I really wanted to capture a great image of the beautiful Andromeda Galaxy (M31) from IISAC2009, but everything conspired against me and it just didn’t work out the way I’d hoped. With a host of problems, I only captured 15 minutes … Continue reading
Hi all The Open Cluster M7 (or Ptolemy’s Cluster) is situated in the constellation Scorpius, near the centre of the Milky Way. This image was taken at IISAC2009, early on the Saturday night before it clouded over. The Milky Way … Continue reading
On Saturday night, I headed out to the Mangrove Mountain Pony Club for the first time since January, to do some social observing with friends, and some widefield photography away from home. The image below is the outcome from the … Continue reading
This morning there was a beautiful conjunction featuring the waning Crescent Moon and Jupiter, less than 2° away. Looking through the eyepiece at Jupiter, she appeared to have an extra moon in an odd position – in fact it was … Continue reading
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
Hi all This image was captured on the 30th January 2009 at my local “dark sky” site at the Mangrove Mountain Pony Club. I say “dark sky” in quotes because while it’s darker than my home, it’s not exactly what … Continue reading
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
When you’re on a family holiday over christmas, it’s 10pm at night and the skies are clear and you feel the need to do some photography, what better option than to head into the sand dunes at Birubi Beach and … Continue reading
UPDATE: Results of my First Wedding Shoot – Tanya and Marvin. I’ve never really done much people photography. The odd family photo here and there but my main interest and passion has been landscape photography and of course astrophotography. So … Continue reading
My name is Mike Salway and I'm passionate about amateur astronomy, photography and karate. I love to capture beautiful landscapes and night sky scenes, and love it when I can show people the wonder of our universe
