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Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab

Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab

Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab

Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab

Just a 10 minute look at the Carina Nebula with the Dwarf 3 and some #Snapseed editing.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab

I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

I've had the telescope out for the last few days before the cloud has come in. This month's target from #AstronomyGroupOfWesternAustralia is The Statue of Liberty #nebula

I went a different path with the editing because I was struck with the sheer volume of stars in the area and didn't want dampen them down. So I left most of them in and upped the colour because I thought it looked cool.

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #DwarfLabs #Dwarf3

@rdm insisted I post this even though it was drawn in about 10 seconds with my finger.

He likes the immediacy.

#humour
#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DwarfLabs
#TheTurtleMoves #TerryPratchett #Discworld

Well, I put the telescope out last night and targeted the Keyhole Nebula. Now, I don't know about you but this looks like Great A'Tuin, Sir Terry's marvelous astrochelonian, is checking on a star cluster nest of eggs.

May Sir Terry rest in peace and know that he's loved. I met him a few times, a wonderful soul he lit up a room like a gentle nebula himself!

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DwarfLabs
#TheTurtleMoves #TerryPratchett #Discworld

I rode this image into dangerous territory last night, because I ran out of space in the telescope, oops, but still it turned out pretty well. Remind me to clear off the scope this arvo!

The first time I processed the image it was pretty bright, it didn't look very natural, so I did this version. I might post the lurid one later.

So who's ready to see the Carina Nebula I did a couple of nights ago after this? Only an hour or so but you'll get to see us Southern Hemisphere types' consolation prize for not having a pole star.
#Astrodon
#astronomy #astrophotography #SouthernhemisphereAstronomy #SmartTelescope #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Dwarf3

I took advantage of the new Moon a couple days ago, and got a nice look at Centaurus A.

Quite good detail this time.

#SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DwarfLabs #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Had a 20 minute session with this pretty open cluster last night.

This is Caldwell 96, and it looks more to me like The Sprinter than the Southern Beehive. Its two big red giants are pretty clear.

I don't think I have taken this one with the #Dwarf3 before.

#SmartTelescope #Astronomy #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #Astrophotography #DrivewayAstrophotography #SouthernhemisphereAstronomy

Before we had the sudden storm with lightning and rain, together with temperatures around 40C, it had been a pretty clear week. Towards the end it started to get a bit windy, but we were able to get some nice images going.

I experimented with some mosaics - some worked, some didn't. If you click on the images, they'll embiggen.

A mosaic which worked quite well - popularly known as Orion's Belt, however local Ballardong Nyoongar people may call this part of Nyingarn, the Echidna's head. Orion's sword is Nyingarn's snout, and Orion's bow forms the curve of Nyingarn's round body.

Then the seasonally appropriate Christmas Tree Cluster, a bit of a look at the sky around it and the Cone Nebula.

And a four hour look at Orion's great Nebula.

Be safe everyone and know that our thoughts are with you all.

Tap to see biggerer.

#astrodon #backyardAstronomy #SouthernhemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Nyoongarlanguage #Balladong
#SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #astronomy

Hello folks. It's a bit difficult getting this galaxy from my place in the suburbs as it's quite low in the sky for me and doesn't hang around, but it's one of our rare big face on spirals, so I had to give it a shot.

After a little post I think it looks quite good.

#Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Messier33 #Galaxy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#BackyardAstronomy
#DrivewayAstrophotography
#astronomy

#astrodon #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #SmartTelescope #BackYardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Caldwell70
#astronomy #astrophotography

Here's what I've been shooting over a few nights, ducking between clouds. My astronomy group's task is to get a pic of Caldwell 70 / NGC 300 so here we are.

Bit of tweaking in Snapseed following a whole lot of stacking within the telescope's internal Stellar Studio, and it turned out quite pretty.

I've kind of missed the boat on the Rim Nebula, NGC 6188 this year, it's setting pretty early for me now, but last night I managed a few hours of it before it went down behind the buildings. With the right filter on this time. I'm pretty pleased with the result after some tinkering in Snapseed.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #BackYardAstronomy #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #Astrodon

Still riding the coattails of National Science week in Australia.

Took this during the first half of the evening. Then the cloud came in and that put laid to my SMC plans. But for early experiments in mosaics it has worked well I think.

