Kev Gray Photography

30/11/2021

Tonight a “train” of 53 satellites go over Victoria from 9:15pm.

To see what time they go over your area and where to look in the sky, check out this excellent website: https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/

04/07/2021

A little photo of Saturn, taken Thursday 1st July using my 8in Dobsonian telescope and an old single lens iPhone I had kicking about.

The telescope doesn't have any form of tracking and it isn't the best for heavy cameras to be mounted to it. So you have to hold the phone up to the lens and wait for the planet / object to float through the field of view and hope that the camera stays focused and not over exposed.

But I do have a sweet little astrocam which I've found the adapter for and I now have a computer that runs an older version of Windows (we're a Mac family here) so I might be able to snag some slightly better photos (no-one has made a mac compatible piece of software for the camera :( )

10/05/2021

Heads up! On Wednesday 26th May there will be a total lunar eclipse that is visible from Australia!

Conveniently I'll be right near 2 of Australia's most famous landmarks that night, so here's hoping for clear skies!

Total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.

24/04/2021

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. City Road overpass near the Art Centre.

ISO100, F/22 @ 30sec exposure

08/03/2021

Here’s a low resolution version of a photo I took of the Sydney Harbour Bridge last night.

Iso 100. 30sec shutter at f/7 with what could have been a Canon 17-40mm lens on a Sony A7 body

16/02/2021

People of Gippsland! The International Space Station goes overhead tonight with a viewing time of 7 minutes!

Time: Tue Feb 16 8:55 PM, Visible: 7 min, Max Height: 59°, Appears: 10° above WNW, Disappears: 10° above SE
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration LEGO

08/11/2020

Moondarra Resevoir taken with DJI Australia and New Zealand Mavic Pro drone Sunday 8-11-2020

01/11/2020

Gippslanders. Short notice, but the International Space Station goes over TWICE tonight. First one is at 8:43pm and again at 10:19pm.

also goes over tonight from 9:09pm where a fleet of 58 satellites will go overhead.
Find out where you can see them via this handy website: https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/

05/09/2020

Tonight and tomorrow step outside to check out as it travels overhead.

The International Space Station also makes a quick appearance in our skies at 7:04pm. Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 57°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 38° above E

17/05/2020

Here's another star trail photo. Taken with the GoPro Hero 8 Black.

615x30sec exposures stacked into one image.

15/05/2020

Here's a photo from last night.

Pointed the camera at Sigma Octantis aka Polaris Australis and away it went. Hopefully a little later after the it processes, I will have a GoPro nightlapse of the Milky Way going overhead.

07/05/2020

Great photo. Next challenge: Putting man on the moon.

A photographer has created the world's clearest picture of the moon's craters and isn't it a beauty! Photographer Andrew McCarthy stacked thousands of pictures taken at different moon phases and combined it into one amazing picture to show it off in all its glory. Amazing 🌝!

📷: Andrew McCarthy/SWNS/Mega