Sunshine Coast Stargazing

Discover the wonder & wisdom of the cosmos ✨
Stargazing & astronomy experiences in the Sunshine Coast International Dark Sky Reserve.

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weekend state

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dreamy but savage

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the beach was soft today and i haven't stopped thinking about it since @fangann 💯

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velvet in the streets, unknown in the sheets

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@flatwatercdl1 the transitions are so smooth it's making my brain hurt

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It's finally official! The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is home to Queensland's first International Dark Sky Reserve!

A huge congratulations to our good friend Dr. Ken Wishaw and the team at Sunshine Coast Council for this incredible achievement many years in the making.…

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@minxykay07 The internet praises everything now and it's making mediocrity acceptable

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So you may have noticed a bit of a rebrand...

After almost exactly 4 years of studying the night sky and photographing the tiniest fraction of the beauty within it, we have decided to change things up.…

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Had a fantastic time at the Bisei Astronomical Observatory and JAXA Spaceguard Center in Okayama, Japan this past week. It's not every day you get to enjoy a view through a 1.01m telescope!…

[Sunshine Coast Stargazing @VicKoelling]

Trifid Triple Digits (100 hours)

I've been waiting to post this photo until I got feedback from the astrophotography competition I submitted it into. This image of the Trifid Nebula was a labour of love, consisting of 100 hours of data captured on 23 nights over 3 months.…

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19,373 frames stacked together for one extra crisp visual full moon captured on 11 June.

Specs -
Two panel mosaic, 10min videos of each panel, top 50% of frames stacked (19,373)
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120
Mount: Skywatcher AZEQ6 Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro…

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Ever wonder what over 19,000 stacked images of the moon might look like?

This "Mineral Moon" was captured a few days ago during the full moon. My first attempt ever at imaging and processing images of the moon!…

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The last post from my semester project I promise.

This image shows a comparison across Near Infrared, Visible and Hydrogen alpha wavelengths for the purposes of stellar identification.…

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The images have been rotated 90° clockwise from the view it is normally seen at so that it could align with the typical view associated with Cosmic Cliffs images by Hubble and JWST.…

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@elonmusk i showed this to someone and they just stared in silence for 10 seconds

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My major project this semester in my postgrad diploma was feature identification within emission-line nebulae.…

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Sun - 25 May 2025

This past weekend I got to go to Queensland Astrofest again! This star party has been going since 1993 and I found out this year that it is actually the longest length star party on the planet at 9 days long,…

[Sunshine Coast Stargazing @VicKoelling]

Sun - 25 May 2025

This past weekend I got to go to Queensland Astrofest again! This star party has been going since 1993 and I found out this year that it is actually the longest length star party on the planet at 9 days long,…

[Sunshine Coast Stargazing @VicKoelling]

@RealCymbiotika stop scrolling and watch this if you want to be confused for the rest of the day

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@thepineapplejce adding you to my wish list rn