Did something a bit different last night. Captured the exoplanet transit of WASP-23 b, a gas giant about the size of 0.9 Jupiters orbiting a 12.7 magnitude K type star every 2.9 days. Distance from Earth 662 ly. Telescope: Edge 9.25, Camera: ZWO ASI294MM #astrophotography

Holidays are great for catching up on processing. This data has been waiting to get processed since August. The Cat’s Paw Nebula captured in SHO with the RASA 8, ASI 294MM Pro & Baader 4nm High Speed filters. 240 X 120 sec Ha, OIII & SII. Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄#astronomy

Imaging Grand Central Station. Top left - RASA 8 action on the Tarantula. Top right - Exoplanet TOI 157 b with the Edge 9.25. Bottom left - Obs Cam. Bottom right - the Samyang 135 on the LMC #Astrophotography

The Cederberg Observatory shorturl.at/yQADX is running several public open nights over the New Year, with shows between the 28th and 31st December 2024, starting at 8pm. Book on Quicket at qkt.io/kM9JD2 #astronomy #CapeTown

Another successful transit. This time it was WASP 19 b, a crazy “Hot Jupiter” with an orbital period of 19 hours!!!! Captured from Cape Town with a standard astrophotography rig. #exoplanets #astrophotography #astronomy #space

Scope flyby at the Cederberg Astronomical Observatory. Come visit us every Saturday for an amazing experience under the southern skies. cederbergobservatory.org.za #astronomyoutreach #astronomy #southafrica #space

It’s almost the end of 2024. Here are some of my best images this year. In 2025 there are plans to build a remote Observatory at a Bortle 1 site near Ceres. There will be up to 6 piers for rental, so watch this space next month for more details. Happy New Year #astrophotography

Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359), is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. Its distinctive shape is created by intense stellar winds from a Wolf-Rayet star. Captured with the RASA 8 & ZWO ASI533MM #astrophotography #NGC2359

Great holiday season at the Cederberg Observatory ✨#astronomy #outreach #STEM #starparties

Always better looking up ✨#astronomy #astrophotography

The Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442 and NGC 2443) are two parts of a single intermediate spiral galaxy. It is about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. This is the first part of this project consisting of luminance data. Colour to follow. #astrophotography #galaxy

A quick peak at my wonderful hobby 😀 #astronomy #astrophotography #outreach

This is the 4th time I’ve passed this rock since October last year.

What do you do when you get out to dark skies? Well, it’s obvious, right? You capture one of the most iconic objects in the sky….The Horse Head Nebula. This is a little under three hours using the SW Esprit 100 and the ASI2600MC Pro, captured from beautiful Gecko Rock reserve.

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae captured with two telescopes - the RASA 8 & ASI294MM for the Ha and the Esprit 100 & ASI2600MC for the colour #horseheadnebula #astronomy #astrophotography #space

….. and here is the wider field version 😎 #horseheadnebula #space #astrophotography #astronomy

This image of M 104 was captured in one night from the Cederberg Observatory using a SW Esprit 100 & ZWO ASI2600MC Pro. This is a stack of 60 300 sec subs, so an effective 5 hours of exposure time. #astrophotography #space #sombrerogalaxy #M104

Part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, captured in HOO with the RASA 8 & ASI533MM Pro. 30 hours of exposure time. #astrophotography #space #astronomy

50 hours on the Pencil Nebula. Captured in HOO with the RASA 8 & ASI533MM Pro. #astrophotography #pencilnebula

A crop of my recent Pencil Nebula image #Astrophotography #pencilnebula #space