#Astronomy #Astrodon #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astrophotography #BackyardAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3

Last night's effort, with some #Snapseed and Google photos editing with advice from @rdm for OCl 999.0 with Prawn Nebula.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #DwarfIII #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Last night's effort, with some #Snapseed and Google photos editing with advice from @rdm for OCl 999.0 with Prawn Nebula.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #DwarfIII #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Last night's effort, with some #Snapseed and Google photos editing with advice from @rdm for OCl 999.0 with Prawn Nebula.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #DwarfIII #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Last night's effort, with some #Snapseed and Google photos editing with advice from @rdm for OCl 999.0 with Prawn Nebula.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #DwarfIII #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Last night's effort, with some #Snapseed and Google photos editing with advice from @rdm for OCl 999.0 with Prawn Nebula.

#SmartTelescope #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #DwarfIII #Dwarf3 #DwarfLab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

@buddhawilliams well, I've had an exciting time with my clusterfudge. Firstly my final one just kept closing when I went to check on it, so, unlike the Titanic, was unsynchable.

So I quickly entered up another, well as quick as I could, on another tablet in case my first one wasn't stable because of the Beta Dwarf App. Phew, got that done.

Then my DwarfIII tried and tried to calibrate, but it looked like something was wrong with the focus, so @rdm found the option to reset the 0 point for the second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!

#astrodon #LeecesClusterFudge #astronomy #SmartTelescope #DwarfII #DwarfIII #dwarflab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Astrophotography #LCFCatalogue #BackYardAstronomy

@buddhawilliams well, I've had an exciting time with my clusterfudge. Firstly my final one just kept closing when I went to check on it, so, unlike the Titanic, was unsynchable.

So I quickly entered up another, well as quick as I could, on another tablet in case my first one wasn't stable because of the Beta Dwarf App. Phew, got that done.

Then my DwarfIII tried and tried to calibrate, but it looked like something was wrong with the focus, so @rdm found the option to reset the 0 point fhe second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!he second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!

#astrodon #LeecesClusterFudge #astronomy #SmartTelescope #DwarfII #DwarfIII #dwarflab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Astrophotography #BackYardAstronomy

@buddhawilliams well, I've had an exciting time with my clusterfudge. Firstly my final one just kept closing when I went to check on it, so, unlike the Titanic, was unsynchable.

So I quickly entered up another, well as quick as I could, on another tablet in case my first one wasn't stable because of the Beta Dwarf App. Phew, got that done.

Then my DwarfIII tried and tried to calibrate, but it looked like something was wrong with the focus, so @rdm found the option to reset the 0 point for the second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!

#astrodon #LeecesClusterFudge #astronomy #SmartTelescope #DwarfII #DwarfIII #dwarflab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Astrophotography #LCFCatalogue #BackYardAstronomy

@buddhawilliams well, I've had an exciting time with my clusterfudge. Firstly my final one just kept closing when I went to check on it, so, unlike the Titanic, was unsynchable.

So I quickly entered up another, well as quick as I could, on another tablet in case my first one wasn't stable because of the Beta Dwarf App. Phew, got that done.

Then my DwarfIII tried and tried to calibrate, but it looked like something was wrong with the focus, so @rdm found the option to reset the 0 point for the second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!

#astrodon #LeecesClusterFudge #astronomy #SmartTelescope #DwarfII #DwarfIII #dwarflab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Astrophotography #LCFCatalogue #BackYardAstronomy

@buddhawilliams well, I've had an exciting time with my clusterfudge. Firstly my final one just kept closing when I went to check on it, so, unlike the Titanic, was unsynchable.

So I quickly entered up another, well as quick as I could, on another tablet in case my first one wasn't stable because of the Beta Dwarf App. Phew, got that done.

Then my DwarfIII tried and tried to calibrate, but it looked like something was wrong with the focus, so @rdm found the option to reset the 0 point for the second target to my immense surprise. I had no idea it was THAT resilient!

Hope yours is going well too!

My Dwarf 2 has settled on the VDB 102 reflection nebula for much of the night and the Great Winter Solstice-ish ClusterFudge is underway!

#astrodon #LeecesClusterFudge #astronomy #SmartTelescope #DwarfII #DwarfIII #dwarflab #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #Astrophotography #LCFCatalogue #BackYardAstronomy

We have been blessed/cursed by a very dry Djeran / Autumn period. Cursed because no rain after a long, hot Bunuru( Second Summer) and blessed because the nights are cold, and very clear.

