Doug Ingram
@nightscapades.bsky.social
I remember when I thought turning 60 would make me "old." I love photographing the Australian night skies.
Lots of lovely sunspots!
Hopefully, this amount of sunspot activity translates to an outburst of the Aurorae in the coming days. I captured this image of the Sun using my DWARF 3 smart telescope, using its “Astro” function. 15th June, 2025, Sydney, Australia.
Hopefully, this amount of sunspot activity translates to an outburst of the Aurorae in the coming days. I captured this image of the Sun using my DWARF 3 smart telescope, using its “Astro” function. 15th June, 2025, Sydney, Australia.
June 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Lots of lovely sunspots!
Hopefully, this amount of sunspot activity translates to an outburst of the Aurorae in the coming days. I captured this image of the Sun using my DWARF 3 smart telescope, using its “Astro” function. 15th June, 2025, Sydney, Australia.
Hopefully, this amount of sunspot activity translates to an outburst of the Aurorae in the coming days. I captured this image of the Sun using my DWARF 3 smart telescope, using its “Astro” function. 15th June, 2025, Sydney, Australia.
In complete contrast to the colours of my post last night (2nd June), today’s photo is of the Moon, looking very monochrome, indeed. This photo was taken using my DWARF 3 smart telescope. The Moon was 51% illuminated at the time, and its distance from Earth was 396,396 km (246,309 mi).
June 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In complete contrast to the colours of my post last night (2nd June), today’s photo is of the Moon, looking very monochrome, indeed. This photo was taken using my DWARF 3 smart telescope. The Moon was 51% illuminated at the time, and its distance from Earth was 396,396 km (246,309 mi).
Four images of the Aurora Australis outburst on Sunday, June 1st, 2025, at Jervis Bay, Australia.
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Four images of the Aurora Australis outburst on Sunday, June 1st, 2025, at Jervis Bay, Australia.
Here’s a photo of the Sun taken today, Friday, 30th May, from my home in Miranda, Australia, with my DWARF 3 smart telescope.
You make out several sunspots on the surface of our closest star, indicating potential increased activity for the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
You make out several sunspots on the surface of our closest star, indicating potential increased activity for the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Here’s a photo of the Sun taken today, Friday, 30th May, from my home in Miranda, Australia, with my DWARF 3 smart telescope.
You make out several sunspots on the surface of our closest star, indicating potential increased activity for the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
You make out several sunspots on the surface of our closest star, indicating potential increased activity for the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
It’s a landform that genuinely looks like the thing it’s named after. Horse Head Rock near Bermagui, Australia, even has a grassy mane! I photographed this natural wonder on May 3rd 2025, under the light of the stars and a setting moon.
May 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s a landform that genuinely looks like the thing it’s named after. Horse Head Rock near Bermagui, Australia, even has a grassy mane! I photographed this natural wonder on May 3rd 2025, under the light of the stars and a setting moon.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Seeing this photo on my camera’s preview screen made me smile at its simplicity. I tipped the camera back on the tripod so it was pointing straight up and clicked the remote shutter’s button. Sometimes, it’s the simple things that bring so much joy.
May 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Seeing this photo on my camera’s preview screen made me smile at its simplicity. I tipped the camera back on the tripod so it was pointing straight up and clicked the remote shutter’s button. Sometimes, it’s the simple things that bring so much joy.
The rusting remains of a 100-year-old barge rest in the waters of the Moruya River, Australia. The water’s still surface mirrors the rising Milky Way’s galactic core. The pink glow of Aurora Australis’s outburst colours the image’s bottom right-hand corner.
May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The rusting remains of a 100-year-old barge rest in the waters of the Moruya River, Australia. The water’s still surface mirrors the rising Milky Way’s galactic core. The pink glow of Aurora Australis’s outburst colours the image’s bottom right-hand corner.
A colourful night scene near Bodalla, Australia, with green atmospheric airglow washing over the whole scene while the fading Aurora Australis skirts the horizon. The Small and Large Magellanic Clouds dominate the sky, along with a couple of companions that I’ve labelled in an accompanying image.
