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Astro Photography

In late 1999 I took my first punt at astrophotography using my Pentax SP1000 film camera. Since then I have taken countless digital and film photo's. This gallery contains a small selection, mostly utilising Film, an SBIG ST7-ME, Canon 350D and QuickCam Pro 4000.
Hubble Deep Field South
This gallery contains photographs of the Hubble Deep Field (South) field of view, taken by an amateur astronomer (Roger Groom).
The Planets
Images of the planets in our Solar System. This includes Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The Moon
This gallery contains photographs of The Moon.
The Milky Way
This gallery contains wide-field photographs of the Milky Way (our galaxy). Photographing the Milky Way is where astro photography started for me, and still a subject I enjoy capturing.
The Sun
This gallery contains photographs of The Sun (both white-light and hydrogen alpha).
Comets
This gallery contains photography of comets. In 2003 I started photography of comets. Some digital narrow field and some colour file wide field.
Constellations
This gallery contains wide field photographs of the Constellations.
Galaxies
This gallery contains photography of Galaxies. Ranging from the bright and common to the faint, small and obscure.
Nebula
This gallery contains photographs of Nebulas. Wide-field images and narrow-field images.
Globluar Clusters
This gallery contains photographs of Globular Clusters - objects in the night sky that contain thousands, often hundreds of thousands of stars.
Open Clusters
This gallery contains photographs of Open Clusters, including the Jewel Box, Messier objects and more.
Aurora Australis
Aurora Australis are quite rare in Western Australia, but occasionally we are lucky enough to have a good view. This gallery contains what images I have.
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Minor Planets
I am slowly learning how to find minor planets by using Astrometrica to find named objects in a star field. This gallery contains my attempt(s), created initially for MP 14664.
Startrails
This gallery contains photographs involving startrails. Startrail images can be very aesthetically pleasing if composed nicely with an interesting foreground subject. Occasionally I end up with a nice one and add it to this gallery.
International Space Station
This gallery contains photographs of the International Space Station.
Misc Astronomy Related (not Astro Photography)
Various misc photo's related to astronomy but not fitting in to any of the above categories.
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Other Astro Photography (other events, etc)
Other various astro photography images such as those from astronomy events with the local astronomy club, eclipse information, etc.
My Equipment (Images)
Images of my various pieces of astronomy equipment. Also, see information on this equipment here.
Observatory (Images)
This gallery shows images of my observatory: Construction, relocation and general images describing it. Click here to read about the observatory.
Project NGC Images
Images of NGC object taken using automation from my private observatory. These were taken as part of a project I called "Project NGC" where I aimed to photograph every NGC object visible from my observatory, in an automated manner.
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