This and @rdm having to be on Munich time for a few days prompted some enthusiastic astrophotography sessions ahead of the news that the clouds were finally coming to us with some rain.

We figured that we'd do a lot of astrophotography, and then write it up and share photos during the rainy cloudy bits to keep us going.

So here we are - this is my first post about it, and it's about the last day of the clear sky.

We have here NGC 4945 or Caldwell 83 - also known as the Tweezers Galaxy (I personally think it looks more like an orange peeler).

I was leafing through Astronomy Australia 2025 and found it as a target for May. I hadn't come across this galaxy before, and was thrilled to find a galaxy that's a big enough apparent size to suit my #dwarf3

These are great books and the last of this great almanac that they'll publish, after 30 years - so get yours today - https://quasarastronomy.com.au/product/astronomy-2025/ even though it's a yearbook it's still going to be useful down the track. If you're in Australia or close enough. #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy folks. I grabbed some of their back catalogue - incredibly cheap and plenty of interesting stuff in there, if only historically. 🙂

So, anyway, back to the galaxy - I plonked the #SmartTelescope on the roof later in the evening so it's only a few hours exposure. Gain was 80, exposure was 60. Got a few hundred frames in two sessions as I belatedly realised that I should get the telescope to shut down before the closest Sun made itself apparent.

So then, in the morning @rdm ran me through the Mega Stack and Stellar Studio provided through Infinity Lab within the telescope, which was super easy, and then I did some cropping in Snapseed.

And this is the result, I hope you enjoy!

#Astrodon #Astronomy #BackyardAstrophotography #DrivewayAstrophotography #Galaxy

Well, we've been quite busy over the last two weekends and such, and a lot of it has involved astrophotography.

Our Easter was quite peaceful so we chilled out and did some photography then - I took this of the Trifid and Lagoon #Nebula on Easter Sunday. I've got a Dwarf 3 (and 2) so we're used to landscape - but I rotated this in post, because it looked really good that way.

Tilt your head to see it in the original.

#Astrophotography #dwarf3 #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #BackyardAstrophotography

Hello folks, it's been a little while so lets get some sky happening down here in #PerthWesternAustralia

I've been enjoying my Dwarf3 telescope, so let me share with you the unicorn's nostril (true, you look at Monoceras and that's where it is!), the Rosette Nebula, or Caldwell 49.

We also have IC 2944 another great Nebula, but one I'm in extreme doubt about its popular name to the extent that I'm going to use my own name for it, so let me introduce you to the Rising Phoenix Nebula. If you want to use the other name that's fine but lalalalala I can't hear you.

Both those images are straight out of camera. I think at least 400 frames but I'd have to check my records as it was a week or two ago.

The next subject is a bit small, I've cropped it a bit to make up for it somewhat. It's NGC 2997, a spiral galaxy in Antlia the Bellows. Why have I bothered given that I like an apparent size of 20 or so minutes, and this doesn't even get to 10? Well, it's one of these rare, to my view, straight on spiral galaxies, it's not edge on, so it gets a pass. And this got a good couple of hours last night, and turned out really well, I dickered a little with Snapseed. We had some rain, and wow, the sky was very clean and clear, and this object shows it. I really want to do a longer exposure, even if it's little.

And the last one is one that did get that longer treatment - it's the notorious Centaurus A, commonly known as the Hamburger Galaxy. I left this one on the roof overnight preprogrammed for a good few hours and this comes to you also from straight out of camera. It really is a peculiar galaxy, and sports a couple of supernovae and a dust cloud that gives it that split look.

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #DwarfIII #DwarfLab

#Astrodon , I have a question. I've been taking photos of the LMC - not the main bit where all the action is, but the outskirts.

Do you see the thing that looks somewhat like a planetary nebula, towards the upper right and forming a triangle with NGC 2114 and NGC 2117, looking like a circle with a cluster in it?
I put it into astrometry.net but it hasn't annotated it. I've provided the annotated version too.

What is it, does anyone know? It's what led me to target the area in the first place and it looks interesting, I'd like to know more about it.

Otherwise I'm just going to call it Leece's Lucent Pearl 😉

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #LargeMagellanicCloud

#Astrodon , I have a question. I've been taking photos of the LMC - not the main bit where all the action is, but the outskirts.

Do you see the thing that looks somewhat like a planetary nebula, towards the upper right and forming a triangle with NGC 2114 and NGC 2117, looking like a circle with a cluster in it?
I put it into astrometry.net but it hasn't annotated it. I've provided the annotated version too.

