This session is only run on clear moonless nights and is the final session of the evening.

You can take images of Deep Sky Objects, Planets (when visible), and constellations in this session.
We also view some of these objects through telescopes.

You will need to bring a standard SD card and a usb thumb drive (unused please). We have SD cards for sale here if you don't have one. If you have a cable that connects your camera to our computer that would be advantageous for us to tweak the images to get the most out of them and we copy them to your usb drive.

You can bring your own DSLR camera that is compatible through our telescopes.
Alternatively use our Canon RA mirrorless camera which is designed especially for astronomical imaging and is superior to most other DSLR cameras. You need to bring or purchase a standard SD card to use in our camera.
Or you can use a combination of your camera and our camera.

Deep Sky Objects:
We can take images of Emission Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, Open Star Clusters, Globular Clusters, comets, and galaxies.
Which objects we can do depends on the time of the year but we provide an up to date list below of what we can choose from.
We use the large 17 inch Planewave telescope for most of the imaging. We have also just acquired a new high quality Takahashi FSQ106EDX4 refractor for wider field objects. This is only compatible with canon cameras at present. Bring an SD card and you can use our camera if you have another brand of camera.

Planets:
Planets are difficult to photograph and don't work well with DSLR cameras.
We use our planetary video camera and reduce that video to an image of the planet for you.
You will need to bring a usb thumb drive for a copy of the video and image.
Planets are not always visible in the sky and if they are, they need to be high in the sky to get a reasonable image.

Constellations:
We can take an image of a constellation of your choice or region of the sky. You need to bring a suitable wide angle lens. Alternatively you can use our camera.
With our camera or your canon camera we can fit our fisheye lens to take an allsky image.

Compatible cameras for our 17 inch planewave telescope and 3" refractor are
canon eos cameras.
canon mirrorless camera R range but requires the adapter to fit the eos lenses.
Nikon DSLR cameras where the lens can be removed.
Sony DSLR cameras
Sony mirrorless cameras

The telescopes used are our Planewave 17" telescope and we now have a very high quality Takahashi FSQ 106EDX4 refractor to use. The Takahashi is only compatible with camera cameras at present. If you are using another brand we can use a similar 3" refractor or bring a SD card to use the Takahashi

The quality of the images depends on the quality of the sensor in your camera
Your camera needs to be fairly modern, best not to be more than 5 years old.
Full frame cameras are better but it is ok for the cropped view.
It also depends on the seeing of the night. Some nights are better than others but is hard to pick in advance.
It also depends on how high the object is in the sky. The higher in the sky the object is, the better the image.
We only run the session when the Moon is not visible to give better contrast to the images.

The length of the show depends on what equipment you bring.
If you use our camera it will go for 2 hours.
If you have a canon camera , with an EF fitting we can fit our lenses to it, the show can go for 2 hours.
If you have another brand camera we just take photos through the telescope for 90 minutes, unless you have your own wide angle lens.

This session is available only on clear nights between 3rd Quarter Moon to First Quarter Moon.


Booking:
Tickets are purchased from iwannaticket ticketing agency/ There is a link further below.
It will only let you purchase 1 ticket. If you are bringing someone with you, you pay for the 2nd person when you arrive onsite whether they have a camera or not.