Oscar Martín Mesonero took this beautiful self portrait with comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020. Oscar was located in Spain. Many thanks to Oscar for allowing me to use his image Early risers in mid Northern

Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) imaged by the Author on May 4, 2020. This was taken using a 36cm Telescope and QHY183c camera riding on a Skywatcher EQ8-RH mount Two weeks ago I wrote about the disintegrating Comet

Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) remotely imaged on March 26, 2020, from Mayhill, New Mexico. Image Credit: The author About a 3 months ago I wrote about a newly discovered comet, Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), found

Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) on February 29, 2020. 4 x 2 minute exposures with RASA 28cm f2.2 telescope and ZWO ASI071MC Pro camera at Mayhill, New Mexico. Copyright Author Yesterday I captured this image of

Photographers attending the Nikon/Camerahouse lined up on the dam wall to take photo's of the night sky On the evening of June 1, I was fortunate enough to attend an astrophotography course at Lake Moogerah,

Flinder's Peak is in the center of this view from Mt Cootha in Brisbane's North Western suburbs One of Brisbane's lesser known attractions is Flinder's Peak on the outskirts of the cities southwestern

Measuring the distance to the moon Taken with an Olympus OMD EM5 and SMC 200mm lens in August 2016. A photo like this can be used to estimate the moon's distance. This article explains how This is the

This weekend there has been a powerful low pressure weather system driving up the surf here in South East Queensland. Even though the beaches were closed for swimmers, there were plenty of surfer's enjoying

Mt Lindsay is an ancient eroded extinct volcano that lords over the Queensland/NSW Border. One thing I love seeing at this time of year is the beautiful wintertime photos taken from the northern hemisphere

Since been involved in a couple of recent flat earth debates I’ve been more conscious of making observations of the horizon when the chance arises. A good opportunity arose on Saturday when I did a short

I've been reading some people claiming that the earth is flat because it looks flat. It turns out the curvature is there you just need to look. From an airplane, if you have a clear horizon you can actually

Image Credit: STSci/NASA If we were floating around in intergalactic space there would be virtual no illumination and the sky would appear completely dark. With the naked eye, you may be able to distinguish

King Island is labeled in this 3D aerial view , with the tip of the mainland just visible at the bottom. When this image was made it must have been close to high tide as the sand bar joining the island

Comet 46/Wirtanen. Nov 12, 2018. 360 x 15 second exposures combined. Telescope Celestron C14HD. Camera QHY183c. Earth (in right-hand corner) is shown to scale relative to the comet. Image Credit: Author

Introduction A comet similiar to Wirtanen - Comet 252P/LINEAR - passed close by earth in 2016. The author obtained this photo on April 5, 2016, when it was 15,000,000 km from earth. Image Credit: Author

Venus Observations from October 24, 2018 Venus on October 24, 4500 stacked into one image made with Celestron C8 and QHY183m Monochrome camera. The blue color was added later to give a more "natural

Venus showing an extreme crescent phase - 2250 exposures were obtained with a Celestron C14 and QHY183c at 1pm in the afternoon, October 20, 2018. A mask with a 4" opening was placed over the telescope

Update: 18-Oct-2018 - Sigma 170-500 version added How much detail can you see in the moon with a compact Olympus 75-300 zoom lens? Here is my attempt from tonight using 190 separate images stacked in

Summary and Concluding notes The crescent moon? No actually crescent Venus currently moving into inferior conjunction with the sun, taken by the author on October 1 using many of the techniques discussed

Introduction Today I bring you a review of the Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II ED M.Zuiko Digital lens, a great lightweight zoom lens designed for the Micro Four Thirds camera system by Olympus. The reviewed