Vela. Visual magnitude: +9.7 Apparent size: 1.0 x 0.7 arc-minutes. Diameter: 0.7 … 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
Pleiades and Comet Lovejoy
The evening before I took the telescopic image of Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), > posted here < I was busy on … More
A Comet, A Planet & A Nebula
It was a short night observing with the Society at Stargard on 17th January, due to the late sunset. Most … More
47 Tucanae and Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
I was out at our dark sky site with good friends from Macarthur Astronomical Society, testing my LX-90 in polar … More
International Space Station
An International Space Station passover on 23rd November. It never fails to inspire me! Three images, taken within three minutes … More
The Moon
The Moon is an easy subject for astro-imagers. Some would say too easy…….. All images © R.Powell