BrainCan - astrophotography

geminid meteor shower 2014

They should probably drop the word “shower” because it really conjures up fraudulent...

m20, the trifid nebula

The resplendent (brilliantly glowing) duality of the “Trifid” nebula,where two stars and two...

lagoon nebula, m8

This was the best astrophoto I was able to image last weekend, and I’m really happy with the low...

at the edge of the lagoon (nebula)

I worship how this turned out! It just looks like magic stuff. Here is a close up of the inner...

adventures in narrowband … eagle nebula and...

This one may get a small nerdy,so whether you are here for the pretty pictures just skip the text...

corona australis molecular cloud

Apart from a few mistakes,I’m very happy with this 2.5 hour session on this stunning region of...

alnitak the flame nebula

The flame nebula is a radiant emission nebula that,like a middle sibling, always seems to play...

a block of orion

For me, there is no surer sign of winter coming than seeing Orion rise over the eastern horizon...

alnitak, the horsehead nebula the flame nebula

Here’s my Horsehead and Flame Nebula with full colour as promised! This is such a popular target...

lmc - our galactic neighbour

The Large Magellanic Cloud is easily visible with the naked eye from a sunless backyard,and bigger...

perseid meteor over my tent

I’ve just got back from my first Star Party,the QLD Astrofest which was held during the Perseid...

virgo supercluster (galaxies)

Lately I’ve been posting pretty “showy”,visually compelling nebulas. This image is not perhaps...

leo triplet

And now for something completely different! The Leo Triplet,M65, M66 & NGC3628. When I share...

orion, running man flame nebula widefield

Here is a graphic I put together with a widefield view of the region in which the Running Man Nebula...

a fireball over the grand canyon makes planet...

If you,like me, are a space nerd living in a city, or then you can appreciate the struggle of...

the eye of god (helix nebula ngc 7293)

That’s a dramatic name isnt it? It certainly does survey like an eyeball. Many people now call it...

a billion birds

Birds,mammals, reptiles and insects depend on the night sky and the moon, and not just for light,but...

comet panstarrs q1

Just like that,the southern skies were suddenly graced with a beautiful comet just as the sun set,...

omega centauri

Imagine we had two suns. You’d have longer,perhaps multiple overlapping days. Shorter nights....

3d 66% waxing gibbous moon - australia new...

Get out your 1980s copy of “crazy” magazine and find those 3D red/blue glasses,because it’s...

the tarantula nebula

Now that summer is over the nights are crisp and dry,and for most of this week there occupy been...

jupiter lunar conjunction 3 3 2015

final night I tried something different and did a “Live broadcast” using Google Hangouts from...

comet c 2014 q2 lovejoy january 8 2015

After some learning I’ve finally been able to image a comet through my main 9.25″ SCT telescope!...

sagittarius star cloud (m24) and friends

This intensely crowded area of our view near the core of our Milky Way galaxy is centred on the...

m22 globular cluster

I’m not really a globular cluster kinda guy,give me a nebula any day.. but I captured a deep space...

september 2014 supermoon in 3d from aus nz

This 3D stereoscopic image can be seen by those lucky enough to control their eyes enough to merge...

a meteorite explodes over the mojave in this...

It sometimes feels like Mars,Pluto, and planets beyond our solar system net all the attention. But...

the pinnacles, 3 galaxies

Another photo from my night in the desert in Western Australia,this is the duller side of the milky...

ic 2944 - dragon nebula

This stunning emission nebula is normally referred to by it’s common name “Running Chicken...

belongil beach night sky

I had a worthy little drive around town final night to test various urban/coastal areas light...

comet siding spring shoots past mars

I thought I’d slip in this wide field photo of Comet Siding Spring racing past Mars final night...

ngc 6357 war and peace nebula

This faint and curious allotment of deep space was dubbed the “War and Peace” nebula because of...

moon in colour

The moon has natural colours that can be seen when processed with enough data and high saturation....

earthshine ii

Here’s a rapid/fast stack + composite of the 10% moon with earthshine taken last night over...

eye of sauron nebula … and a news update!

Here is my first crack at the “Eye of Sauron” nebula, imaged from Astrofest QLD 2015 where I...

fire in the sky, australian winter night sky

I captured everything you see here in the final 30 days or so. Sometimes it’s kind to sit back and...

milky way season

Guess who’s back? Back again? Galactic Core. declare a Friend. It’s Milky Way season again with...

jupiter and it s 4 moons

This is my first attempt at planetary astrophotography aside from the lunar stuff,which is a very...

the x and the v on the moon

For 4 hours only during an entire lunar month,the letters X and V mysteriously appear on the...

apollo 14 kitty hawk command module

I took this photo final year at NASAs Kennedy Space Centre. This command module was used to skim 3...

coffs harbour milky way

It’s tough to see the milky way in an urban area flooded with streetlights. Some urban areas are...

small magellanic cloud in hargb

Star Formation on a Massive Scale – Small Magellanic Cloud imaged 18th Nov in HaRGB. SMC is a...

eagle nebula

27 x 2 minutes exposures on this smaller but deservedly notorious target,the Eagle Nebula! It has...

two galaxies you can see with your own eyes.

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) really achieve look like clouds. When I point...

jupiter rising

When the forecast says rain later,I can’t risk setting up the telescope. So final night I took...

astroimaging the moon with a 1970s childrens...

I recently found my childhood telescope,an “Amasco” 600mm refractor, stowed absent in the attic....

the celestial equator

I took this timelapse in the yard while I was imaging M22 and M8 over about 4 hours. As the soil...

dsa1 in 3d

The European Space Agency’s unique Norcia Deep Space Tracking Stationing Western Australia,now in...

dsa1 esa deep space tracking station (gallery)

Here is the whole gallery of “portraits” of ESA’s tracking station I had the privilege to...

milky bay town lights

gain it? Byron Bay? Milky Way?? Ok whatever. Here is a photo I took a few months ago at a roadside...

rho ophiuchi cloud complex

This will be the best shot I salvage from the Astrofest QLD Star Party this week! I finally got back...

dsa1 - esa deep space tracking station, new norcia...

The first of a few photographic studies of this fair 35m tracking station I had the privilege to...

the trifid by the lagoon (and in 3d!)

M8 + M20 / Lagoon & Trifid Nebulas side by side. These two targets are far enough apart to generally...

true colour great carina nebula

This is 2+ hours of 180s exposures over 2 nights using my 9.25″ SCT Telescope + QHY12 One Shot...

m42 - orion

Ok so this is the best astrophoto I’ve ever taken to date and I’m excited to share it! It’s a...

tycho clavius crater

I heard you like craters dawg so I attach some craters in your craters! That recursive crater is...

sculptor galaxy ngc 253

The Sculptor Galaxy! AKA The “Silver Coin”. My best attempt yet at a small distant galaxy using...

rosette nebula

I finally managed to capture this incredible nebula! I’ve uploaded this in slightly higher...

trains comin sirius canopus

There’s so much going on in this photo. Theres me off to the left, like a kind of cameo in my own...

will the real mars please stand up?

In the last couple of days planet Mars has moved to it’s closest point to it’s evil twin...

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