Category Archives: Astrophotography

Photographing Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy – 17 January 2015

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dave Noble

The comet, C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, which is relatively bright and easy to see late at night, is slightly past is peak brightness (January 11) but this evening provided both a sky with little light pollution (at Blackheath) and no moon. … Continue reading →

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Photographing a Comet

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Dave Noble

Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS is currently visible in Sydney from late at night to early morning. It is quite hard to see and is fading. I tried looking with binoculars without success. I also took some photographs of the bit … Continue reading →

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Photographing the Moon

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Dave Noble

I recently attempted to photograph the moon during a total lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, here in Sydney, we had a fairly cloudy night. I went outside a number of times to see what conditions were like. At one time a few … Continue reading →

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Red Rocks Walk 20-21 September 2014

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Dave Noble

It was time to head out to Newnes and walk up to the Red Rocks for a high camp. In the party, as well as myself, were John, Chuin Nee and Jasper, and also Digi Dave, Stacey and Rik. We … Continue reading →

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Saturn – Moon Occultation – 4 August 2014

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Dave Noble

An interesting occultation occurred last night. At 9:22 pm Saturn went behind the moon for about an hour. I managed to get a few photo using a telephoto lens. Unfortunately some clouds obscured the moon just when Saturn went behind … Continue reading →

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Castle Head and Mt Solitary Walk – 1-3 July 2013

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Dave Noble

This was a two and half day walk. I arrived at Katoomba at 2pm and walked out to Narrow Neck. It took about an hour to walk out to the barrier and then about another 40 minutes to walk out … Continue reading →

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Comet Spotting

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Dave Noble

The last month or two has been a good time to look for comets. Two have been visible. Comet Lemmon has been quite faint – but I managed to photograph it on a vey dark night with clear sky at … Continue reading →

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