Astrophotography
by Bruce Charlier
Deep sky astrophotography from the Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve, New Zealand
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LDN 43 - The cosmic bat
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The Vela Supernova Remnant Two panel mosaic
Matariki, The Pleiades, M45
Thackeray's Globules in IC 2944
Sh2-308 - The Dolphin Head nebula
Corona Australis Molecular Cloud
Crossing the Dusty Plane of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks *Runner up - NZ Astrophotography Competition 2024*
Omega Centauri NGC 5139
The Carina Nebula - NGC 3372 Two panel mosaic
Young Stellar Objects in IC 2631
The Rho Ophiuchus Cloud Complex and the region around Antares
LDN 43 The Cosmic Bat
The Angel Nebula - NGC 2170
The Fighting Dragons of Ara NGC 6188
Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Imaged on New Year's Day 2022
The Dark Wolf Nebula Barnard 228
The Orion Nebula (M 42) and Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)
The Galactic Kiwi and the central bulge of the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud Widefield view using Nikon 180mm ED Ai-s
The Tarantula Nebula in Forax palette 2 panel mosaic
Rho Ophiuchi star system within IC 4604
The Lagoon Nebula M8 or NGC 6523
The Dark Doodad and globular cluster NGC 4372
The Cosmic Reef NGC 2020 and others in the LMC
The Heart of the Rho Ophiuchus complex
The Fighting Dragons of Ara (NGC 6188) and the Dragon's egg (NGC 6164)
The Tarantula Nebula
47 Tucanae NGC 104
The Snake Nebula Barnard 72 and others
NGC 1788 ...a work in progress
The Vela Supernova Remnant Panel 1
Chamaeleon III molecular cloud