What is it, does anyone know? It's what led me to target the area in the first place and it looks interesting, I'd like to know more about it.

Otherwise I'm just going to call it Leece's Lucent Pearl 😉

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #LargeMagellanicCloud

#Astrodon , I have a question. I've been taking photos of the LMC - not the main bit where all the action is, but the outskirts.

Do you see the thing that looks somewhat like a planetary nebula, towards the upper right and forming a triangle with NGC 2114 and NGC 2117, looking like a circle with a cluster in it?
I put it into astrometry.net but it hasn't annotated it. I've provided the annotated version too.

What is it, does anyone know? It's what led me to target the area in the first place and it looks interesting, I'd like to know more about it.

Otherwise I'm just going to call it Leece's Lucent Pearl 😉

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #LargeMagellanicCloud

#Astrodon , I have a question. I've been taking photos of the LMC - not the main bit where all the action is, but the outskirts.

Do you see the thing that looks somewhat like a planetary nebula, towards the upper right and forming a triangle with NGC 2114 and NGC 2117, looking like a circle with a cluster in it?
I put it into astrometry.net but it hasn't annotated it. I've provided the annotated version too.

What is it, does anyone know? It's what led me to target the area in the first place and it looks interesting, I'd like to know more about it.

Otherwise I'm just going to call it Leece's Lucent Pearl 😉

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #LargeMagellanicCloud

#Astrodon , I have a question. I've been taking photos of the LMC - not the main bit where all the action is, but the outskirts.

Do you see the thing that looks somewhat like a planetary nebula, towards the upper right and forming a triangle with NGC 2114 and NGC 2117, looking like a circle with a cluster in it?
I put it into astrometry.net but it hasn't annotated it. I've provided the annotated version too.

What is it, does anyone know? It's what led me to target the area in the first place and it looks interesting, I'd like to know more about it.

Otherwise I'm just going to call it Leece's Lucent Pearl 😉

#astronomy #BackYardAstronomy #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #LargeMagellanicCloud

Recently we have been blessed with the presence of Comet c/2024 G3 (Atlas) so we were wandering down to the beach hopefully. Naturally it being high summer one would expect clear skies by we actually had an overcast sky and rain one of the best viewing nights! High winds also did not help at all the next day or two, but we did get some shots.

I have many more photographs of the comet but this will do for now, took it with the Dwarf 3. rdm had an interesting discovery, this comet is going to move toward the south, and stop setting, a bit like that Pole Star the Northern Hemisphere folks have and we're totally not jealous of because we can do that thing with the Southern Cross and the Pointers, and anyway we've got the Carina Nebula so nyeer.

*Deep Breath* So anyway we've been giving some attention to the Pleiades and Hyades, and other stuff that's a bit North for us. Nyingarn, the Echidna (or Orion if you like) is in the clear for us at home so stuff around there is good to look at before bedtime.

We all know by now that I'm a nebula kinda girl, so when I was scrolling around the Star Atlas I found a nebula that was just the right size for my telescope's field of view. It's called the Monkey's Head Nebula or NGC 2174. Unlike a lot of these fancifully named objects, it, to me, really does look like a primate head, although more apelike - even gorilla like than monkey. See what you think - here's a shot straight out of camera for you.

A couple of hours there.
In the same area we also have the Jellyfish Nebula, so the next night I targeted that. The photo will follow, I've run out of room to post it here.

Again only a couple of hours - but that's the gap we get of usable dark sky between astronomical night and beddybyes. I think it needs more time but even so straight out of camera we do get an intriguing image. I shall dicker with it some, but I like to share the unenhanced image with you first.

If you embiggen it you can see that there's plenty more nebulosity kicking around so more time and a bit of enhancement may be rewarding, I'll report back. rdm is getting us a funky SIIOIII filter so that will be interesting compared and combined with the inbuilt HAOIII in the Dwarf3. You know, I love these nebulas - I'm always looking for things that aren't tiny in the screen of the Dwarf and these are nicely sized, these along with the Rosette Nebula (aka Unicorn Nostril) are just the thing to have fun with the telescope.

And for me they don't have dirty great buildings and trees in the way which is unfortunately the case at home for most of the interesting stuff to the South, you know that Galactic Core and Carina stuff.

