Astrophotography

Sessions, targets, gear configurations, calibration details, and processing pipelines — written so future-me can reproduce the results.

Planning / Nabhastala

Plan before you shoot

Planning a session? Nabhastala turns the year ahead into practical observing windows for three locations, including Galactic Centre visibility, planets, eclipses, meteor showers and monthly field guides.

South East Queensland, Australia 27.5° S · 153.0° E Australia/Brisbane Open 2026 field almanac → Southern Tasmania, Australia 42.75° S · 146.98° E Australia/Hobart Open 2026 field almanac → Malabar Coast, India 11.26° N · 75.78° E Asia/Kolkata Open 2026 field almanac →

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

🎯 Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex 🗓 14 July 2021

A much later step up from the first-light chaos: deep integration on the Rho Ophiuchi region, with an actual rig, actual planning, and dramatically less improvisation.

ISS Over the Moon

🎯 ISS Lunar Transit 🗓 21 Nov 2015

My first proper astrophotography attempt: a manually tracked ISS lunar transit from White Hill Reserve with a borrowed 400mm lens and more optimism than experience.