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In the plan below you can see these two top left area ,This is still in the Vela area and once again an area not that much imaged but I have to say like the image. This was the only glitch that happened in Nina since I have been Using it. that was one whole night Ha filter shot the whole night dispite the fact all the other filters where in the program in the equence. I over came this by night two no Ha was shot just Oiii Sii till they caught up. I turned out it was a glitch in the program it was not just me but a lot of others that where also affected world wide. This is in the Hubble pallet one of the most usefull pallets you can use.This is still part of the Orion arm that we are on and our sun. As said if you can see Orion in the sky you are looking at our arm of the milky way. This is half way between the two target did not work as well as I thought so only two nights. NGC2451 is a galaxy but it is over shadowed by the big star and the resultant spikes from the spider. QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO full nights., 30 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

This was a look see wide in planning to see what is about, this formation as a surfer stood out as a shark fin. You are looking at an area that is not normaly imaged if I had not got out to a wide view I would never have seen it at all. So I had to wait for this to come up, you are looking at a panorama of 3 vertical shot to get the whole mountain in. This is a very Hydrogen rich area hence all the red so this is in the pallet Ha Sii Sii all red components. Mid way I got the remnants of a cyclone but dumping Clouds and rain down our way. So I got the chance to bring in the Scope to clean the Mirrors and then rebuild ready to shoot again. This is the lining up with the camera that sits in the Focuser looking in (The Red part in the middle ) all the part are rebulit to match the circle of the bottom of the focuser. its worth noteing the mirror in the picture is eliptical not at all round you have to get the view round ( see shot below).... that is the black frame in the middle with a view of the main mirror in view and the red camera and sensor. The main big area of white is a A4 sheet of white paper so the small secondary mirror stands out. QHY268M -0c 5 min S Ha and three full nights of data , 30 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

The Gem Cluster NGC 3293 that is next to Carina. Originally taken as a fill in as the other shots got stopped at 2am by the palm tree this became a fill in. To get a photo of better quality I had to add a further 3 Full nights data to the data that was gained from the fill in time shots. The wisps you see are quite amazing. Do read the info on the accidental panorama below. QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO 2am to Nautical dawn and three full nights of data , 30 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

The Gem Cluster NGC 3293 that is next to Carina. Originally taken as a fill in as the other shots got stopped at 2am by the palm tree this became a fill in. Then the accident happened "what if" , my third shot with the QHY268M was of Gabriela Mistral area would they go together. PTGui put them straight together, so it meant a reedit so the two photos looked like they where taken to match. Then edit them both as one. Differences between 2025 Feb is a horizontal shot, 2026 Jan is a rotated vertical shot. Biggest is the dates a full year apart. 2025 is @-10 2026 is @ 0 2025 is the last taken with the Esatto focuser, 2026 Starpoint Australis SP3 focuser And a trip to China for repairs. Other wise every thing else is exactly the same. There is more data in the single shot than is in the shot in the panorama by two nights. May be I should reedit with the full amount of data but as it was just a "what if" I went with what I had. QHY268M -0c 4 days 5 min SHaO 2am to Nautical dawn and three full nights of data , 30 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

LDN1608 is the small nebula on the left hand side of the shot I was taken by the dust lanes. Having walked a lot of NZ with my father he always had topographical maps of where we where walking. I was struck by the similarity of the rest of the image on the right side how much it looked like one of those maps. It was not unknown for my father to hand the map and compass to my bother and myself "we are lost" get us out of here. I am so glad I did not have this in WA almost flat face less land. Another shot of the area but much closer up as the shot is made with a 1" sensor QHY183M verses a QHY268M ASPC both mono and same filters and same scope.. I took Oiii 41 shots as there was only one very small amount of blue nebula in the shot. Ha 79 shots and 126 shots Sii as this area is mostly these two elements . Sadly the palm tree is getting in the shot earlier and as I have been able to reach 20hours combined shot time I will move to a palm tree free target... QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 8:20pm to 2 am , 30 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

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This is a good walk to get to on a hot day and a very busy place most certainly not a place you can bring a wheel chair as you have to scramble across the side of rocks. The view when you get there of the valley and river beyond is well worth the trip. If there are a lot of cars and busses in the car park this place is going to be busy. This was such a place so many people wanting to get a photo of this iconic place I had to wait for 10 min while a Chinese lady checked her shot of her selfie on her phone and then sent it to the net for all her friends to see...............................................while sitting in the window blocking any one getting a shot..... OF THE WINDOW.

You have heard the saying Stuck between a Rock and Hard place. This is the result of 6 nights, The Rock is a Palm tree big and not going anywhere 2 am it all stops, the Hard place is the brand new street light JUST over the fence. The monkey head had to be terminated much as I wanted to take more it got so low it was in direct line with the Street light every thing failed. This was the Nebula I really wanted to do but the Bright light ended that. BUT I have asked the question to the local council can they put a Skirt on the light my side so there is No direct light shining into the telescope. Do I do not hold much out that there will be help forth coming other than tough luck. Lower's Nebula or SH2-261 is one you have seen before but nothing like this. These targets are on the Orion arm of the Milky way Thats Where we the earth are on.... these are all in the South Hemisphere Northern targets. QHY268M -0c 6 days 5 min SHaO 8:20pm to 2 am , 30 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

