Contributions of the group Western Australia

Queue

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:44:30 +0000

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Ships waiting to access the industrial area at Kwinana Beach.

Brand New Board first night.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:47:22 +0000

I have surfed since I was 6 years old in the tropics, I introduced to my daughter and son when they where 6 years of age the art of surfing. My son turned out to be the keen one, he first surfed on a second hand board and wet suit but this was a proper body board made for body boarding and Knee boarding(third shot below) not a supermarket board. We also bought him a new wet suit to his liking so he was fully set up, each weekend we went out both days in the morning when there was less surfers. Father and son getting ready we both took a photo of each other and joined together as one.. Some shots in action from the beach and from my water proof Olympus I made a holder so camera was strapped to my left arm and would never get lost. My car had two tubs in the the boot one for each set of wet gear to clean down at home ready for next time.

Riding a clean Green Wall

Showing off and Having Fun

Wave Crashing Down

Mr Nosey- Eggplant

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:21:32 +0000

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Home grown in my garden.

mrmen.com/en-au/pages/mr-nosey

Prawn Nebula IC 4628

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:12:17 +0000

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This was a very hard fought target. first and for most my old power distributor died, it just up and no longer worked. It was find a replacement. SVBony 241 Pro this gave me full power and the USB hub I had could be retired as it had fully functional USB hub on one side.

My first target with this camera I got some funny results and did not quite twig what was going on. That target you will not see till maybe next year to say at this point I was happy to have a new camera, I asked for a full refund.

This is the camera that was replaced from the USA night two at -10c all the very last shots of the night had squid ring on the photo. Carlos said sensor glass is frosted so to prove it I warmed the camera not for 10 min but for 20 min. Slowly but surely the squid rings got less and less.

Frost

So it was where do I go from here. I got in touch with the camera manufacture "what is going on". It seemed I was dumped out on my own. Then I hit on the idea, -10c why not try 0c summer temp shooting. you are looking at 3/4 of this shot coming from perfect 0c THE WHOLE Night shooting. I never got this from my original camera.

One thing I have learned Life is never meant to be easy you got to keep on your toes. The only thing constant is change and something going astray.

QHY268M -10c one night 5 min SHaO 20 odd shot each dumped 4 hours of data ,1 1/2 nights shooting at 0c whole nights data perfect, 20 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

RCW133

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:51:57 +0000

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This was a shot to take in three days of clear before the winter clouds and rain came in. As I was watching the images come in and stack I kept thinking I know this form. It took me two days of thinking (getting old) to work out yes this was so much the same as my high school arts lesson. The Girl with the Pearl Earring By Vermeer.

The face is turned a little differently but its almost Ghostly the similarity other than the missing star as an earring. The face is more profile than Vermeer's but so similar. Who ever said space has nothing to offer its boreing.

As this area is missing a lot of Oxygen this was shot as Ha SS.

QHY268M 0c 3 nights 5 min 120 shots SHa , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

NGC 6357 Lobster Nebula.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:33:24 +0000

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The SVBony has been a challenge I had equipment stoppage's where the Camera and Mount turned off. While the Pegasus ran from the one power supply SVBony would not I had to use two different power supplies for the mount and the camera. It also turned out the cable I was given with the unit was not capable of providing enough power as the wires where tooo thin. My original cable is a heavy cable so there is no drop in power but it required a different sized end to work.

Add to the power problem the EQMOD cable that runs the mount did not like being on the power unit hub for some reason, so I had to attach it back to the Mele straight not through the SVBony usb hub. I hope the next target has a few less problem's other than clouds and rain.

Contrast the Detail the the Filters bring out of the nebula compared to the single one shot camera above.

QHY268M 0c 5 nights 5 min 120 shots SHaO , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Runway

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:16:12 +0000

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I hope you have a delightfully Happy Fence Friday. These roos were part of a large mob in the paddock, but they seemed to be revving up for an escape over the fence. Good luck, little guys.

May you have a great day and a fine weekend. I hope you can leap any fences in your way.

Drosera menziesii DC Pink Rain bow: View as large as you can

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:00:27 +0000

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The Evidence of the very heavy dew we get here Well worth viewing large.

Drosera menziesii DC Pink Rain bow

Lesmudie Falls in the Rain

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:38:09 +0000

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Only way to see these falls in the rains of winter as normally dry rocks.

The Dragons are Back.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:20:55 +0000

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Been a while since I have seen a Dragon fly, this one was enjoying the warmth of the sun on the flowers yet to come out. I was mowing the lawn but It would not fly away so It was a case where is my camera.

