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Image Gallery
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Galactic Centre Copyright Eric Angles Location: Hazeldean, Qld 11/05/13 Camera: Nikon D800E, 14mm wide angle lens, f2.8 , 30sec exposure, ISO 2500 |
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Galactic Centre Copyright Rob Bounday Location: Hazeldean, Qld 11/05/13 Camera: Nikon D7000, 14mm wide angle lens, f2.8 , 30sec exposure, ISO 1600 |
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Galactic Centre Copyright Mike Baird Location: Hazeldean, Qld 11/05/13 Camera: Nikon |
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Partial Solar Eclipse Copyright Andy Polichronis Location: Upper Mt Gravatt 10/05/13 Telescope: 80mm Lunt Solar Scope Camera: Canon 60D Software: Photoshop CS6 |
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Sun Copyright Andy Polichronis Location: Upper Mt Gravatt 09/05/13 Telescope: 80mm Lunt Solar Scope Camera: Canon 60D Software: Photoshop CS6 |
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Saturn Copyright Norm, Andy, Peter T Location: Alexandra Hills 06/05/13 Equipment: Celestron NexImage 5 CCD camera (1/4 resolution) Telescope: Celestron CGEM DX 14" HD |
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Saturn Copyright Eric Angles (Technology Corp) Location: Alexandra Hills 06/05/13 Equipment: Nikon SLR attached to a Baader 8mm eyepiece Telescope: Celestron CGEM DX 14" HD |
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BAS members setting up to photograph Saturn Copyright Peter T Location: Alexandra Hills 06/05/13 BAS Members: Norm, Rob H, Rob B, Andy, Mike, Scott, Eric Telescope: Celestron CGEM DX 14" HD, Celestron 9.25" |
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StarBQ - Astrophotography presentation by Tony Surma-Hawes and Anthony Grimshaw - April 2013 Copyright Peter T Location: Moogerah Dam |
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Me with the love mf my life...and some girl Copyright Peter T Location: Moogerah Dam 16/12/2012 Equipment: Canon 600D, Standard 18-55mm lens Love of my life: Celestron CGEM 9.25 Girl: Just some girl |
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Horsehead and Flame Nebula Copyright Anthony Grimshaw Location: Taromeo in the Blackbutt Ranges Equipment: 90 mm William Optics Megrez refractor, SLR Camera 15 × 300-second Frames at ISO 800 15 × 300-second Dark Frames 15 × Flat files 15 × Bias Frames Processed in DeepSkyStacker (with further processing) in Photoshop |
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Total Solar Eclipse 2012 showing Sun's corona Copyright Wendy Vysma-Gooch and Tony Surma-Hawes Location: Clifton Beach Two images merged and processed with Fitswork 4.44. Image 1: Tony Surma-Hawes, Canon 50D on a tripod, Canon L 200 mm, f/4, ISO 200, 1/1600, 1/800, 1/400, 1/200 second; Image 2. Wendy Vysma-Gooch, Canon 450D, WO Magrez 110 mm, 0.8× reducer/flattener, f/4.95, ISO 200, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8 second |
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Solar Eclipse 2012 Copyright Wendy Vysma-Gooch Location: Clifton Beach Equipment: 200mm_800th_f4_inner_corona Canon 50D on a tripod, Canon L 200mm lens, 1/400 second, f 4, |
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NGC 6744 in Pavo Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Taken at Queensland Astrofest on 13/08/2012 and 14/08/2012. NEQ6 mount Williams Optics 110mm Megrez @ f4.76, fl 523mm Canon Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV cut filter) ISO 800 11 x 5 minute sub-frames (55 minutes on the 13th), and 6 x 10 minute sub-frames (1 hour on the 14th) 1 hour 55 minutes Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker 26 Dark frames, 20 Flat Fields, and 20 Bias frames levels and curves processed in PhotoShop CS5, cropped 30% |
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M16 (the Eagle Nebula) in Serpens Caud Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Taken at the Queensland Astrofest on 18/08/2012 NEQ6 mount Williams Optics 110mm Megrez @ f4.76, fl 523mm Canon Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV cut filter) ISO 800 20 x 5 minute sub-frames (1 hour 45 minutes total) Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker 20 Dark frames, 20 Flat Fields, and 20 Bias frames levels and curves processed in PhotoShop CS5, cropped 20% |
