Friday, February 28, 2014

Murphy strikes again.....Solstice Canyon Imaging night 20th Feb 2014

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"M46 and NGC 2368 Puppis re-imaged 6x21 sec" Everything was going so well. Great weather report, transparent skies, little if...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The true temple to the stars...Leyburn, QLD....my dark sky getaway 2001-2010

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"Leyburn in the early days. Barren field's, large dobs and EQ mounts.....this was my first trip to Leyburn. All three of us pa...
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Friday, February 7, 2014

The best starparty in the southern hemisphere...the Queensland Astrofest in pictures 2005 and 2007

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Voted the top 1 0 best star parties around the world by BBC's Sky at Night magazine ( May 2007 issue) , the Queensland Astrofest is held...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The year of the horse starts off with a bang...literally....imaging supernova 2014J from Malibu on CNY day 31st Jan 2014

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The title says it all. I traveled to Solstice Canyon in Malibu on Chinese New Year's day/night despite the "potential"for clou...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Blast from the past.....special dark sky report from Mark'splace at Glenore Grove.....19/20th August 2006

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Finally getting ba ck to regular postings. I intend to keep my word and finish posting my blast from the past blogs. Re-reading them sure do...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Testing the new/old CCD camera...my Orion Starshoot Deep Space II imager and MaxIm DL software package

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The title of this blog should read "Shooting from the Burbs Part 1" as this is the first in this series. However it is more approp...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Imaging from the burbs......how I deal with poor skies and whiteouts.....

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This series of blogs, which I proposed to write frequently late last year fell by the wayside sometime in Oct. Since it is the new year, I f...