M42

This photo was taken by Christopher Bodine (USA). christopher was here in Darwin beginning of Jan 05, unfortuantely so was a huge monsoonal low. He hopes to be back in a couple of months and we can show he some of our southern jewels.

Eta Carina

Eta Carina taken by Phillip Smith Jan 05

NGC925

Telescope Synta 150mm f/5 Camera: Olympus 8080,Auto Guided by Philip's Web Cam through Vixen VC200L taken in B/W. 20 exposures @ 200 sec ISO 400, 20 exposures @ 160 sec ISO 400, 40 exposures @ 60 sec ISO 200 40mm Eyepiece projection. Processed in Corel Photopaint. and Iris Software - Phillip Smith

M74

Telescope Synta 105mm f/5 Camera: Olympus 8080, Unguided 20 exposures @ 200 sec ISO 400, 20 exposures @ 120 sec ISO 400, 30 exposures @ 60 sec ISO 200 40mm Eyepiece projection. Processing, each frame in Corel Photopaint. and Iris Software - Phillip Smith

Horsehead in M42

Olympus 8080 Wide lens piggybacked 20 exposers at ISO 400 120 sec, 20 exposers at ISO 400 90 secs, 20 exposers at ISO 400 60 secs, 20 exposers at ISO 400 30 secs, 20 exposers at ISO 200 90 secs, 20 exposers at ISO 200 30 secs, stacked and processed Corel Photopaint - Phillip Smith DEC 2004

M42

Best exposures from 60,90 & 150 sec with ISO 400, with focal reducer at F/6.4, Astronomik H-Beta Filter and 40mm Eyepiece projection. Plus best of 35 from 100 exposures @ 20 sec, ISO 200, & Best of 25 @ ISO 50 @ F/9 and 40mm EP, no filter. Phillip Smith

M45

Taken in Black and White. Best exposures from 60,125 & 200 sec with ISO 400, with focal reducer at F/6.4 and 40mm EP.  Plus best exposures @ 25 sec, ISO 300, & Best of 55 @ 10 from 68 @ ISO 50 @ F/9. Dec 2004 Phillip Smith

Moon

Venus Transit

Venus Transit

The Sun Spotter

Ian at Gove did a Venus transit session for the Primary school as well as a Public display. Well received and great event !

Close up on Moon

Sunspot

This Photo was taken with a Meade LPI on a 4" York reflector with a Aluminium/Mylar solar filter. A great sight to greet the visitors to our 'Arnhem Land - Starry night out, daytime edition :-) Biggest & best sunspot we have ever seen ! ( from Ian in Gove)

Star Party (Gove Astronomy)

Yirrikala is the Aboriginal community just south of Nhulunbuy. This would have to be the most enthusuiastic response they have ever had to an Astronomy night

Solar

This shot was taken 22/06/05 , through coronado pst

camera imate pocketpc phone camera. Has had no

processing except for conversion to jpg

M42

Olympus 8080 through 150mm f/5 refractor + 2 inch MV 20 minus violet filter and Vixen 0.7 focal reducer bringing focal length to F/3.5, prime focus.

guided by 80mm f/5 and deepsky pro with iris

Stacked over 40 shots at various iso settings (100, 200 & 320) exposures where at 5, 10 or 15 secs :Phillip Smith

Helix nebula

Helix Nebula Taken Through RCX 400 on 19 Aug 06 Using DSI Pro 2

Lagoon Nebula

My First Attempt at Photography after many long hours in back yard chasing this thing. (Sleep is Overrated).

Triifid Nebula

One of my early attempts at Astrophotgraphy

Laggon Nebula

Taken in July 2007, 10 sec Exposures x 200 stacked to make 4 final images which were then overlaid to form the one image

Dumbell Nebula

50 x 8 sec Exposures - luminence Only

Dumbell Nebulla

Taken on Viewing Night - 7 Sep 07

100 4 Sec Exposures - Luminence

50 x Red, Green and Blue 4 Sec

Triffid Nebula

Taken on Saturday Viewing Night - 15 Sep 07

Camera Orion Starshoot - 10 sec Exposures x 100 mosaic to cover area around nebula