Last night, 13th March I was able to capture Venus, Jupiter and the International Space Station transiting just past the conjunction of the planets. It was a magnificent sight as my daughter Eliza and I watched the show over the serene Tuggerah Lake at Long Jetty.
Posts by Tag: Star Trails
Killcare Beach Star Trails
I had two cameras running on the 4th January 2012, when I was at Killcare Beach capturing the Emu and Comet Lovejoy. I’ve already posted the first star trails result, Pre-Dawn Star Trails at Killcare Beach, and here is the second one – captured with the Sigma 17-70mm lens @ 17mm, ISO1600.
Pre-Dawn Star Trails at Killcare Beach
In 2012, I want to do some more photography – especially in the lead up to my holiday to Cairns and Uluru in November. And I’m off to a nice start, with some star trails captured in the pre-dawn sky at Killcare Beach on the NSW Central Coast.
Tree at Night at Kioloa Beach
While doing a morning shoot on the last day of 2011 at Kioloa Beach, I noticed some nice tree structure above me and pointed the camera directly upwards to capture the stars and tree. It turned out ok 
The Night Sky over Kioloa Beach
On the last morning of 2011, I headed out early to capture some images of Comet Lovejoy and the night sky over Kioloa Beach. Here are the first of the shots.
Travelling for the Night
Amateur astronomers travel to distant and remote locations to find magical dark skies – a place where they can observe and photograph the night sky in all its beauty.
Southern Reflections on Lake IISAC
Lake IISAC, as we have now dubbed it, became a focal point for a group of us at the star party as we stood and sat around the dam, enjoying the reflections of the stars off the water – listening to the cacophony of frogs croaking their deafening tune. It also made for a great photographic target, as the still water reflected the stars beautifully during the short exposures for the timelapse and star trails.
Finding the way home…
As the Earth turns, a lone driver heads off into the distance looking for a way home…
A Night in the Hunter Valley – all night Timelapse from IISAC2010
Hi all On the weekend of the 7th-10th October, we held the IceInSpace AstroCamp (IISAC2010) at Lostock, in the Hunter Valley area of NSW. Inspired by Phil Hart and Alex Cherney to do some timelapse, I set my camera up on the Saturday afternoon to catch the evening cloud movement with the hope of some [...]
Mudgee Star Trails
Hi all These star trail images were taken at the Mudgee Star Party, when I was there in mid-April 2010. All images were taken with my Canon 40D sitting on a fixed tripod, with a timer remote used to program the exposures. Time-lapse movies of these star trails will be coming in the next few [...]
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of IceInSpace, and this is my personal blog site and image gallery.
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