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A colourful night scene near Bodalla, Australia, with green atmospheric airglow washing over the whole scene while the fading Aurora Australis skirts the horizon. The Small and Large Magellanic Clouds dominate the sky, along with a couple of companions that I’ve labelled in an accompanying image.
The Aurora Australis, captured near Tuross Head, Australia, 21st April 2025.
April 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Aurora Australis, captured near Tuross Head, Australia, 21st April 2025.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) low in the southwestern sky viewed from Tilba Cemetery, Australia, on 24th January 2025.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) low in the southwestern sky viewed from Tilba Cemetery, Australia, on 24th January 2025.
Some results from my DWARF 3 smart telescope that was my 60th birthday present last year.
Image 1: composite of four targets
Image 2: B 33, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Image 3: the Sun, with plenty of sunspots
Image 4: M42, the Orion Nebula
Image 5: the Moon at 31% on 5th March 2025.
Image 1: composite of four targets
Image 2: B 33, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Image 3: the Sun, with plenty of sunspots
Image 4: M42, the Orion Nebula
Image 5: the Moon at 31% on 5th March 2025.
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Some results from my DWARF 3 smart telescope that was my 60th birthday present last year.
Image 1: composite of four targets
Image 2: B 33, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Image 3: the Sun, with plenty of sunspots
Image 4: M42, the Orion Nebula
Image 5: the Moon at 31% on 5th March 2025.
Image 1: composite of four targets
Image 2: B 33, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Image 3: the Sun, with plenty of sunspots
Image 4: M42, the Orion Nebula
Image 5: the Moon at 31% on 5th March 2025.
After a day of clear and blue skies, clouds moved in to obscure the view a few hours before Moonrise on Friday night, 14th March. Despite that, I managed to photograph glimpses of the partially eclipsed Moon when the clouds thinned out briefly.
March 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
After a day of clear and blue skies, clouds moved in to obscure the view a few hours before Moonrise on Friday night, 14th March. Despite that, I managed to photograph glimpses of the partially eclipsed Moon when the clouds thinned out briefly.
A twelve-shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over the Tuross River shot in August 2024. The water’s surface was an almost perfect mirror. I used a Canon EOS 6D camera plus a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/2.4, and an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400, to capture each image.
March 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A twelve-shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over the Tuross River shot in August 2024. The water’s surface was an almost perfect mirror. I used a Canon EOS 6D camera plus a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/2.4, and an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400, to capture each image.
Being May 1st, it was one of the few museums open on the public holiday. I would have gone anyway, but my wife didn't want to spend the day alone in our flat, so she came along and said she enjoyed it. Like you, we found the balloon history section fascinating.
March 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Being May 1st, it was one of the few museums open on the public holiday. I would have gone anyway, but my wife didn't want to spend the day alone in our flat, so she came along and said she enjoyed it. Like you, we found the balloon history section fascinating.
Pinch and enjoy my twelve-shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over the Tuross River taken in August 2024. The water’s surface was an almost perfect mirror. I used a Canon EOS 6D camera plus a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/2.4, and an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400, to capture each image.
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pinch and enjoy my twelve-shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over the Tuross River taken in August 2024. The water’s surface was an almost perfect mirror. I used a Canon EOS 6D camera plus a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/2.4, and an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400, to capture each image.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) setting over the Illawarra Escarpment, viewed from Stanwell Tops, Australia on 4th February 2025. Shot using a Canon EOS-R and the Samyang Lens Global AF 12mm F2 lens.
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) setting over the Illawarra Escarpment, viewed from Stanwell Tops, Australia on 4th February 2025. Shot using a Canon EOS-R and the Samyang Lens Global AF 12mm F2 lens.
Here’s a seven-image vertical panorama of the Milky Way rising over the Tasman Sea at Gerroa, Australia, on 2nd Feb 2025. You can see the two Magellanic Clouds in the sky to the right of the Milky Way’s band of stars. Captured using the Samyang Lens Global AF 12mm F2 lens and a Canon EOS R camera.
