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Category Archives: Astrophotography
Photographing Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – 25 January 2025
Finally, an evening that was relatively free of clouds. during the past few evenings, I had ventured outside around 8:30 pm to see what the south western sky was like to see if it was worth a walk to Dulwich … Continue reading
Photographing Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – 19 January 2025
I was keen to observe and photograph Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). But there were challenges. Would I be able to see it in the light pollution of Sydney, and would the weather cooperate? The comet had survived its close pass … Continue reading
Mt Kaputar – Astrophotography From the Summit – 29 October 2024
Here are some photos I took on the summit of Mt Kaputar on the evening of 29 October 2024. The evening was relatively cloud free. I was particularly interested in photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. (15 seconds, f 1.8, 3200 … Continue reading
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Photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS – 16 October 2024
I had previously photographed Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as an early morning object. It was then quite bright. It had now been around the Sun and was visible as an evening object. I had looked a few nights earlier and … Continue reading
An Aurora in Sydney? – 11 October 2024
On the previous evening, I had an alert appear on my phone saying an Aurora Australis may be visible in your location. I checked the app and saw that the level was not that high, and the map indicated that … Continue reading
Photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS – 1 October 2024
There was an opportunity to photograph the Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in recent days. The comet was briefly visible in the eastern morning sky just before dawn. I had set my alarm for 4 am, but when I looked outside … Continue reading
Tasmania – Photographing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
While I was in Tasmania I thought it worthwhile having another attempt to photograph the Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. Earlier, I had photographed the comet in Sydney and only obtained very poor results. Would the darker skies of Tasmania be better? They … Continue reading
Tasmania – Photographing the Aurora Australis – 26 April 2024
While I was visiting Tasmania, I kept a lookout for the Southern Lights – The Aurora Australis. There had been a very good one a day or two before my visit. During one evening, there was a reasonable Aurora Australis. … Continue reading
Photographing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
I had tried on two earlier evening to photograph the Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks without even seeing it. My observing location was the bridge over the railway line at Dulwich Hill Station. The first of the night was not that clear, but … Continue reading
International Space Station – Moon Transit – 10 July 2023
While out on Malabar Headland, I was able to photograph a transit of the International Space Station and the Moon. The series of white dots on the left of the Moon is the ISS. The above photo is a composite … Continue reading