Steve Paxton's photos

David in action below the Crescent Moon, Venus and the Scorpions Tail, the moon just about to set below the horizon.

The Iconic shot of London in winter Enjoy Kodak ASA 100 50mm F1.8 Olympus OM-2N

HFF is open a little early as I will be out all night.

One of the clocks I found in a town In Germany. A shot from 82' Enjoy Fuji ASA 200 50mm @ F5.6 Olympus OM-2N. For those interesting in seeing the clock in action click on link and press play on the video. Same as I remember it and the sundial above. commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AAstronomische_Uhr%2C_Ratstrinkstube%2C_Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber.webm 49°22'38.15"N 10°10'44.44"E thanks to Leon's help in finding the right place I was miles away searching blind.

When the moon is out and you have finished all your trials. You go back and try and learn just a bit more from old data. I know I want to do this again properly not just a trial shot but quite impressed how it worked out none the less. This is right next to the LMC The white Dot top right In the PIP. Here is 35 shots @ 5 min subs. ZWO ASI183MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps.

In a Part of town I have never been to on a bus trip for a day, helping my brother inlaw find the place. great park and spot on the river but the wind was a killer so I had to just sit and wait for the fall in the wind to get stillish waters. This is a trip to the Swan Valley the wine region of Perth the grapes are in the field behind those trees.

I had for gotten I took this on the last free night before it rained. This is an area of the sky there are just so many stars and as you can see a huge number of Nebula's in such a small space. This is the New CMOS camera giving me a view of around about 1560mm. Looking at the few trial photos I have taken looking forward to a moonless night and to get a good target. Testing has gone well. 29 shots 10min each @-10c. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

Another of the places that just as interesting in the day but even more so at night but a place of very few fences. One of the very few shot of me on record taken by my night partner. Always a place worth visiting after dark as well. This is the drive out of the area at 2 am in the morning after a very productive night yes its close on the way out worth going slow.

In Pixinsight I found a way to remove the moon light that effects the other photo but cant replace the photo In Ipernity 18 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

The very first shots(3) I took with Carlos guidance then I had to take the rest on my own the very next night., October 2020. a lot better editing with more knowledge in 2021 Its bucketing down outside... 47 shots x 10 min each @-10c ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c Manual focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher EQM35Goto Sequence Genorator Pro Guided PHD2, Stacked DSS. Processed PixinSight , PS and Lr.

This was my Focus and Plate solve trial. the other CCD camera has a higher Gain 111( ISO ) than this camera that is 11 so every thing had to be made higher in times to work. from 8 sec to 27 sec for focus and plate solve from 10 to 60 sec. see if you can pick the Moon side of the photo.... As we are not able to replace photos I was able to mostly remover the moon light( In PixInsight) and get a better colour so have added this just below. Plate solving:- Plate solving is a technique that measures precisely where the telescope is pointing by taking a CCD image and then using various pattern matching techniques, matches the stars in the image to a given star catalog. ... Successful plate solving is essential for automated imaging. In other words is the target that I chose is that what the camera is taking. The higher times worked for this camera. 18 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP

This is a second look at this Nebula with a whole new Camera QHY183C . I could focus automatically with this camera hence the detail in the eye is much better than the first one with the ZWO. This camera took a bit to get use to as I had to change wires and ports on the computer to get this to run and download photos. 35 shot 10 min each till the tree got in the way. QHY 183C @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black DiamondED80 OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Guided PHD2, SGP

the over view is west to Perth but you will never see it bellow those footy hills. you may wonder why I would ever go there 24 km on a dirt road . look below. Mt Dale use to be the fire watch tower for all the country side as it a high point with a commanding view of the whole surrounding area. comes in handy at night as well. 32° 7'35.18"S 116°17'58.36"E

I had four night clear so I thought would try a 4 shot panorama of this cloud SGP showed me a nice square mosaic but in reality the end result was more like + sign than a square. 4 night 82 shot each night to make a panel out of each night, 4 panels added to PTGui to get the final panorama of the area. this is the end result the main center part only. I would have been better taking the area with my Nikon 300mm lens as a single shot than try and make a mosaic again. I will try to do that as the SMC is sitting in the right place. 82 shot 7 1/2min each in as much clear night as I could get. ZWO ASI071MC Pro @ -10c Prima Luce Essato Focus , Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80 OTA Skywatcher EQM35Goto Guided PHD2, SGP DSS, Pixinsight, Ps.

The Information board for the day roving about the flowers.

Nannup Tulip festival Mascot getting very friendly. If you look at the crowds you will note this is pre- covid times but by in large WA has remained covid free.

This is one of the few plants that have been gown from seed From my 16' street tree bonsai. once we sold the home the street tree no longer looks any thing like the tree I had. In homage to that tree I have tied to keep it to the same shape.

Note the placement of branches no branch is on top of the other unless different heights on the tree.