Dylan O’Donnell
@dylanodonnell.bsky.social
(M IT, GC Astronomy) Art, science, music & tech - Byron Bay 🇦🇺 Team Celestron. Host of StarStuff on YouTube - Public Domain AP. Probably alcoholic. ByronBayObservatory.com.au
Hanging with FILLIPO from @PrimaLuceLab and the Testar crew at @IAC2025sydney ! They wouldn’t let me take the new focuser because it’s the “only one in Australia”. Pshhh 😅
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hanging with FILLIPO from @PrimaLuceLab and the Testar crew at @IAC2025sydney ! They wouldn’t let me take the new focuser because it’s the “only one in Australia”. Pshhh 😅
Anyone going to the 76TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (Sydney) next Friday? Apparently it’s a free day so I’ll be hanging around 🍻
September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Anyone going to the 76TH INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (Sydney) next Friday? Apparently it’s a free day so I’ll be hanging around 🍻
10% talent/tylenol, 10% effort, 40% equipment and 40% weather/conditions!
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
10% talent/tylenol, 10% effort, 40% equipment and 40% weather/conditions!
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda
Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4)
QHY Minicam 8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i mount
63 x 2m Red
70 x 2m Green (oops)
65 x 2m Blue
Total : 6.6hours
#astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher
M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times.
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times.
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
Apertura 75Q (Native)
QHY Minicam8 + OAG
SkyWatcher 100i
35 x 2m R
11 x 2m G (oops)
35 x 2m B
Total: 2.7hrs
You guys aren’t ready for this level of sophistication.
September 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
You guys aren’t ready for this level of sophistication.
If the DOD is now the Dept. of War … surely US Space Command can be STAR WARS again too? Make America Dorks Again! 🇺🇸
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If the DOD is now the Dept. of War … surely US Space Command can be STAR WARS again too? Make America Dorks Again! 🇺🇸
Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.
September 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.
Saturday night's 97% Moon. When it hits 100% around 3:30am AEST tomorrow, it will go blood red as we enter the totality of a full lunar eclipse. Not the best time for those of us with day jobs, but there will be an evening one in March 2026 if you miss this one.
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
September 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Saturday night's 97% Moon. When it hits 100% around 3:30am AEST tomorrow, it will go blood red as we enter the totality of a full lunar eclipse. Not the best time for those of us with day jobs, but there will be an evening one in March 2026 if you miss this one.
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Apertura 75Q / 300mm / F4
Breaking 🚨 - The Dark Sky Preservation petition is the #1 open petition by signatures before the Australian Parliament right now!!! Sign here : www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... 🇦🇺
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Breaking 🚨 - The Dark Sky Preservation petition is the #1 open petition by signatures before the Australian Parliament right now!!! Sign here : www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... 🇦🇺
Debugging the equipment in the observatory.
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Debugging the equipment in the observatory.
We have TWO WEEKS to get 7k Australian 🇦🇺 signatures on this official parliamentary petition to deal with the insanity of street lighting and light pollution. Please add yours mates. Or you know, (pictured). www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We have TWO WEEKS to get 7k Australian 🇦🇺 signatures on this official parliamentary petition to deal with the insanity of street lighting and light pollution. Please add yours mates. Or you know, (pictured). www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Zoom in and leave your (numerous and significant) Earth problems behind.
M8 Lagoon Nebula 🏝️
Apertura 75Q Telescope 🔭
QHY Minicam 8 📷
SkyWatcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha 52 x 2m ❤️
R 33 x 2m ❤️
G 28 x 2m 💚
B 33 x 2m 💙
Total : 4.8 hours exposure.
M8 Lagoon Nebula 🏝️
Apertura 75Q Telescope 🔭
QHY Minicam 8 📷
SkyWatcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha 52 x 2m ❤️
R 33 x 2m ❤️
G 28 x 2m 💚
B 33 x 2m 💙
Total : 4.8 hours exposure.
August 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Zoom in and leave your (numerous and significant) Earth problems behind.
M8 Lagoon Nebula 🏝️
Apertura 75Q Telescope 🔭
QHY Minicam 8 📷
SkyWatcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha 52 x 2m ❤️
R 33 x 2m ❤️
G 28 x 2m 💚
B 33 x 2m 💙
Total : 4.8 hours exposure.