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M20 (the Triffid Nebula) and M21 in Sagittarius Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Taken at the Queensland Astrofest on 16/08/2012 NEQ6 mount Williams Optics 110mm Megrez @ f4.76, fl 523mm Canon Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV cut filter) ISO 800 20 x 5 minute sub-frames (1 hour 45 minutes total) Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker 20 Dark frames, 20 Flat Fields, and 20 Bias frames levels and curves processed in PhotoShop CS5, cropped 20% |
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M45 (the Pleiades Cluster, the Seven Sisters, Subaru) in Taurus Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Taken at the Queensland Astrofest on 16/08/2012. NEQ6 mount Williams Optics 110mm Megrez @ f4.76, fl 523mm Canon Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV cut filter) ISO 800 Cold Box (20° below ambient, ~-20°) 7 x 15 minute sub-frames (1 hour 45 minutes total) Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker 5 Dark frames, 20 Flat Fields, and 20 Bias frames levels and curves processed in PhotoShop CS5, cropped 20%. |
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Venus Transit 2012 Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Third contact. 06/06/2012 Williams Optics 110 Magrez Telescope Canon 50D |
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Venus Transit 2012 Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 06/06/2012 Williams Optics 110 Magrez Telescope Canon 50D |
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Partial Lunar Eclipse Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 04/06/2012 Williams Optics 110 Magrez Telescope Canon 450D |
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Solar Disc Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 10/03/2012 Williams Optics 110 Magrez Telescope Canon 450D 24 images, ISO 100, 1/4000 sec Images stacked in Registax 5.1 Processed in Photoshop CS5 with Topaz Detail plug-in Colourized with Photoshop CS5 |
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Comet Lovejoy Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes On the beach at Bribie Island, Canon 450D, Canon 10 – 22 mm @ 10 mm, f5, ISO 1600, 20 x 30 sec, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and contrast in PhotoShop CS5. Scorpius on the horizon, and Zodiacal Light rising at about 45deg from the horizon just left of centre. |
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StarBQ at Lake Moogerah Copyright Jason Halil Lake Moogerah really turned it on for us last night!!! Jupiter dominated the sky with great views of the red spot and fine detail visible, other DSO's observed were the Silver Coin galaxy, Andromeda galaxy, various globular clusters and the Orion nebula was spectacular too. A fantastic time was had by all. Date: 19th of December 2011 |
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“Eagle Nebula ” (M16 or NGC 6611) Copyright Tony Samson Type: Diffuse emission nebula Location: Constellation of Serpens Distance: 6500 light years Equipment: Canon 450D (unmodified), 10" Skywatcher Black diamond reflector, NEQ6 Pro mount (no guiding) Exposure: 1 minute Date: 29th of July 2011 |
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“Omega Centauri ” (NGC 5139) Copyright Tony Samson Type: Globular cluster containing several million Population II stars. Location: Constellation of Centaurus Distance: 15800 light years Dimension: Radius = 86 light years Equipment: Canon 450D (unmodified), 10" Skywatcher Black diamond reflector, NEQ6 Pro mount (no guiding) Exposure: 1 minute Date: 27th of July 2011 |
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“Lagoon Nebula ” (M8 or NGC 6523) Copyright Tony Samson Type: Emission Nebula Location: Constellation of Sagittarius Distance: 4000 - 6000 light years Dimension: 110 x 50 light years Equipment: Canon 450D (unmodified), 10" Skywatcher Black diamond reflector, NEQ6 Pro mount (no guiding) Exposure: 1 minute Date: 26th of July 2011 |
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“Great Edge-on Galaxy” or the “Whale Galaxy” (NGC 4945) Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes A 13th magnitude edge-on spiral with mottled dust lanes. This object is easily viewed in the constellation of Centaurus and spans almost ½ a degree, the apparent diameter of the Full Moon. 450D, ISO 800, Williams Optics 110mm Magrez @ f4.9, stack of 10 x 300 second images in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Photoshop CS5. |
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Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 27th July 2011 at Queensland Astrofest, an 8th magnitude comet passing through the constellation of Pegasus, the bright star at the top of the frame is Enif at the nose of the Winged Horse. 450D, ISO 1600, Williams Optics 110mm Magrez @ f4.9, 15 x 180 second images, Deep Sky Stacker in Comet Mode, processed in Photoshop CS5. |