A new set of cloths

Incoming

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:03:17 +0000

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May I wish a Happy Bench Monday to one and all. This bench overlooks an inlet of the Southern Ocean just outside Albany in the south west of Western Australia; a gentle and pleasant spot, though this day was quite chilly and drizzly.

I hope everyone is well and safe. Enjoy the rest of the week if you can, and tolerate it if enjoyment is not on the agenda.

High water at bells Rapids

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:20:43 +0000

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Its around August is time that the Avon decent is run as there is enough water to get a boat over the rapids. The event is run over two days for both power boats and paddle always a huge following lots of broken boats/people that don't judge the course right.

www.avondescent.com.au

this is taken from the bridge in the banners shot.

this is as flat as it is most of the water out there is quite salty.

NGC6188 Fighting Dragons Of Ara.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:58:32 +0000

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I set out to show the Dragons Fighting no more back ground than the camera showed. This is a two panel panorama but that's as far as I got one night of data on each panel. We are about to get hit once in 5 year storm and nothing but clouds and rain for the next month Nothing is going to be added to these shots. camera train is inside in a box with Silica gel till the rains and clouds clear.

The shot was taken with Ha S O filters you can see the result on the right hand side but PixInsight have added a conversion to the shot so the Filters show as a Normal coloured camera Left side. All previous conversions lacked any detail and show a more washed out look and why I insisted on the Hubble shots of SHaO as it held all the detail true to the shot.

So the Left side is Ha S O and RGB stars converted to a normal colour camera rendition. The Right side is SHaO in the Hubble pallet RGB stars. So Which is a better look of a normal RGB camera or a Mono camera with filters as pure narrow band colours.

6 Panel panorama

QHY268M -10c one night 5 min SHaO 20 odd shot each , 20 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Path

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Sun, 24 May 2026 03:03:43 +0000

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The old railway station, Albany WA.

Flight

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:22:25 +0000

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HWW to everyone and let’s hope the day and rest of the week bring you joy.

These three panels are but a very small part of a wall that stretches for about a kilometre and a half along both sides of the main road out of Mandurah towards Old Coast Road and down to the south. The only gap is across the newly upgraded bridge across the river. The carvings on the panels are irregular: some white, some black, some unpainted, and show different configurations of the seabirds. They act as noise baffles so that the houses adjacent to the very busy road are protected. The planners and builders didn’t need to be so artistically creative, but most of us are glad they were. Even functional walls can be fun.

Autumnal

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:14:17 +0000

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A Happy Bench Monday to all. May your day and your week be as stress free as possible and as calm as you can make them. This bench and its surroundings are a gentle reminder that our southern hemisphere seasons are the opposite of yours in Europe and North America. Winter is coming in a couple of weeks ... Brrr!

Southern tadpoles. NGC3572

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 16 May 2026 08:37:26 +0000

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Part of the Carina complex with the small Southern Tadpoles Center of shot. The northern Tadpoles are much larger and more numerus

www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/nebulae/tadpole-nebula-ic-410

This was a place I did want to come back to to try and do them justice that a colour camera just can not do. If you look middle of the shot you can make out the Horse shoe shape in the wide angle shot of the whole area.

Carina Nebula Wide Field.

QHY183M -10c 4 days 5 min SHaO 70 odd shot each , 40 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
ZWOFW and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

Slopes

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:31:15 +0000

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HWW to everyone. This is an interior wall of the Rustic Spoon café in Fremantle, a favourite haunt of She (Who Must Be Obeyed) and myself. She chooses; I obey.

Have a great day and rest of the working week.

Once

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Mon, 11 May 2026 04:24:38 +0000

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Happy Bench Monday. I hope your day goes well.

This was once the railway station for the township of Goomalling in the Western Australia Wheatbelt. The passenger railway closed back in the 1970s, though the line still carries grain for the CBH silos. The station became (or was in 2022) a café, though I believe it may be something else now. There are less than 500 people in Goomalling and only a few visitors these days. Tempus fugits (as my mum used to say).

Vantage

nobody@ipernity.com (Old Owl) — Sun, 03 May 2026 02:04:12 +0000

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For CWP: “Clouds”.

This is Pussycat Hill, overlooking Dumbleyung Lake in WA. This was the best vantage point to watch Donald Campbell break the world water speed record on New Year’s Eve 1964, when he reached a speed of 276.3 miles per hour in his boat, Bluebird.

There’s a memorial there now. At the exact day and time each year (3.43 pm 31st December) a beam of sunlight shines through a hole in the rock of the memorial and onto a model of the boat. Meanwhile the clouds watch over it.