Telescope and Binocular World

21/08/2024

This is awesome

24/07/2024

🎉... and just like that it's Astrofest 2024 Exhibition entry time! Entries now open: https://www.icrar.org/astrophoto2024/

There's a bunch of changes this year. Here's a few brief points:
- 5 max entries per person down from 10
- 4 weeks (almost) entry period
- 🏆new award: Best Under-15 Photo
- 🏆new award: Best Night Sky Friendly Lighting Photo
- Suzanne Jones has joined the judging team
- Re-organising of awards to consolidate them

There will not be an Astrofest in 2025, so, I'm going to be reinvigorating and pushing regional tours of this exhibition harder than usual in 2025. If you want your photo(s) travelling the state for two years, get onboard and let's show WA how awesome our night skies are!

There's of course a bunch of awesome prizes which we'll talk more about over the coming month. Follow at https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyWA to keep up with the posts. Also there is the event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/940008817878395

For all the exhibition information including our awesome sponsors (more posts to come re them!) check out the page at https://www.astronomywa.net.au/astrofest-astrophotograpahy-competition.html

Please share it around. Entries close 18th August 2024.

07/06/2024

RIP Space Gandalf, Greg Quicke, now up with the stars that he loved.

16/04/2024

Definitely worth a watch

09/04/2024

Well done Wes

Germany, Australia, China, Scotland and Antarctica are just a few places where people came to Central Texas from.

18/03/2024

Some great shots from John as usual

27/07/2023

Entries are now open until 13th August for the 2023 Astrofest Astrophotography Exhibition. Enter here: https://www.astronomywa.net.au/2023-competition.html

Lots of prizes up for grabs from Sony Australia , BinoCentral, Camera Electronic, H&Y Filter, Perth Observatory , Astrotourism WA, Sky-Watcher, Saxon Telescopes and Binoculars, Shire Of Upper Gascoyne News & Events and Shire of Perenjori

New judge Andrew Lockwood joins returning judges David Johnson and Paul Dowe Galleries, with the difficult task of deciding the winners.

Categories include a new Aurora Australis category and the return of Mobile Phone category. Enter now: https://www.astronomywa.net.au/2023-competition.html

12/03/2023

I’ve been asked what solar filter I would recommend for photographing the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse in Exmouth on the 20th April 2023. I thought, why not write a blog post for the benefit …

11/02/2022

https://news.sky.com/story/new-planet-detected-around-star-closest-to-the-sun-within-reach-of-future-exploration-12538230?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter&fbclid=IwAR29sMELMlieCuMHxuJJ549WIztGqLYIYJHkXbECrc1Dm99oWQIawJHm5rA

The candidate planet is the third detected in the system and is just a quarter of Earth's mass, making it the lightest yet discovered orbiting this star.