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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Image by Ralf Stoeckler: 18 February 2021. 180 x 1 minute (3 hours) of exposure with C14, Hyperstar and a UV cut filter.
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The Running Chicken Nebula by Dan Fitch
Weak Oiii channel, and iffy collimation but multistar guiding is amazing!

ZWO Asi1600mm
ZWO 7nm Narrowband Filters
Skywatcher NEQ6
Skywatcher 8" f/5

22x300s Ha
7x300s Oiii
13x300s Sii
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M83 (Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) by Trevor McDougall on 14/3/21. (For those interested in the technicalities of the image capture: 20 x180sec, 1600iso, no filter, modded Canon 760D. William Optics Zenithstar 103 with 0.8 reducer. Very little processing, mainly just removed the light pollution. Uncropped.)
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Carina nebula by Cam Smith, 3 March 2021. Sharpstar 76EDPH Skywatcher star adventurer mount. Canon 700D ISO3200 10 x 2min frames Optolong L Extreme 2 inch filter. Uncropped
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The Centaurus A galaxy, around 12 million light years from us, imaged by Ralf Stoeckeler, 16 February. The band is a dark dust lane. (45 mins, C14 telescope).
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Bevan's first try at imaging the Orion nebula, using a Nikon d7500, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens. 10s f/1.8 1600 ISO cropped image.
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