Outback Astro

Hi All,

There is a petition going through signatures to get Australian Parliment to look at light pollution, and dark sky preseveration.

If you live in Australia, please consider googling "Australia Parliment Light pollution petition", and signing the petition.

Link here, but you don't have to use it!
https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7346

Why? We use heaps of power ($) to illuminate the night, when the vast majority of people are asleep, or the light is pointed into the sky, where it is no use. It ruins the nocturnal habitats of various animals
And lastly, dark skies means we get to all see and enjoy the stars.

Please consider signing. Thanks!

A parfocal shot of the moon:
(Bunged my phone against the eyepiece and took photos until one worked)

Another hiatus for the channel, but with fairly good reason - we moved across country! So many more clouds, but hoping for a settled winter to get imaging time sorted again.

Clear skies all!

Bit of a hiatus while there has been almost non-stop clouds. Forecast still looks poor, but there may be some opportunities this coming week.

The lunar eclipse/blood moon rising behind the Doppler radar on Telstra Hill.

Canon 100-400mm @ 300mm
Canon 2x iii
Canon 1.4x iii
Canon 7Dmk2

Something to help us all. :-)

APOD: How to Identify that Light in the Sky (2021 Nov 14)
Illustration Credit & Copyright: HK (The League of Lost Causes)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211114.html

Explanation: What is that light in the sky? Perhaps one of humanity's more common questions, an answer may result from a few quick observations. For example -- is it moving or blinking? If so, and if you live near a city, the answer is typically an airplane, since planes are so numerous and so few stars and satellites are bright enough to be seen over the din of artificial city lights. If not, and if you live far from a city, that bright light is likely a planet such as Venus or Mars -- the former of which is constrained to appear near the horizon just before dawn or after dusk. Sometimes the low apparent motion of a distant airplane near the horizon makes it hard to tell from a bright planet, but even this can usually be discerned by the plane's motion over a few minutes. Still unsure? The featured chart gives a sometimes-humorous but mostly-accurate assessment. Dedicated sky enthusiasts will likely note -- and are encouraged to provide -- polite corrections.

http://www.leagueoflostcauses.com/

Starship Asterisk* • APOD Discussion Page
http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=211114