MIsty Dish

MIsty Dish, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

One of my favorite shooting spots, on a misty night

International Dark Sky Week, Day 7

International Dark Sky Week, Day 7, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

Here's what Light Pollution looks like ...

Foxton and the Cross

Foxton and the Cross, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

More Foxton, till I get the new HDD plugged in

Fires in Foxton

Fires in Foxton, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

On the way back from Wellington, spotted these on the side of the road ...

International Dark Sky Week, Day 6

International Dark Sky Week, Day 6, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

I think this is eta Carinae

Brian Percival, Timelapses

Well, hats off. I'm man enough to admit when I've been outdone. Some awesome work in this timelapse video shot in and around the Central Plateau of New Zealand.

https://vimeo.com/62980495

Stunning work, and very inspirational. I have no doubt as soon as ValHallen sees this we'll be planning another trip south!

Martins and Mercury

Martins and Mercury, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

The morning recently have been very good, with Mercury rising about an hour before the Sun. Here's one of my favorite shooting spots when looking east, Martins Bay

International Dark Sky Week, Day 4

International Dark Sky Week, Day 4, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

My Favorite Nebula, M42

The Cement Works

The Cement Works, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

Stars, LMC, Ruins, that is all

International Dark Sky Week, Day 3

International Dark Sky Week, Day 3, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

Day 3 of the week, the LMC - very prominent on any dark night, this is 21 shots, stacked in DSS

International Dark Sky Week Day 2

International Dark Sky Week Day 2, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

Day 2's Effort is one of my favorite stars, the red supergiant, Antares - again shot and stacked, using tyhe 85mm 1.4 and DSS

Milky Way Composite

Milky Way Composite, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

@ exposures + Photoshop :)

International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5

International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5, a photo by Astronomr on Flickr.

International Dark Sky week is upon us!! 5-11 April, get out there and look up! Here's my first contribution, and the first stack done with the new, fast Samyang 85mm. This is the tail of Scorpio and the 2 clusters, Ptolemy's Cluster (M7) and the Butterfly Cluster(M6).

This was done with 11 Lights and one dark frame, 3.2 second exposures, ISO 3200. Stacked in DSS.

T-Shirts! Get your t-shirts here!

Hey all, today I posted my first 2 t-shirt designs up on Redbubble for your viewing, and hopefully purchasing, pleasure!  Here be the designs, one for the Northern Hemisphere and one for the much nicer Southern Hemisphere :)