Paul Stewart
@astrostew.bsky.social
Amateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek and the upside down astronomer
@upsidedownastronomer@astrodon.social
@astrostew on Twitter
@upsidedownastronomer@astrodon.social
@astrostew on Twitter
Todays partial solar eclipse.
Luckily the clouds stayed away until after maximum eclipse.
From South Canterbury, New Zealand
Lunt LS80tha and Grasshopper 3 camera
#eclipse
Luckily the clouds stayed away until after maximum eclipse.
From South Canterbury, New Zealand
Lunt LS80tha and Grasshopper 3 camera
#eclipse
September 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Todays partial solar eclipse.
Luckily the clouds stayed away until after maximum eclipse.
From South Canterbury, New Zealand
Lunt LS80tha and Grasshopper 3 camera
#eclipse
Luckily the clouds stayed away until after maximum eclipse.
From South Canterbury, New Zealand
Lunt LS80tha and Grasshopper 3 camera
#eclipse
Eclipse imagining in process
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Eclipse imagining in process
With a partial solar eclipse tomorrow, I thought I had better dust off the solar gear and figure out how it all works again.
Lunt LS80 and Grasshopper 3 camera.
Lunt LS80 and Grasshopper 3 camera.
September 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
With a partial solar eclipse tomorrow, I thought I had better dust off the solar gear and figure out how it all works again.
Lunt LS80 and Grasshopper 3 camera.
Lunt LS80 and Grasshopper 3 camera.
Bit of an Aurora tonight from here in New Zealand
June 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Bit of an Aurora tonight from here in New Zealand
From one of your New Zealand friends. Pretty much how you would see them from a dark site. Just ignore all the light pollution 😉
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From one of your New Zealand friends. Pretty much how you would see them from a dark site. Just ignore all the light pollution 😉
Well that was it, currently in bits waiting for me to get around to rebuilding it at the new place
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Well that was it, currently in bits waiting for me to get around to rebuilding it at the new place
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Taken this morning at dawn.
Canon R5 with 105mm lens
Insert is a stack of 20 images
Taken this morning at dawn.
Canon R5 with 105mm lens
Insert is a stack of 20 images
September 29, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Taken this morning at dawn.
Canon R5 with 105mm lens
Insert is a stack of 20 images
Taken this morning at dawn.
Canon R5 with 105mm lens
Insert is a stack of 20 images
A couple of pics from the great Aurora of 2024.
Corona overhead in New Zealand, which is pretty rare.
Corona overhead in New Zealand, which is pretty rare.
May 13, 2024 at 12:13 AM
A couple of pics from the great Aurora of 2024.
Corona overhead in New Zealand, which is pretty rare.
Corona overhead in New Zealand, which is pretty rare.
A rather loud thunder storm here tonight
September 28, 2023 at 6:49 AM
A rather loud thunder storm here tonight
Reprocessed images from a few years ago from Castle Hill.
Practicing panorama techniques taught on a recent workshop
Practicing panorama techniques taught on a recent workshop
August 29, 2023 at 7:40 AM
Reprocessed images from a few years ago from Castle Hill.
Practicing panorama techniques taught on a recent workshop
Practicing panorama techniques taught on a recent workshop
I have finally made it here 🎉
I am an nmateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek from New Zealand.
Also know as the upside down astronomer (don't ask 😉)
Here are a few photos from my back yard and our only near neighbor 🤣
I am an nmateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek from New Zealand.
Also know as the upside down astronomer (don't ask 😉)
Here are a few photos from my back yard and our only near neighbor 🤣
July 1, 2023 at 7:14 PM
I have finally made it here 🎉
I am an nmateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek from New Zealand.
Also know as the upside down astronomer (don't ask 😉)
Here are a few photos from my back yard and our only near neighbor 🤣
I am an nmateur astronomer, nature photographer, space geek from New Zealand.
Also know as the upside down astronomer (don't ask 😉)
Here are a few photos from my back yard and our only near neighbor 🤣