February 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here’s a seven-image vertical panorama of the Milky Way rising over the Tasman Sea at Gerroa, Australia, on 2nd Feb 2025. You can see the two Magellanic Clouds in the sky to the right of the Milky Way’s band of stars. Captured using the Samyang Lens Global AF 12mm F2 lens and a Canon EOS R camera.
Gorgeous Gerroa
Last Sunday night I shot this lovely scene of Orion, Taurus, & the Pleiades in the northwestern sky. I used the Samyang AF 12mm F2 lens on my Canon EOS R camera to create this image.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
Last Sunday night I shot this lovely scene of Orion, Taurus, & the Pleiades in the northwestern sky. I used the Samyang AF 12mm F2 lens on my Canon EOS R camera to create this image.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Gorgeous Gerroa
Last Sunday night I shot this lovely scene of Orion, Taurus, & the Pleiades in the northwestern sky. I used the Samyang AF 12mm F2 lens on my Canon EOS R camera to create this image.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
Last Sunday night I shot this lovely scene of Orion, Taurus, & the Pleiades in the northwestern sky. I used the Samyang AF 12mm F2 lens on my Canon EOS R camera to create this image.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
Samyang Lens Global recently invited me to try out their new AF 12mm F2 lens for the Canon RF-S mount. I finally took the lens out last night (Sunday, February 2nd, 2025) at Gerroa, Australia, where I captured Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the Moon, Venus, and the Chinese Tiangong Space Station!
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Samyang Lens Global recently invited me to try out their new AF 12mm F2 lens for the Canon RF-S mount. I finally took the lens out last night (Sunday, February 2nd, 2025) at Gerroa, Australia, where I captured Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the Moon, Venus, and the Chinese Tiangong Space Station!
A Sprinkle of Stellar Flour
I thought the stars looked like a sprinkling of flour across the heavenly expanse in this photo shot at the New Norcia Monastery, Western Australia.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
I thought the stars looked like a sprinkling of flour across the heavenly expanse in this photo shot at the New Norcia Monastery, Western Australia.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A Sprinkle of Stellar Flour
I thought the stars looked like a sprinkling of flour across the heavenly expanse in this photo shot at the New Norcia Monastery, Western Australia.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
I thought the stars looked like a sprinkling of flour across the heavenly expanse in this photo shot at the New Norcia Monastery, Western Australia.
You can read the story behind this photo here: nightscapades.com
A Green Flash at Sunset
On 26 December 2024, as the sun set over the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, I captured the atmospheric wonder known as the “green flash.” This was my first time photographing the emerald emission.
On 26 December 2024, as the sun set over the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, I captured the atmospheric wonder known as the “green flash.” This was my first time photographing the emerald emission.
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A Green Flash at Sunset
On 26 December 2024, as the sun set over the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, I captured the atmospheric wonder known as the “green flash.” This was my first time photographing the emerald emission.
On 26 December 2024, as the sun set over the Indian Ocean in Perth, Australia, I captured the atmospheric wonder known as the “green flash.” This was my first time photographing the emerald emission.
Hello, 2025! Taurus, Jupiter, Orion, and Sirius strung out in a line stretching up from the Abbey Church at New Norcia Monastery in Western Australia a little after midnight on New Year’s Day, 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hello, 2025! Taurus, Jupiter, Orion, and Sirius strung out in a line stretching up from the Abbey Church at New Norcia Monastery in Western Australia a little after midnight on New Year’s Day, 2025.
We’re enjoying our last dinner watching the last sunset for 2024 at Scarborough Beach, Western Australia. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2024 at 11:38 AM
We’re enjoying our last dinner watching the last sunset for 2024 at Scarborough Beach, Western Australia. Happy New Year!
What a Christmas gift—together holidaying with my family on Christmas Day in a lovely part of the world. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.
December 25, 2024 at 2:42 AM
What a Christmas gift—together holidaying with my family on Christmas Day in a lovely part of the world. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.