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Total Lunar Eclipse – 26th May 2021 – Roadtrip to Braidwood
Wednesday 26th May 2021 would be the first lunar eclipse in three years, although it was only barely total, with…
May 30, 2021
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Shooting Stars Camera List
The Field Guide in the Shooting Stars eBook includes a short description of how to find ten most commonly used…
February 28, 2021
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Updating your Shooting Stars eBook
If you have purchased Shooting Stars eBook previously, you can update to Version 4 with the entire new section on ‘Tracking…
February 28, 2021
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Geminid Meteor ‘Shower’ – December 2020
Geminid Meteor Shower - Composite Image - Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th December 2020 Despite living in the southern hemisphere,…
January 10, 2021
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Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Review
The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i is an updated version of the original Star Adventurer tracking mount. It brings the App…
November 29, 2020
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In praise of encoders: Review of the SkyWatcher EQ8-Rh
In late 2019, I took an opportunity to upgrade the SkyWatcher EQ8 equatorial mount in my dome (see full disclosure below). In…
July 19, 2020
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Southern Cross and ‘The Pointers’
Although I already have an automated observatory for deep sky imaging, with some time and inspiration in isolation in early…
June 21, 2020
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Red Hot Summer – Experiments with the Canon EOS Ra
Canon Australia loaned me their new EOS Ra camera during our summer and between the smoke of the summer bushfires…
March 28, 2020
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