Dry Outback Creek

A dry outback creek awaits the refreshing downpours of the upcoming wet season. The last post of 2023, see you next year.

Europa's Shadow Part 2

A reprocessing of the Jupiter image has led to this slightly more crisp and better colour balanced image of the passing of Europa's shadow across Jupiter.

Jupiter's Europa Shadow

On the night of the 27th of December the shadow of Europa passed across the face of Jupiter near the Great Red Spot. I was lucky to be able to have some clear skies and access to a large telescope to capture an image of the event.

Orion M42

The great Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (NGC1977) in Orion. Not bad for a 60% moonlit night on the Summer Solstice here in the southern hemisphere. This was one hour of light capture followed by too many hours of image processing in my new favourite app, Siril.

Sunset Showers

Sunset showers bath the Jump-Up in a golden light.

Cumulus Accumulates

An accumulation of cumulus clouds in the afternoon build up to a few summer evening storms.

Little LEGO Christmas Tree

It's time for a Christmas tree to go up in the tiny house. LEGO is the way to go, compact, tiny, space-saving.

Christmas Is Coming

Christmas is coming, so it's time to put up the decorations in this tiny house for a tiny Christmas.

Ornithopod Sunset

Ornithopods watch the skies as the sun sets red in the west.

Sunsets

A Tatooine-esque sunset in the hazy sky after distant bushfires fill the air with fine particles scattering blue light.

Winton Christmas Tree

The Winton Christmas Tree. Lights go off.

Winton Christmas Tree

The Winton Christmas Tree on Elderslie Street at the town street party last night. Lights go on.

Dinosaur Stampede

The Dinosaur Stampede National Monument at Lark Quarry. A very special place and unique in-situ ichnofossil.

Museum Sunsets

A spectacular orange outback sunset on the March of the Titanosaurs building at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.

Trifid And Lagoon Revisited

A reprocessing of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae from this shot in 2018. Astrophoto processing for amateurs has a come a long way in a mere five years. This was taken with my TeleVue 101is, Canon 60D at 30 second exposures, unguided, then processed in Siril.