South Celestial – THe Blog

Another cloudy day

Today, driving home from the office, the sky looked promising, and I began to flirt with the idea that perhaps tonight is finally a night for astronomy after days of heavy rain and clouds. I was excited to spend more time photographing the Galaxy (NGC 4945) I started a little while ago. In keeping with…

New New Blog

Back in 2015 I started a blog. I also commenced a medically assisted Gender Transition. At one point the blog site was getting between 10,000 and 12,000 hits a month. There were hundreds of subscribers, and lots of comments and engagements. It ran until 2019, when I was fed up with the mounting hosting fees,…

Clear Skies Tonight ?

With a little good fortune tonight will give me an opportunity to get outside with some Telescopes and continue learning. The topic of Calibration Frames is uppermost in my mind, I recently created a set of “Dark Frames” for a couple of my imaging systems. In theory this should really help with the final image…