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Family telescope portrait - 500mm (20"), 130mm and 76mm Sky-Watcher Dobsonians on display at the Australian Geographic annual leaders conference. #skywatcheraustralia #skywatcher #iamskywatcher #dobsonian #telescope #bigdob #astronomy #computertelescope #australiangeographic
Steven Richards sent us his image of the waning Moon taken on the 21st May 2019 with a Skywatcher Black Diamond EVOSTAR 120ED and a ZWO ASI178mm camera.
Thanks Richard!
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Robert Monaghan posted this striking image to the Sky-Watcher Australia Facebook page showing the Milky Way and both of the Magellanic Clouds - the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.
Robert used a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount carrying a Nikon D3300. Exposure was 1x90sec, F/2.8, 16mm lens, ISO 3200.
Thanks for sharing this!
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The centre of the Milky Way imaged by Duncan Milburn using a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount and posted to the Sky-Watcher Australia Facebook group.
Camera was a Nikon 6D with a Tamron 17-35mm working at 24mm
Thanks Duncan!
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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) imaged by John McLennan and posted to the Sky-Watcher Australia Facebook group.
He used a Sky-Watcher 200m (8") reflector on a Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro mount.
Exposure was 305 X 60 seconds using a Canon EOS 1300D camera and shot from his backyard in Ormeau QLD. Image processing in GIMP.
Thanks for sharing this John and look forward to more of your work!
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