Dark Sky Observing outside Brisbane.

A week ago I bought a small telescope to indulge my childhood dreams of backyard astronomy. Within three nights, just sitting in my backyard, I’d seen Mars, Saturn, the Orion Nebula and managed to identify a handful of constellations and bright stars. Last night, I took advantage of the new moon and went out to [...]

Starshots.

Lately, Luke and I have been interested in the night sky. I want a telescope of some sort, and he’s been wanting to try photographing star trails. Star trail shots seemed like a fun way to get into it all, so last night I suggested we head out away from the light pollution of the [...]

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