#WesternAustralia #PerthWesternAustralia #astronomy #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography #dwarf3

Very early and cold but clear of smoke and clouds, #Comet #tsuchinshanatlas looking great before sunrise this morning in #PerthWesternAustralia

Straight out of camera for you this morning we have I think probably about 15 frames on the left and just one frame on the right. The frame on the right was taken later, just before it became a mug's game due to that naughty Sun coming up like a bully in the playground.

Shutter 5 gain 60 as I recall.

#DwarfII #dwarf2 #astronomy #astrodon #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereastronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Very early and cold but clear of smoke and clouds, #Comet #tsuchinshanatlas looking great before sunrise this morning in #PerthWesternAustralia

Straight out of camera for you this morning we have I think probably about 15 frames on the left and just one frame on the right. The frame on the right was taken later, just before it became a mug's game due to that naughty Sun coming up like a bully in the playground.

Shutter 5 gain 60 as I recall.

#DwarfII #dwarf2 #astronomy #astrodon #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereastronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Very early and cold but clear of smoke and clouds, #Comet #tsuchinshanatlas looking great before sunrise this morning in #PerthWesternAustralia

Straight out of camera for you this morning we have I think probably about 15 frames on the left and just one frame on the right. The frame on the right was taken later, just before it became a mug's game due to that naughty Sun coming up like a bully in the playground.

Shutter 5 gain 60 as I recall.

#DwarfII #dwarf2 #astronomy #astrodon #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereastronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Very early and cold but clear of smoke and clouds, #Comet #tsuchinshanatlas looking great before sunrise this morning in #PerthWesternAustralia

Straight out of camera for you this morning we have I think probably about 15 frames on the left and just one frame on the right. The frame on the right was taken later, just before it became a mug's game due to that naughty Sun coming up like a bully in the playground.

Shutter 5 gain 60 as I recall.

#DwarfII #dwarf2 #astronomy #astrodon #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereastronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Very early and cold but clear of smoke and clouds, #Comet #tsuchinshanatlas looking great before sunrise this morning in #PerthWesternAustralia

Straight out of camera for you this morning we have I think probably about 15 frames on the left and just one frame on the right. The frame on the right was taken later, just before it became a mug's game due to that naughty Sun coming up like a bully in the playground.

Shutter 5 gain 60 as I recall.

#DwarfII #dwarf2 #astronomy #astrodon #astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereastronomy #DrivewayAstrophotography

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS early this morning. Unfortunately the Dwarf ii didn't want to do any stacking this close to the horizon so this is just one frame. Hopefully I can get Siril to help later.

But still, it's a photo of a #comet I would not otherwise have, and look at how pretty green it is!

#Astrodon #Astronomy #DrivewayAstroPhotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #Astrophotography #dwarfii #CometTsuchinshanATLAS

Last night wasn't the best night for people recovering from Covid 19 to do astrophotography.

Usually we park the scopes in the driveway and hover nearby in case they attract the wrong kind of attention, huddling on the patio. This wouldn't be good for our recovering lungs.
But a clear night, and the stars beckoning!

But I had previously asked @rdm if he could design a platform for them to sit on, on the patio roof, which is angled. We can sit very close by in the gaming room, and it's literally just outside the door, and out of the sight of the road. And of course, 'they never look up' Anyone wanting to interfere with them would be noticed right away.

The view from the roof has a good look at the Eastern horizon.

So I fired off this little Lagoon Nebula beauty last night while we stayed in the warm and watched videos. It's the longest exposure I've ever taken to date, over 800 frames (15 second exposure). And it was basically, step out the door, put the telescope on the wedge Rob designed and tell the telescope what I wanted to photograph. New Star Atlas is really swish in the Dwarfii.

A little tinkered with in Snapseed and Google Photos.

Clicky to see it bigger.

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So next I had a go at M4. I don't generally have a lot of interest in globular clusters but I was looking for something bright and quick, because the cloud was coming. And as globular clusters go, it's not just a round blob. Unfortunately the Moon was too close and I gave up on it pretty quickly. But a bit of post prod in Google photos and it came up nicely.

So a few hundred years ago Messier was a bloke who was looking for comets. He made up a list of things that he found that *weren't* comets, so he could get them out of his way I guess. I guess to him they were Messy Objects. Sorry Mr Messier, you've been a great help to us.

There you go, I've probably made a joke that astronomers have been making since the 1700's.

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