OctansLab - Astrophotography

OctansLab

Discover the treasures of the night sky and learn how to capture and process lunar, planetary, wide field and deep sky objects. OctansLab is based in South East Queensland, Australia and without a permanent imaging setup, all the astrophotography gear used has to be portable. The telescopes including a William Optics GT71 refractor, a William Optics GTF102mm refractor, a Borg55FL and a Celestron RASA8. The tracking mount used is currently an Avalon Instruments M Zero.

OctansLab also designs & fabricates 3D printed parts and accessories for telescopes, tracking mounts and astrophotography cameras to extend the usability of the equipment.

3D PRINTING IN ASTRONOMY

Bespoke, lightweight, tough adapters, mounting brackets & accessories

RECENT ASTROPHOTOGRAPHS

Under the night sky with OctansLab - Wide field, deepsky, planetary and lunar images from Queensland, Australia View more images in the gallery

NGC2903 astrophotography with RASA8 and ASI183MC

April 25, 2021

The Borg55FL captures NGC 2264 in hydrogen alpha

December 28, 2020

Astrophotography of the California Nebula in HA using the Borg55FL

December 25, 2020

The Borg55FL captures NGC2174 & IC443 in hydrogen alpha

November 29, 2020

The Flaming Star Nebula in hydrogen alpha with the Borg55FL

November 29, 2020

Rosette Nebula captured with RASA8 & ASI183MC camera

November 13, 2020

M33 galaxy captured with RASA8 & ASI183MC camera

November 10, 2020

Astrophotography of the Rosette Nebula in HA using the Borg55FL

November 1, 2020

From the Blog

ASIair 12v-5v DC converter 3D printed adapter bracket

3D printing

Designing and 3D printing an adapter bracket for the ASIair 12v-5v DC converter.

Widefield astrophotography with the ASI294 MC Pro and Olympus 50mm OM lens

Astrophotography

Wide field astrophotography using the ZWO ASI 294 MC Pro and vintage Olympus 50mm OM lens

PHD2 Guiding with Star Adventurer Mount

Astrophotography

Setting up PHD2 for RA only guiding with a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer mount & William Optics GT71 telescope.

William Optics GT71 with WO Field Flattener 6A2

Astrophotography

Configuring the WO Field Flattener 6A2 and William Optics GT71 telescope

Planetary nebula astrophotography with William Optics GFT102 & ASI294MC Pro

Astrophotography

My first serious attempt at imaging M57, the famous “Ring Nebula” with the Williams Optics GTF102mm f6.9 flat filed telescope, a 2X Televue Powermate and a “one shot colour” astrophotography CCD camera in the imaging train.The planetary nebula was imaged from a...