Sunday, October 26, 2025

New Crescent

New Moon 24 10 2025 The thin white line of a new lunar crescent lights up the evening sky. The waxing crescents are the best.

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Andromeda M31

M31 Andromeda Luminance 30min The great Andromeda Galaxy (M31) fills more than my little sensor can fit. This one will require some careful mosaic stitching to piece it together.

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Comet 2025 R2 Swan

Comet 2025 R2 Swan-25min Luminance Comet Swan as it rapidly fades and exits stage left from the inner solar system.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Eagle

M16 Eagle 7.5min Luminance The classic M16 or Eagle Nebula which contains the Hubble image Pillars of Creation. This is only 7.5 minutes of luminance data, clouds were getting in the way.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Fornax A

Fornax A Galaxy 60min Luminance Fornax A galaxy NGC 1316 in Fornax is around 67 million light years away. Information in this image started its journey to earth just prior to the dinosaur extinction. This was 60 minutes of data.

Monday, October 20, 2025

Horsehead Nebula

62min of Luminance on Horsehead You can see the difference here now that 62 minutes of luminance data has been captured, more detail, better contrast, fanter streams of gas becoming visible. Ahh the journey of learning monochrome astrophotography, time makes all the difference.

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Monochrome Horsehead

Mono Luminance TeleVue60is 10min MiniCAM8 The horsehead nebula in monochrome, just 10 minutes of 30 second subs on luminance for a first test.

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025

Sunday, October 12, 2025

The Strand

The Strand A windy evening view of Magnetic Island from the Strand on a quick getaway to Townsville for some fish and chips and a little RnR.