M8 Lagoon Nebula 🏝️
Apertura 75Q Telescope 🔭
QHY Minicam 8 📷
SkyWatcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha 52 x 2m ❤️
R 33 x 2m ❤️
G 28 x 2m 💚
B 33 x 2m 💙
Total : 4.8 hours exposure.
Where is the outrage over Apple’s logo? We could’ve been rocking this bad boy on our doom bricks.
August 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Where is the outrage over Apple’s logo? We could’ve been rocking this bad boy on our doom bricks.
Imagine having your solar daytime astronomy session ruined by a *f#+king* streetlight. Is that irony or just basically unfortunate?
August 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Imagine having your solar daytime astronomy session ruined by a *f#+king* streetlight. Is that irony or just basically unfortunate?
HAVE YOU NOTICED THE MOON ISN’T “HOT” ANYMORE SINCE I STARTED POSTING ABOUT SOLAR? I WILL MAKE SOLAR ASTRONOMY GREAT AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT’S AT MAXIMUM THANKS TO ME, UNLIKE THE SOLAR MINIMUM I INHERITED AFTER OBAMA - I FIXED IT. THNK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
August 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
HAVE YOU NOTICED THE MOON ISN’T “HOT” ANYMORE SINCE I STARTED POSTING ABOUT SOLAR? I WILL MAKE SOLAR ASTRONOMY GREAT AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT’S AT MAXIMUM THANKS TO ME, UNLIKE THE SOLAR MINIMUM I INHERITED AFTER OBAMA - I FIXED IT. THNK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
M20 - They call me Tripod
Apertura 75Q / 405mm / F7 🔭
QHY MiniCam8 Camera/Filters 📷
Sky-Watcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha – 106 x 2m
R – 31 x 2m
G – 17 x 2m
B – 65 x 2m
Total : 7.3 hours
I think it turned out amazing for such a tiny little portable setup!
Apertura 75Q / 405mm / F7 🔭
QHY MiniCam8 Camera/Filters 📷
Sky-Watcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha – 106 x 2m
R – 31 x 2m
G – 17 x 2m
B – 65 x 2m
Total : 7.3 hours
I think it turned out amazing for such a tiny little portable setup!
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
M20 - They call me Tripod
Apertura 75Q / 405mm / F7 🔭
QHY MiniCam8 Camera/Filters 📷
Sky-Watcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha – 106 x 2m
R – 31 x 2m
G – 17 x 2m
B – 65 x 2m
Total : 7.3 hours
I think it turned out amazing for such a tiny little portable setup!
Apertura 75Q / 405mm / F7 🔭
QHY MiniCam8 Camera/Filters 📷
Sky-Watcher 100i Mount
HaRGB
Ha – 106 x 2m
R – 31 x 2m
G – 17 x 2m
B – 65 x 2m
Total : 7.3 hours
I think it turned out amazing for such a tiny little portable setup!
… when you take the dog for a piss and it’s low key majestic AF …🥹… Milky Way core tracked Canon 6D mk2, Move shoot move pocket sized rotator. 43 x 30s / f4.5 / iso 3200 #astrophotography #milkyway #byronbay
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
… when you take the dog for a piss and it’s low key majestic AF …🥹… Milky Way core tracked Canon 6D mk2, Move shoot move pocket sized rotator. 43 x 30s / f4.5 / iso 3200 #astrophotography #milkyway #byronbay
I'm a speaker at this astronomy event in Geelong, VIC in a couple of weeks if anyone wants to come get hammered with me. events.humanitix.com/vastroc-2025
July 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I'm a speaker at this astronomy event in Geelong, VIC in a couple of weeks if anyone wants to come get hammered with me. events.humanitix.com/vastroc-2025
The Dusty Eagle (Lupus) - Shot over 2 nights, an amazingly rich Southern Hemisphere area! Worth a widescreen zoom in.
🔭 Apertura 75Q – 405mm
📷QHY MiniCam8
SkyWatcher Wave 100i
LRGB
Lum: 47 x 2m
Red: 44 x 2m
Green : 51 x 2m
Blue : 50x 2m
Total: 6.4 hrs.
🔭 Apertura 75Q – 405mm
📷QHY MiniCam8
SkyWatcher Wave 100i
LRGB
Lum: 47 x 2m
Red: 44 x 2m
Green : 51 x 2m
Blue : 50x 2m
Total: 6.4 hrs.
July 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Dusty Eagle (Lupus) - Shot over 2 nights, an amazingly rich Southern Hemisphere area! Worth a widescreen zoom in.
