In the Southern Hemisphere, we have some of the best globular clusters, including the biggest of all Omega Centauri with some five million solar masses,… Read More »The globular cluster 47 Tucanae — Mark Nickols
Good astrophotography is completely reliant on reliable tracking by the telescope. You have the mount, your computer, tracking and guidance software, and all the pieces… Read More »Tarantula Nebula — Mark Nickols
Steve Crouch has come up with this pearler of a galaxy group, with NGC 7172 showing beautiful dust lanes and colour. Look closely and you’ll… Read More »Stunning galaxy group NGC 7172 — Steve Crouch
The Dumbell Nebula is in the constellation Vulpecula, near Cygnus. Lovely work Jovan for a sight very low down through a lot of atmosphere. Here… Read More »The Dumbell Nebula, Messier 27 — by Jovan Kulic
Murrumbateman’s Anthony Wesley caught Jupiter with the shadow of Europa crossing the Great Red Spot. A great photo for the time and low angle. Here… Read More »Europa eclipsing Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – by Anthony Wesley
By Steve Crouch This was a quick Hydrogen Alpha of the Bug nebula (NGC 6302) that I took last night in windy conditions. Will try… Read More »Bug Nebula NGC 6302 in Hydrogen Alpha
By Steve Crouch I’ve had this data for M94 hanging around a while and wasn’t going to process it because I thought it was pretty… Read More »M94—a strange looking galaxy
By Steve Crouch I got some data for NGC 6992, the other side of the Veil nebula, over the last few days. I must admit… Read More »NGC 6992 and NGC 6960—the Veil Nebula
By Jonathan Powles I was exploring Sagittarius over the last couple of nights, as you do, and I pointed the scope at what Skytools 3… Read More »NGC 6559—Does this have a nickname?