Nova!

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

2012 – Wide Field Astro-Photography

Wide field views are just as much a part of astronomy as telescopes are and anyone can do astronomy with … More

Star clusters M45 (Pleiades) in Taurus, M37 in Auriga and the Jewel Box NGC4555 in Crux. Emission Nebula in Eta … More

My 2010 images of beautiful Venus All images © R.Powell

M31 never rises more than fifteen degrees above the horizon here in Sydney and every November in recent years I’ve … More

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