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The Inkblot (NGC 6520, B 86) Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes “The Inkblot” (NGC 6520, B 86), a dark nebula set against the Sagittarius Star-cloud with a contrasting open star cluster appearing next to it. 450D, ISO 1600, Williams Optics 110mm Magrez @ f4.9, stack of 8 x 300 second images in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Photoshop CS5. |
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47 Tucana (NGC 104) Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 47 Tucana (NGC 104), the brightest and, now that Omega Centauri has been classified as a galaxy, the best globular cluster. Modded Canon 450D, ISO 400, Williams Optics 110mm Magrez @ f4.9, stack of 9 x 90 second, 6 x 180 second, 9 x 300 second images in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Photoshop CS5. |
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International Space Station transit of the Sun |
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Lunar Eclipse Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes 16/06/2011 Taken at Southbank Parklands in Brisbane Australia. Tripod mounted, modded Canon 450D, 75 – 300 mm lens @ 75 mm, f 4.5, ranged between ¼ to 1 second, ISO 800. |
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Saturn Animation Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes The animation is from the 12th of April 2011 about a week after opposition. It consists of 12 frames, each one between 1200 and 2500 frames processed from 3000 frames in Registax 6. Captured with MerlinCam (SPC880 webcam flashed toSPC900NC), 4 x Televue Powermate, 8” LX50 OTA on an NEQ6 Mount. |
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Saturn Comparison Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes A comparison of Saturn almost exactly 12 months apart, seeing and skills have improved between the 2 images. |
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Planetary Conjunction Copyright Aaron Smith The photo shows Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Mars rising over Brisbane City. Taken with a Canon 500D at 5:30am on 13/05/2011 from the Mt Coot-tha Lookout. |
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Planetary Conjunction Copyright Brenden Downs The photo shows Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Mars rising over Brisbane City. Taken at 5:20am on 02/05/2011 from the Mt Coot-tha Lookout.
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The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) and the Horsehead Nebula (B 33 with IC 434) in Orion. Copyright Justin Mallory Image created from 6 image mosaics, with each smaller image a stack of ten one minute exposures. Using an f 5 80mm refractor on an LXD 55 mount with a Meade DSI colour imager. |
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The Eta Carina nebula - NGC 3372 Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes One of the very first images I captured using my NEQ6 Pro mount and the Modded 450D. Processing is still a steep learning curve as I only image a few times a year seriously, with the result being I have to relearn everything I learned in the previous session. Vixen 102M, Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV), 10 x 30 seconds ISO 800 plus darks, no flats or bias. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed levels and curves in PS CS2. |
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The Great Orion Nebula Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes I had only purchased a Williams Optics 110mm Magrez ED doublet, in fact it arrived the day before the 2010 Queensland Astrofest opened. Orion in August rises in the wee hours and we only have a narrow window to image it before the sky begins to lighten too much, or the mist rolls in to smother the photons. To be honest, it was starting to get misty during this capture. Mounted on an NEQ6 Pro and taken with the WO 110 ED Magrez @ f4.95, Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV), 5 x 180sec ISO 800, 4 x 180 seconds, ISO 400, 9 x 60 sec ISO 800, 2 x 30 sec ISO 800, all plus darks, no flats or bias. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed levels and curves in PS CS2. |
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The Great Orion Nebula Copyright Dennis Simmons This shot of M42 was taken with the Taurus Astrophotography System through a Vixen V200L 200mm f/9 Cassegrainian Telescope. The exposure was 15mins on Kodak Gold III 400ASA film, and it was taken at a BAS Astrocamp at Hazeldene. |
