Starship Asterisk*

NGC2070 - The Tarantula Nebula
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Perth at dawn, on the 4th of August 2013, as the Moon and 3 planets (Jupiter, Mars and Mercury) rose over the CBD.
Thanks for looking!

M16 – Eagle I had only one good session this year with M16, so this is a blend of this year and last year efforts, total of about 3h. Equipment: CPC925 EQ-South, guided 60Da, ISO1600-3200 Processed in PixInsight, final touch in LT4 Higher res @ http://www.westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard

This image is the product of 2h of exposure captured in two sessions using POLARIE. Here in Perth, Western Australia, the geographic and magnetic south differ only by approximately 1deg, so setting up the POLARIE is a piece of cake: a little bit more than 30deg (31.5) as the angle of elevation and a...

This is the western view of Perth’s CBD a minute before sunset (skyscrapers flooded by the last light from “red” Sun), with rising orange full Moon, and eastern sky also reddish. The redness of the eastern sky was disappearing with every second and the colour become dark-grey just a couple of minute...

TeaPot, the centre of Milky Way and 8 Messier objects:
M7, M8, M20, M22, M28, M54, M69 &M70

Centaurus-A (NGC5128) with DSLR - 60Da and CPC925.
01 Jul 2013
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Well done guys ...
It's one of the best Dumbbells I've ever seen.

M104
Series of images taken on the 1st of July in almost “perfect” winter conditions.
CPC925 (on HD-wedge, guided), Canon 60Da

M20--- 20 subs (CPC 925 and 60Da, 90sec@ISO3200) taken on the 1st July 2013 in Perth, Western Australia, in almost "perfect" winter conditions: extremely good visibility caused by low humidity and <1km/h dry north-easterly wind ...Higer res @ http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=fl...

After sunset sky over Perth with 5%Moon, Mercury and Venus on the left, and Pollux (B-Gem) and Castor (A-Gem) on the right ...

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Here is the Panorama of Perth on the autumn day, 25th of May 2013 …
The Sun was almost gone – still visible yellowish reflection on some of higher buildings, the Moon had just risen, but was disappearing behind a band of clouds.
Also nicely visible are 4 light towers of the Subiaco Oval.

2-panel mosaic from_A-Centauri_to_EtaCarina

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Magnificent full-Moon over Perth's CBD, March 2013

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Title spot on !

This picture of the Sunset over Rottnest Island (25km distance) was taken from City Beach, Western Australia. The Sun is setting over approaching band of clouds (on the BOM radar 40km offshore). From that distance, clearn and dry air allows to identify the island’s wind turbine, just below the Sun …...

Omega Centauri 2013

Cam: DSLR 60Da
Scope: CPC925 (hd-wedge) +F6.3 reducer

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Eta Carinae Nebula
Cam: D60a
Mount: CPC925
Lens: ED80CTF with TeleView 0.8-reducer

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A couple of days ago during full-moon I took some nice pictures of the rising Moon over Perth CBD. One looks specially great (see attached photo) as it shows the just rising Moon between the BankWest and BHP towers.

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From Southern Cross to EtaCarina, total of 50min subs, 50mm lens, ISO 1600, 60Da ..
I like the way this lens "produces" 8-arm stars: see A-Crux ..


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Crux (Southern Cross), the Coal Sack nebula and NGC4755 (Jewel Box)

Picture taken yesterday, when a plane crossed the path of the comet Panstarrs, at approx. 7:50 pm ..
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How Cyclone "Rusty" of Western Australia coast disappeared in 24h - from cat.4 to almost nothing ...
Frames taken from the BOM website ..

Just had enough time yesterday to process three photos taken during recent Moon-Jupiter occultation ..

- one for the Moon

- one (re-focused) for Jupiter

- and one (over-exposed) for the Jupiter’s Galilean Moons

Cam: 60Da

Scope: CPC925

#IP

Horsehead and Flame Nebula

90 images (120s @ISO1600) taken over two days from our courtyard close to Perth’s CBD ..
Cam: EOS 60Da
Scope: ED80TCF
Guiding: PHD guided CPC925
Stacked and processed in PixInsight …
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