Category Archives: Astrophotography

Mt Kaputar – Astrophotography From the Summit – 29 October 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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An Aurora in Sydney? – 11 October 2024

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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Photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS – 1 October 2024

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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Tasmania – Photographing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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Tasmania – Photographing the Aurora Australis – 26 April 2024

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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Photographing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Dave Noble

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 →

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International Space Station – Moon Transit – 10 July 2023

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Dave Noble

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 →

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Aurora Australis – 15 February 2023

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Dave Noble

In the late evening, I had seen an Aurora alert published on social media. It said an Aurora was visible as far north and Adelaide and the Central Coast of NSW. So about 11:30 pm I went outside with my … Continue reading →

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Photographing Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 10 – 11 February 2023

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Dave Noble

Over the years I have photographed many of the comets that have travelled through the inner solar system. The new comet – Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) had been hyped a lot in the media as “The Green Comet”. In my … Continue reading →

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