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Andromeda Galaxy - M31 Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Rising above the north-eastern hills in the early hours during the Queensland Astrofest, M31 (or the Andromeda Galaxy) generally gets a treatment sometime during the week. I’m fairly happy with this image, although I will get more data next time. Mounted on an NEQ6 Pro and taken with the WO 110 ED Magrez @ f4.95, Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV), 12 X 180 seconds, ISO 1600 plus darks, no flats or bias. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed levels and curves in PS CS2. |
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Cresent Moon Copyright Dennis Simmons A montage of 8 images taken with a Meade LPI camera and Vixen 4" refractor. Please note: This is a large image and may take a little while to download on a dialup line, but it is definitely worth the wait. |
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The Moon Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Vixen 102M f10, Canon 400D, various speeds, ISO 800, mounted on an EQ5, stacked and processed in PS CS2, Topaz Detail 2 plug-in. I’m sorry that I cannot remember the full details of this image, but to date this is one of the best I have taken. |
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Brisbane Moon craters Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Just past Full Moon on the 9th June 2009 the crater complex named after the Astronomer Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, becomes visible. Vixen 102M, Canon 400D, mounted on an EQ5, processed in PS CS2, inset is a full size crop of ht area in question and inserted on a ~30% moon image. |
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Lunar Eclipse Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes The total Lunar Eclipse on the 28th of August 2007 was starting to look like a non-event as cloud was hanging around in the afternoon and early at moonrise, however although the first few images were shot through some cloud, the evening cleared up to treat us with a deep eclipse. Vixen 102M f10, Canon 400D, various speeds, ISO 800, mounted on an EQ5. Images cropped and placed on an enlarged canvas to convey the shape and size of the Earth’s shadow. |
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Lunar Eclipse Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Another presentation of the total Lunar Eclipse August 28th 2007. As can be seen by the images from the 2 o’clock to 4 o’clock positions, the cloud hampered clear views in the earlier stages of the eclipse, however from before totality the cloud mercifully left us alone and we were treated to a great event. Vixen 102M f10, Canon 400D, various speeds, ISO 800, mounted on an EQ5. Images cropped, resized and placed on an enlarged canvas in PS CS2. |
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The Pleiades - M45 Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes The conditions for this capture were very misty, and I am very pleased that it had not degraded the image to any great extent. I am particularly pleased with the nebulosity around the major stars. Mounted on an NEQ6 Pro and taken with the WO 110 ED Magrez @ f4.95, Modded 450D (Baader IR/UV), 10 x 180 seconds, ISO 400 plus darks, no flats or bias. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed levels and curves in PS CS2, cropped ~20%. |
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Comet Soho Copyright Dennis Simmons This fine photo of Comet Soho was taken at a BAS Astrocamp at Hazeldene in 1998. On this evening, the comet was passing by Zeta Orionis and the 'Flame Nebula' - NGC 2024. |
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Comet Hyakutake This photo is of Comet Hyakutake was taken at Coolmunda Dam near Warwick, with a 55mm lens. |
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Comet McNaught Copyright Anne-Louise Surma-Hawes 18th January 2007, fl 300mm, f11, 2s, ISO 1600. Spotted the comet for the first time as the sky has been cloudy in Brisbane since it moved to the Southern Hemisphere. Imaged at Archerfield Aerodrome. |
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Comet McNaught Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Monday 5th February 2007, fl 18mm, f3.5, 131s, ISO 1600. Best night I had. I travelled with Terry Cuttle of SEQAS to just west of Oakey and rode the camera on his Losmondy mount. Images stacked with Photoshop CS. |
