M1 – The Crab – The Beginning
Started in December 2020, this is my first imaging run at the Crab Nebula – M1
A Portrait of A Horse
9th December 2020
Taken using the 10″RC at it’s native 2000mm (f8) focal length, this is a close up portrait of the famous Horse Head dark Nebula in Orion
Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus)
This is the first imaging run I have done on capturing the Tarantula nebula (Doradus 30) located in the Large Magellenic Cloud.
NGC5128 Centaurus A – 13 July 2020
My first attempt at Centaurus A which was captured in late June – early July 2020
M8 22nd June 2020
M8 imaged from backyard Lesmurdie in June 2020
M83 29 April 2020
First attempt at M83 from the new house in Lesmurdie
140 Tooth Driven Gear
I have been working on a stepper motor controller based on the MyFocuserPro for the autofusing of telescopes without having to go to the expense of the moonlite focusers (as much as I like them) and to also give auto focusing control to camera lenses when connected to the astro cameras. When focusing the camera…
Horse Head 31 Dec 2019
New Years 2019, what better target than the Horse Head ?
Relocation
The move is happening ! The why and where !
NGC7293 The Helix Nebula 17 Sep 2017
I am a little late in uploading this as, i have to admit, I have been struggling with motivation quite a bit lately. This year has been clouded out almost continuously and even on those nights where there is a parting of the clouds it is only for a couple of hours before they roll…