Moonrise

The Cederberg Observatory is open this Saturday! Book here qkt.io/kM9JD2 to grab a spot. Looking forward to seeing you all in the mountains ✨

Heading up to the Cederberg this weekend? If you are, pay us a visit at the Cederberg Astronomical Observatory on Saturday 30th March for one of our regular open nights. Visit cederbergobservatory.org.za and book a spot. ✨ #cederberg #sanddrif #kromrivier #stargazing

An amazing open night at Cederberg Observatory, with more than 120 people coming out to enjoy the event on Saturday! #cederberg #cederbergobservatory #STEM #starparties #astronomy

A fully robotic astronomical observatory in the heart of Newlands, Cape Town…. ✨🔭 #capetown #astronomy #capetalk CapeTalk on 567AM #space #astrophotography

The ZWO SeeStar smart telescope is heading to the Cederberg Observatory 😀 #STEM #outreach #zwoasi

Took an 8 minute video of the sun, stacked the frames and did some basic processing all on the ZWO SeeStar. This is an impressive little all in one budget astrophotography setup! #astrophotograph #seestar #STEM #education #outreach

The moon early this evening, as seen by the ZWO SeeStar S50. My testing of this little box of astro tricks continues. #seestar #astronomy #STEM #outreach

After the moon I tried the ZWO SeeStar on a slightly harder target - M83, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. This is what I got after 40 min of 10 sec subs. #seestar #outreach #STEM #astronomy #astrophotography

I’ve had a few nights with the ZWO Seestar S50 and I’m impressed with the potential this smart telescope has for outreach. Something to consider for future releases would be a built in field rotator.

Just a regular night at SilverTree observatory 😎 #observatories #astronomy #automation #astrophotography

My favourite galaxy - NGC 6744, captured in LRGB using the Edge HD 9.25 & ASI 294MM. Processing in Pixinsight. #astrophotography #ngc6744 #astronomy

Some upcoming talks at the Cape Town Science Centre by members of our research group. #capetownsciencecentre #cosmology #STEM #outreach #uctnews

Here in the Westen-Cape we have had terrible storms. More than 4000 desperately poor families have been displaced. The Haven Night Shelter is currently running a "Buy a Bed" Campaign. Please donate. $4 is all it takes to support someone for 5 nights 🙏 haven.org.za/buyabed?fbclid…

Starlink flies over SilverTree Observatory. #Starlink #silvertreeobservatory

Best part of IAU GA 2024 🌍 today was bumping into so many of my former graduate students 😀

Weekend away trips are good for the soul, especially when you can combine beautiful nature with awesome skies 😀 #astrophotography #rocherpan #capenature CapeNature

This was a challenge, but since Rocherpan gave me a good view of the horizon, I thought I would give the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) a go. Not bad for three hours of colour data from down south 😀 #triangulumgalaxy #M33 #astrophotography

The Dragon’s Egg (NGC 6164) captured from SilverTree observatory in HOO with the Teleskop-Service Ransburg GmbH Photoline 140 & ZWO ASI2600MM PRO. About 20 hours of integration time #astrophotography

The Fighting Dragons’s or Ara (NGC 6188) in SHO captured with the RASA 8 & ASI294MM in bin 1 mode. 30 hours of integration time. #astrophotography #NGC6188 ZWO