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23.01.2022 Mercury and the Taurus constellation just before sunrise this morning...

22.01.2022 Hello stargazing friends We are going to the gliding club to do some observing. New comers are more than welcome. We have plenty of telescopes so you need only bring warm clothing. -Jako

22.01.2022 This is freaky...

20.01.2022 The Omega cluster with a DSLR through a standard kit lens. 80x10 sec exposures edited with deepsky stacker and photoshop

19.01.2022 Stellar conditions at "The Esky" tonight for the StarGazers who ventured out...

19.01.2022 Moon tonight with at around 30x zoom

16.01.2022 Last Friday night out at the Esky , Jakson and I had a discussion about how much of the Milky Way we could actually see. This came about from me showing him some photos I had taken a few nights earlier, where I said that I was surprised I didn't get a nice shot of what I thought was the Milky Way but did of another part that was somewhat far behind where I was trying to take my photo of. Turns out that I was still taking a photo of the Milky Way, just another part that I didn...'t know existed! Apparently I was only taking a photo of the "core". I am still a relative newbie at this stargazing stuff in case you haven't realised that yet... My names not Vijay. Or Ian. Or Jakson. So this lead to the topic of how to try and catch "more" of the Milky Way in my photo, to which it was suggested to try a fish eye lens and see if it makes any difference. So I did, and this is the result, taken from my backyard late on Friday night, when the clouds finally cleared and gave a wonderful view of the Milky Way straight above me. The first photo is with just the standard lens. The second had a fish eye lens adaptor on it. Both photos were taken with a Google Pixel 4 phone set for astro photography mode. The fish eye lens did indeed capture more of the Milky Way, and it may have captured even more if it wasn't for the trees at either end of the photo. I have cropped the original image to get rid of most of the trees. You can clearly see that it has captured more of the Milky Way's length and width even allowing for the cropping. So, the moral of the story is don't assume that a year of stargazing can put you in the same bracket of knowledge as Vijay, or Ian, or Jakson. And a fish eye lens does make difference when you photograph the Heavens. I also know for sure where my place on the Totem Pole is now... Cheers Michael

16.01.2022 The moon at around 120 x zoom

16.01.2022 Mars this morning just before sunrise...

15.01.2022 The Magellanic clouds tonight...

15.01.2022 The moon saying goodbye till tomorrow night at Koorlong this evening.

14.01.2022 Another one for everyone to see. The sky during winter is super crisp. We love it! -Jako

13.01.2022 A few pictures of Tuesdays night sky I managed to take. Always amazes me what the camera sees is so much more than the human eyes can...

12.01.2022 Did anyone else see the Space Station fly overhead at 6.30am this morning?

11.01.2022 Handy Smart phone apps! As everyone already knows, the right apps can make certain tasks magnitudes easier. This is especially true in stargazing. From checking the weather, checking what phase the Moon is in right to full AR planetariums. AR Planetariums can make learning the night sky a cake walk. When you can point your phone camera toward a random object and instantly find out exactly what it is, or to search out something specific and have it point out precisely where i...t is in the sky. You cannot put good enough words on how much of a game changer this really is. Some of my personal favorites: "Night sky", "Star chart" and "Sky Orb". Give it a try for yourself! No more wondering what that star is called, what constellation it belongs too or if it even is a star, planet, Nebula or Galaxy. -Jakson

10.01.2022 Some strange results of the attempts to get photos in between the cloud cover on Friday night out at The Esky.

09.01.2022 The photo I got of the "other" part of the Milky Way on Wednesday night that started the chat with Jakson about how big it really is...

09.01.2022 The Southern Cross and the Pointer Stars tonight at "The Esky". Cold but clear conditions made for great viewing...

09.01.2022 Stunning photo with a great description about it.

09.01.2022 A photo of the night sky tonight I took in the backyard.

08.01.2022 Stargazers enjoying the great viewing conditions tonight at our clubhouse "The Esky".

08.01.2022 Hello fellow stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts. We will be heading out to the club tonight for a viewing session and we would love to see some new faces or rather hear some new voices . The club is at the Mildura gliding club at the end of the Deakin extension. And we will be heading out there for around 6:30. Everyone is welcome. Just bring a good jacket and beanie. Feel free to ring me for more information. 0424307956. Hope to see you there!! -Jakson

06.01.2022 Mars and a sea of stars tonight. A lot of meteorite activity seen as well...

05.01.2022 Read the story to this photo, it will kind of give you some perspective of time and distances involved with space...

05.01.2022 Jupiter and Saturn in tonights sky out at "The Esky".

04.01.2022 There is some serious effort to get this result...

04.01.2022 An old equatorial telescope located at the Canberra national museum. I apologise, I should have taken more photos of the plaque and eyepiece set. Very cool, worth a look.

04.01.2022 What a Halo the moon is making tonight...

01.01.2022 The Milky Way tonight with Jupiter, Saturn and 2 satellites passing through in the middle. Amazing the thing's you find in a photo of the heavens after you have taken it...