Toowoomba's Astronomy, Stargazing and Astrophotography group

About us – Toowoomba Astronomy

Toowoomba Astronomy  – Toowoomba’s unofficial club for anyone  interested in getting more out of Astronomy, Stargazing or Astrophotography.

You can engage with Toowoomba Astronomy through our Facebook page and our group can be found here.

Down the track we look forward to hosting Public Stagazing events around Toowoomoba as well as short info sessions for newcomers just starting out.

You can find future events on our Facebook page and here.

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Toowoomba Astronomy’s goal of hosting public stargazing nights!

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Amazing what you can see on a dark night. Large magellanic cloud 13x 15 sec 17mm f2.8. Trevor McDougall, 11 October.
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I have been wanting a reasonable photo of M31 the Great Galaxy in Andromeda for years, but from my home observatory it skims the northern horizon between trees. I went out to my dark sky site on the weekend and raised the scope up another 18 inches on blocks so it was above the lip of the dome. Fairly happy with this result. Sky Watcher Esprit APO 80 on SW AZ-EQ 6 pro mount ASI AIR. ZWO 1600 mm-c camera. All subs 60 seconds. Lx30. R,G and B x10 each. Nebulosity 4 and Lightroom. It is still not up enough until after 10 pm so as the year progresses and it rises earlier I will try for better and longer. Mike Geisel, 11 October.
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Trifid and Lagoon nebulae area of the Sagittarius star cloud. (DSLR widefield on Sky Watcher AZ_EQ6, unguided). Imaged by Mike Geisel on 18 August.
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Steve Mencinsky
Steve Mencinsky
Hello Toowoombans. My wife and I hope to travel to your beautiful city this weekend (9-12 October), with our large telescope to do some observing. We are on the Gold Coast.

Would someone please be able to PM me of some good dark sky sites in the area? Or even just one! We are fully self contained, our telescope is battery powered and we have much observing experience. Thank you so much.
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Franco Rodrigo
Franco Rodrigo
So, the roll off roof observatory is finally coming together! It's got a 600mm diameter pier, 1.5m underground plinth with buttress rebar steel, completely isolated from the floor. The obsy will be 3.5 x 4m with roll off roof, and an outdoor balcony for visual astronomy. Can't wait till it's finished! If anyone wants the name of the builder he's a bloody legend. Cameron "Hambo" Hamblin in Ramsay just south of Toowoomba
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Cam Smith, 24 September.
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