The day started well.

Taken at the Ravenswood car park.













Then on the way home, a rather large Nissan Patrol tried to get in through the rear hatch whilst I was stopped at traffic lights.




All cameras and occupant survived without injury. So it looks like I'm covering the Ausy Day events on my motorcycle.

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A great image Gary, I hope you don't mind me tweaking it a little.




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Thanks Gwyn. Street lighting here is minimal and you very rarely see house lights on at night? I'm based well south of Perth, just short of the "sticks".

No tracking used Mark. First image was one second at f/2.8 ISO 12800.

Second image was eight seconds at f/5.6 ISO 12800.

The full res images show that the focus is just off on both images.

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The dealer does not have the GPS 1 in stock! So I have one coming from Japan. That said, tomorrow nights outing is cancelled. The Astrotrac is in Singapore so I should have that by Wednesday as Monday is a national holiday here - Australia Day.

Having seen the above image from Mark, I thought I'd just fire a couple off from the garden. Both with 150mm f/2.8

There's a meteor streak in the second image!







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Great images there from both Gary and Gwyn! No pressure then.....

Many many thanks for the input. Alignment is the biggest issue that I consider being a problem to get some decent images. Apparently I have to find the South Celestial Pole starting with the Southern Cross and using an intersect from The Pointers.

Saturday night should be my first attempt once I get the GPS1 set up. I've been told to have a head torch (LED) and a basic compass?

If I don't post sometime next week, I'm lost in the outback!

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I'm about to start photographing stars. Since it gets very dark in WA with clear skies, we have area's nearby with zero light pollution. So I’ve been reading up on techniques and kit.

I have just ordered an Astrotrac TT320X-AG and a PS-10 Polar scope. link

I know that the O-GPS1 GPS also has an astrotracer function so am picking one up this Saturday.

So it's an all out assault to try and get some decent images.

If anyone already does this stuff, please post images or put up some pointers on how to keep it simple and get reasonable results.

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A very good set David. The second image nails a theme very well with the full image of the framed picture in the background.

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Excellent work and I'm inspired!

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A stunning image Don. Colour and detail are fabulous.

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Well shot Don. Number three is a stand out image for me.

Just be mindful of the Triffids.

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