This was one that I wanted to come back to as I could rotate my view to suit the target much like I could when I used my 300mm Nikon lens and coloured camera. This was done as a 3 panel vertical panorama to get the whole of the spread of the wings. It was a case of for each panel I shot for 3 nights each to get enough data to get all the smaller parts to show up in detail. I shot at my summer temp of -0 as some of the days where well over 30c when I started hence the start temp of 0c rather than -10c. The value of the filters they show up considerably more details than the coloured camera ever could. QHY268M -0c 3 days 5 min SHaO each panel, 30 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, PtGui, Ps

What is left of the Ship Batavia and how it was made safe to be viewed by the public and preserved. There is a lot of reading here but well worth putting some time in the reading, this is the original maritime museum of Fremantle. This is now Called the ship wreck Museum not to be confused with the more modern one next to the harbour. The real story of the ship and the survivors its not a very pretty story be warned. museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/maritime-archaeology/batavia-cape-inscription/batavia visit.museum.wa.gov.au/conservation-and-care-batavia visit.museum.wa.gov.au/shipwrecks/batavia-gallery A few views below outside .

Known as Shapeless SH 2-308 As this is my last image for the year Happy New Year to all on Ipernity. This is an area very strong in Oxygen (blue) the visible gasses blown about. This is 28hours of data capture of Ha and Oiii and combined as HaOiiiOiii to get the object above. As its getting consistently warmer its harder to work with -10c as I started this so I will end and start on summer -0c. The filters bring out the very faint red found in the background the the colour camera does not see nor the faint blue wisps next to the head. Enjoy one of the Marvels of space. QHY268M -10c 6 days 5 min HaO , 30 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, PtGui, Ps

museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/maritime-history/maritime-history-boats-and-watercraft/parry-endeavour A night view of the Museum One of the exhibits you are greeted with when you enter the main gallery. Lone sailor, Jon Sanders, never set foot on land, never had another person onboard and survived solely on the three and half tonnes of provisions taken onboard when he departed Fremantle. Sanders’ only contact with the outside world was via electronic communication and a couple of parcels of mail thrown to him from another vessel. Even his wet gear that he used on the voyage became part of the display the boat was left in the state it sailed back into Perth Swan River March 1988, well used......after 658 days under two full years. Dont know about you but the thought of this would have terrified me big time and a very big achievement.

A small part of the Maritime Museum some of the things the boats where used for. Pearl Shells from decorations to buttons.

One of the reasons I came to Florence was to see this Statue Michelangelo's David. I did study this statue in detail in art in high school the chance to see it in person and walk around it looking at the detail was just amazing for a student. Every part of this was alive the skin and all the veins below the skin, the definition of the muscles only problem I could see I am 6'3" he is a huge 17' certainly would not want to meet him in a dark ally. I am sorry that my photo does not do 100% justice to the statue. Enjoy Kodak ASA 100 50mm @ F5.6 Olympus OM-2N

To all those on Ipernity A very Merry Christmas and a very good new year. Our Christmas will be a forecast 42c no roast no hot meals... I sincerely hope the Humanity wakes up we are all one world and all one Humanity. We need to start looking after us all there is no room for violent and hate if we want to survive.

So what are you looking at in the picture above, on the right side there are two white clouds the Big one is the Large Magellanic cloud and the small is the small Magellanic cloud. Above is detail of the Larger one. This looks like one photo but is far from it the more that you read you will see just what I mean. This was the bold plan that I started on the 17/10/2025 I had thought to do two nights per panel but 70 nights clear was way to big an ask. I settled on the 35 nights as a far more realistic plan. It entailed getting the images SHaO and RGB stars edit the data then save it as per panel number of the night. Slowly build the panorama up each morning, As panel 35 came up first I started and worked down to 1. As I noted there is more missing targets on the right side just out of view I made a new panorama of 7 panels pushing the number up to 42. So I had a written plan Panel 5 Joins 36 Panel10 Joins 37 Panel15 Joins 38 Panel 20 Joins 39 Panel 25 Joins 40 Panel 30 Joins 41 Panel 35 Joins 42 As well as the original plan above So I knew just where every thing lined up trying to match the jumble of photos I had. It became very obvious that my normal workings was not going to work as the panorama build it got over 4 GB and in some programs not editable. I spent one whole day saving files slowly shrinking to find out the right size to keep me under 4Gb saved tiff file. I have had to slowly shrink it down further to get the bigger panorama under 4GB. I started at 100% save size now down to 70% save size as the panorama got bigger and bigger. The original size is 36253 x 27872 pixels a far cry to the 4000 one above so I can upload to Ipernity and 7.36Gb size. When it has come to editing the shot as its is so big it is set edit off then let it process. nothing is fast it is a real test of patience. This is an area I have always wanted a closer look at the targets, there is a bucket load of them here I have put the ones I have taken as PIP's so you are able to see them in more detail. I will come back and shoot some of what looks like hole through to another world past this target. Look at the top middle and bottom right you can see "blacker areas" in the middle of a lot of smaller nebula's. There is even a human form in blue at the top playing with two balls in the right hand well worth a look at.... There is so many shapes and forms in this shot its a delight to look at full size but sadly not able to down load here. QHY268M -10c & -0c Very hot days 5 min SHaO over 42 nights , 30 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, PtGui, Ps

The final goodbye in a place she loved, The grand children in front.