Todays partial solar eclipse. Luckily the clouds stayed away until after maximum eclipse. From South Canterbury, New Zealand Lunt LS80tha and Grasshopper 3 camera #eclipse

Maximum eclipse from here in the middle of the south island New Zealand #Eclipse

Eclipse imagining in process

With a partial solar eclipse tomorrow, I thought I had better dust off the solar gear and figure out how it all works again. Lunt LS80 and Grasshopper 3 camera.

Bit of an Aurora tonight from here in New Zealand

May the 4th be with you

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Taken this morning at dawn. Canon R5 with 105mm lens Insert is a stack of 20 images

A couple of pics from the great Aurora of 2024. Corona overhead in New Zealand, which is pretty rare.

A rather loud thunder storm here tonight

Reprocessed images from a few years ago from Castle Hill. Practicing panorama techniques taught on a recent workshop

I have finally made it here 🎉 I am an nmateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek from New Zealand. Also know as the upside down astronomer (don't ask 😉) Here are a few photos from my back yard and our only near neighbor 🤣