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Mars Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Imaged in my backyard at Acacia Ridge with a QHY5 through my Vixen 102M f10, mounted on an EQ5. Very happy with the results as these are head and shoulders above the best images I have ever taken of Mars. Video captured with K3CCDTools3, 60 seconds each @ 30 fps, stacked and processed with RegiStax 4. |
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Jupiter and Moon conjunction Copyright Dennis Simmons Imaged from Brisbane on the 27th February 2005 at 11:00pm AEST. Equipment: Vixen ED102S f9 refractor, TeleVue x2.5 Powermate, Meade LPI CMOS camera, Vixen GPDX mount, Vixen Skysensor 2000 GoTo. Image: Mosaic of 4 tiles - 1 tile Jupiter 0.250 secs exposure, 3 tiles Moon 0.050 secs exposure. Mosaic created in Corel PhotoPaint 12. The four Galilean moons of Jupiter - Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto are also visible, from left to right. |
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Jupiter and Moon conjunction Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Taken just after a grazing occultation of Jupiter by the Moon on the 16th June 2005. Captured on a Canon Ixus 500, 640 x 480 @ 10 fps for 30 seconds, avi converted by VirtualDub to a format that Registax 3 could process, Unitron 4” f15, hand guided (undriven EQ mount). |
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Jupiter Copyright Dennis Simmons Jupiter taken with a Meade LPI camera and Vixen 4" refractor. |
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Saturn Copyright John Peacock A very nice image of Saturn taken with John's LPI camera on a 250mm LX200 GPS. |
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Venus, Mars, Mercury in conjunction Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes A conjunction of the planets Venus, Mars, Mercury, and the stars Spica (Alpha Virginis) and Porrima in the constellation of Virgo on the 9th of September 2008. Canon 400D mounted on a tripod, 70 – 300 mm Canon lens @ 70 mm f4.5, ISO 400, 10 seconds |
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Sun spots Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes Vixen 102M f10, Baader Solar Film, Canon 400D, 1/3200 second, ISO 800, mounted on an EQ5. Processed in Photoshop CS2 and Topaz Detail 2 plug-in. |
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Venus Transit Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes This was the closest I came to getting the "ink drop" effect. In hindsight I should have taken another 6 photos at this time. Again I am happy with the focus (and lull in the wind). Aperture was set at f4, which translates to f22, 1/250th of a second. Photo on Fuji Superia 400 film in a Ricoh KR-5 Super II, the lens is a TAIR-3S 300 mm lens, coupled with a three times tele-converter and a two times tele-converter giving an effective focal length of 1800 mm. |
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Venus Transit Copyright Nev Johnson Venus during transit, C8, Sony digital afocal. |
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Venus Transit Copyright Dennis Simmons Taken with a Meade LPI camera and Vixen 4" refractor. |
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Hydrogen Ballon - The Sun Copyright Tony Surma-Hawes The day after the Venus Transit I tried to capture the “Green Flash”. We were driving to Coral Bay after leaving Exmouth in Western Australia, and I had hoped to reach the coast before susnset. Unfortunately were just too far away, so we pulled over and climbed a sand dune and set up the tripod and camera. I used the same lens and teleconverter arrangement we used for the transit. In the days of emulsion, I had only 2 frames left (more back in the van, but likely to miss the event). This shot was taken just as the disk touched the ocean, and you can just see some green appearing on the upper limb. As the Sun slipped below the horizon, I watched the green increase, spread along the edge until it reached the ocean then spread along the flattened edge along the bottom of the disappearing Sun, all the while the upper edge was getting greener and widening. When the remainder of the Sun was completely limed with green, the colour spread over the whole remainder of the flattened disk and the colour intensified: the whole image blazed green and I fired the last shot with the shutter release... Unfortunately I was adjusting the aperture speed for best effect in the fading light and it was now set on bulb and it was horribly over exposed. This shot is a reminder of the “one that got away” and a promise that “One day...” |
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Moon craters Copyright Aaron Smith Taken with a Canon 550D and Skywatcher 12" reflector, NEQ6 Pro mount. 22 March 2011 |