Burning Horse

The Horsehead (Barnard 33) and Flame (NGC 2024) nebulae together with Alnitak. My best image so far of this wonderful region of sky. Taken with red, green and blue filters on a monochrome miniCam8. Also my first colour image from filters, possibly my first proper astrophotograph. It still needs more time and effort to develop into a propper image (if you go pixel peeking there is too much noise). But I am happy with this effort from my trusty old TeleVue60is refractor. And of course, the SetiAstro Pro processing software from Franklin Marek, best open source astro software on the planet.

Trifids

The Trifid Nebula, M20, as seen from Mount Isa last night. Taken with a TeleVue101is f5.4 refractor and standard Canon 60D.

Diamantina Power

A view of the Diamantina (foreground) and Mica Creek (rear) power stations taken with a 60mm TeleVue refractor. In the background is Telstra Hill. The lights glow warmly in the evening twilight.

Nebulous

The always wonderful Eta Carina Nebula. This photo was taken with approximately 6 minutes of exposure time with a Canon 60D and Televue60is scope. It was stacked and levelled in Deep Sky Stacker. My best effort at astrophotography so far.