Category Archives: Astrophotography

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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Photographing the Lunar Eclipse – 8 November 2022

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Dave Noble

The 8th of November was a very full day. An early start with the Mudlarks, then a long afternoon at Malabar Headland, and then an evening lunar eclipse. The photo above was taken in the suburban inner west of Sydney, … Continue reading →

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Photographing Comet Leonard 25 – 30 December 2021

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Dave Noble

I had some nice dark and cloud free skies while in Tasmania and I photographed Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard during three evenings. On all evenings, the comet was easy to spot using binoculars and using the camera, but I could … Continue reading →

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Photographing Comet Leonard – 20 December 2021

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Dave Noble

It was a  clear evening, the first for a while, and I was keen to see if I could spot and photograph Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard. It would have been nice to be out of Sydney and have some dark … Continue reading →

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Photographing the International Space Station – 15 October 2021

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had photographed the ISS, the International Space Station. It’s a challenging object to photograph, but having a long telephotos lens for bird photography makes it a worthwhile subject when conditions are right. I … Continue reading →

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