Deep Sky Astrophotography

BY LIAM DAVIES

Deep Sky Astrophotography is the process of photographing nebulae in our night sky. Australia has a beautiful vista of the Milky Way, making it one of the best places in the world for photographing objects invisible to the naked eye. A highly-specialised telescope and camera is used to take these photographs, however, many of these objects are still captured so faintly that they require up to 20 hours of total exposure to reveal.

The dynamic colours are combined from natural hues of Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur gases. All pieces are taken over the course of 18 months from Davies’ backyard in the Central Coast.