Aurora Australis in Nowra
Whenever I hear of the possibility of Aurora being visible from latitudes as high as Nowra I immediately think about the scene in the Simpsons where Superintendent Chalmers questions an continue...
Category Archives: Astrophotography
Return to Tianjara
Friday the 28th of February marked the alignment of seven planets just after sunset. It was also a new moon which favoured a trip back up to the Tianjara Plateau. continue...
Comet C/2024 G3 Atlas
C/2024 G3 Atlas was first discovered in April 2024 by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. It is an Oort Cloud Comet, thought to originate from a sphere of icy continue...
Observing at Tianjara
Tianjara is located 47 km south west of Nowra, it is a class two dark sky, and 768 metres above sea level. Tianjara’s only attraction is a large waterfall, a continue...
DSLR Camera Settings
DSLR Camera Settings for Astrophotography Camera controls and functions in the Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS) are accessed via a variety of buttons on the top and back of the continue...
Astrophotography 101
Quick Start Guide Part 1 for Beginner Digital Astrophotography If you have a digital camera and want to try your hand at astrophotography, but don’t really know where to continue...