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| Date | Brightness | Start | Highest point | End | ||||||
| (mag) | Time | Alt. | Az. | Time | Alt. | Az. | Time | Alt. | Az. | |
| 03 Apr | -0.7 | 06:13:27 | 10° | SSE | 06:14:37 | 11° | SE | 06:15:48 | 10° | SE |
| 05 Apr | -1.9 | 06:10:32 | 10° | SSW | 06:13:34 | 30° | SE | 06:16:34 | 10° | ENE |
| Astronomical Times for Byron Bay (-28.6, 153.6) Starting 30 Mar 2025, for the next 7 days | |||||||
| Date | Morning | Sunrise | Sunset | Evening | Moonrise | Moonset | Moon Phase |
| Twilight | Twilight | ||||||
| 30 Mar 2025 | 05:23 | 06:53 | 18:46 | 20:16 | 07:25 | 19:09 |  |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 05:23 | 06:53 | 18:45 | 20:15 | 08:35 | 19:47 | |
| 01 Apr 2025 | 05:24 | 06:54 | 18:44 | 20:14 | 09:47 | 20:30 | |
| 02 Apr 2025 | 05:25 | 06:55 | 18:43 | 20:13 | 11:00 | 21:21 |  |
| 03 Apr 2025 | 05:25 | 06:55 | 18:42 | 20:12 | 12:10 | 22:17 | |
| 04 Apr 2025 | 05:26 | 06:56 | 18:41 | 20:11 | 13:14 | 23:19 | |
| 05 Apr 2025 | 05:26 | 06:56 | 18:39 | 20:09 | 14:10 | None |  |
| Planetary Data for today | ||||||||||
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| Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | |||
| Rises | 06:16 | 06:11 | 14:54 | 12:06 | 05:47 | 10:26 | 06:14 | 01:49 | ||
| Meridian | 12:17 | 12:02 | 19:56 | 17:14 | 11:59 | 15:46 | 12:19 | 08:41 | ||
| Sets | 18:10 | 17:46 | 00:59 | 22:22 | 18:07 | 21:03 | 18:21 | 15:36 | ||
| Constellation | Pisces | Pisces | Gemini | Taurus | Aquarius | Taurus | Pisces | Capricornus | ||
Annals #astronomy
![Haven’t posted a nebula on here for a while as I’ve been enjoying the planet season but it’s time to get back to space clouds :) This Rosette Nebula shot is a mere 42 minutes of data with a new portable telescope I bought (a Petzval Quintuplet!) and the QHY minicam8 and q-focuser. It actually wild how well this combination performs! Perfect sampling, sharp stars, flat field. Behind the scenes video on my YouTube. Deets : Apertura 75Q Petzval Quintuplet, QHY minicam8 16x1m Ha, 16x1m O[iii], 10x1m Sii SHO-HOO #astrophotography #apertura #qhyccd #rosette #minicam8 #byronbay](https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/481927994_18486694267030653_7954589950180513225_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=5YNFRdeY0OAQ7kNvgF6KrF9&_nc_oc=AdkRXhPtcSNYT-kiUXo_Lpf0iPBnGM0uweoKPgpoY_zA2OBbTcgGJDU093Ou6eYioTo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=5zJEgv7dz9cbJeomE-TUPw&oh=00_AYHbJINYq9x7aYkKXWrJgqruDSmCVHKAWWdreVJ8O-_Eig&oe=67ED9DE4)
![I can’t believe this worked! This is the highest focal length / zoom I’ve ever imaged a deep space object that isn’t a planet. There is a behind the scenes video on some of the interesting features but in the main star cluster is the largest star we know about, surrounded by a dense group of blue supergiants and wolf-raylet stars. This nebula is not in the Milky Way, it’s in a neighbouring galaxy!
First deep space photo from my shiny new Celestron 14” Edge HD telescope, pushed to its maximum native focal length of 3,910mm!! I’m shocked.
Behind the scenes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuO4ZOc9HY
TARANTULA NEBULA CORE
Celestron 14” Edge HD Telescope
3910mm @ F11
QHY 268M Camera
SW-EQ8Rh Pro Mount
Baader Filters
H/O/O
54 x 1 Minute - Hydrogen Alpha
66 x 1 Minute - Oxygen[III]
Total - 2 hours Integration #astrophotography #celestron #qhyccd #skywatcher #baader #byronbay #tarantula](https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/469210309_1712943109542091_6818927520700422205_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=kRuwQa8l9YYQ7kNvgHjjc4k&_nc_oc=AdnNuOhc_CkPld5ldQpP6RAuuZL9oFDcKdAZMYBm3xITF-y5WDC_eWV091n1ORCIJvI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=OG2laeN6fTqGllNlnrizgw&oh=00_AYGICG7I8Ajxtim9Io9qnkGk4b7-16A1RaS1cBjr-b5sFg&oe=67EDA412)