🔭 Apertura 75Q – 405mm
📷QHY MiniCam8
SkyWatcher Wave 100i
LRGB
Lum: 47 x 2m
Red: 44 x 2m
Green : 51 x 2m
Blue : 50x 2m
Total: 6.4 hrs.
🔭 Apertura 75Q – 405mm
📷QHY MiniCam8
SkyWatcher Wave 100i
LRGB
Lum: 47 x 2m
Red: 44 x 2m
Green : 51 x 2m
Blue : 50x 2m
Total: 6.4 hrs.
It doesn’t look like the “Cat’s Paw” at this magnification (3910mm) so I’m going with claw. 😆 C14” EHD 🔭/ ZWO2600MMDUO 📷 / SW8RH-PRO 🦾
(HOO)
39 x 10m – Hydrogen
50 x 10m – Oxygen[III]
Total : 14.8 hrs exposure
July 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It doesn’t look like the “Cat’s Paw” at this magnification (3910mm) so I’m going with claw. 😆 C14” EHD 🔭/ ZWO2600MMDUO 📷 / SW8RH-PRO 🦾
(HOO)
39 x 10m – Hydrogen
50 x 10m – Oxygen[III]
Total : 14.8 hrs exposure
I've evolved from being the guy who shares his guiding graph on social media to the one getting it published in the latest issue of Scope Trader. That's how insufferable I am now.
July 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I've evolved from being the guy who shares his guiding graph on social media to the one getting it published in the latest issue of Scope Trader. That's how insufferable I am now.
New shot!
“Dragon’s Egg” Celestron 14” EHD / F11 / 3910mm
ZWO 2600 MM DUO
SkyWatcher EQ8 RH PRO
HOO
120 x 3m Hydrogen Alpha
75 x 3m Oxygen[III]
Total 9.75 hours.
BTS Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGE...
“Dragon’s Egg” Celestron 14” EHD / F11 / 3910mm
ZWO 2600 MM DUO
SkyWatcher EQ8 RH PRO
HOO
120 x 3m Hydrogen Alpha
75 x 3m Oxygen[III]
Total 9.75 hours.
BTS Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGE...
June 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
New shot!
“Dragon’s Egg” Celestron 14” EHD / F11 / 3910mm
ZWO 2600 MM DUO
SkyWatcher EQ8 RH PRO
HOO
120 x 3m Hydrogen Alpha
75 x 3m Oxygen[III]
Total 9.75 hours.
BTS Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGE...
“Dragon’s Egg” Celestron 14” EHD / F11 / 3910mm
ZWO 2600 MM DUO
SkyWatcher EQ8 RH PRO
HOO
120 x 3m Hydrogen Alpha
75 x 3m Oxygen[III]
Total 9.75 hours.
BTS Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGE...
Dragons, vertical for your pleasure.
NGC 6188 “Fighting Dragons of ARA”
Apertura 75Q / QHYMinicam 8 / SW GTI
HOO-RGB
Hydrogen 21 x 3m
Oxygen 25 x 3m
Red 36 x 10s
Green 39 x 10s
Blue 33 x 10s
Total 1.67 hrs usable data.
NGC 6188 “Fighting Dragons of ARA”
Apertura 75Q / QHYMinicam 8 / SW GTI
HOO-RGB
Hydrogen 21 x 3m
Oxygen 25 x 3m
Red 36 x 10s
Green 39 x 10s
Blue 33 x 10s
Total 1.67 hrs usable data.
May 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Dragons, vertical for your pleasure.
NGC 6188 “Fighting Dragons of ARA”
Apertura 75Q / QHYMinicam 8 / SW GTI
HOO-RGB
Hydrogen 21 x 3m
Oxygen 25 x 3m
Red 36 x 10s
Green 39 x 10s
Blue 33 x 10s
Total 1.67 hrs usable data.
NGC 6188 “Fighting Dragons of ARA”
Apertura 75Q / QHYMinicam 8 / SW GTI
HOO-RGB
Hydrogen 21 x 3m
Oxygen 25 x 3m
Red 36 x 10s
Green 39 x 10s
Blue 33 x 10s
Total 1.67 hrs usable data.
Handy graph that shows my feelings towards the Moon plotted over time since becoming an astrophotographer.
May 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Handy graph that shows my feelings towards the Moon plotted over time since becoming an astrophotographer.