Bunbury Astronomy Evening 12 Oct

A quick report on last weeks trip down to Aus to try out the new gear, including a surprise outreach night at the school.

NGC6334 Cats Paw Nebula

A short imaging run on NGC6334, the Cat’s Paw nebula, in Scorpius taken on 4th August 2016

How to guide on constructing a high resolution mosaic of the Moon.

A revisit of this target on a night without cloud interference enabling better data collection.

Taken on 8th July, this was to be my first attempt at capturing M16 – the famed Eagle nebula ! Things didn’t quite work to plan however 🙁

Jupiter imaged on 3rd March 2016

March 9th 2016, Partial solar eclipse of the Sun as seen from my backyard in Jakarta

Taken on the 8th Jan 2016 this was my first attempt at capturing the Horse Head Nebula (B33) complex.

In Progress

After a drought of imaging opportunities it was finally time to try out the gear on M42 for the first time.