Starship Asterisk*

Perfect conditions tonight for the fly-by of potentially hazardous asteroid 1999 KW4.

I managed over 2 hours of footage of this object from my observatory in Australia, and it came out really well. Hope you enjoy!

OK, I had a daft idea yesterday. It struck me that all planets, dwarf included, are huddled on this side of the sun and potentially visible at some point during the night. So on Brisbane Australia's coldest night of the year so far, I pulled an all-nighter :D I did plan to do a nice wide field obser...

Caviar from the sturgeon moon? The ISS makes a stunning pass through last nights full moon over Australia! http://shadowchaser.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160819-ISS-Moon-Dundas-Atrib_Sharp-Small.jpg Full size here: http://shadowchaser.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160819-ISS-Moon-Dund...

This sequence shows just how much the local light pollution from passers-by can dramatically enhance startrails nightscape! Leaving it to chance over such a long period does carry its risks, but I managed to get a great shot this time

A star trails image, I just can't do enough of them, but this time using a telephoto lens at 150mm. I'd been sat on the beach looking at the island a kilometre out and decided it may be nice to frame it up and see if I could capture the stars emerging from atmospheric extinction. When I went back on...

How much astronomy can you get in a single photo taken from a drone! Here we see a full moon rising on Christmas day, surrounded by anti-crepuscular sun rays and on the belt of Venus (The Earth’s rising shadow). Seasons greetings from Australia everyone :) http://shadowchaser.com.au/wp-content/uploa...

Copyright: Jonathan Bradshaw In a magical moment looking across Tin Can Bay from Rainbow Beach in Queensland, Australia, Venus shines brightly over the waters surrounded by the faint glow of zodiacal light. It was so pretty I made a video too! (oh, and yes, that's Jupiter below...) http://shadowchas...