Have you purchased a star from a star registry?

We can take a professional photograph your star through our main telescope using our astronomical camera..

This involves exposing the camera 2.5 hours through the telescope.

Your star is centred in the photograph amongst a field of other stars.

We also image the constellation it is in locating where your star is in the constellation.

We email you a jpeg file of the image. We can add the star name and coordinates if you wish.

Cost is $110 including GST. You can print this to any size you prefer at your local photo printing shop.

All we need are the coordinates of your star. This will be in RA xx.xx.xx Dec +- xx:xx:xx where x is a number.

We can then advise you when the star can be photographed. Different stars are visible different times of the year.

Contact us with the coordinates of the star in advance and we can advise you the best time during the year to view your star through the telescope at Dubbo Observatory.

You can book a private session for 15 minutes where you just view your star only. You will need to book this well in advance so we can schedule a special time for you.

Alternatively you can book into one of our regular shows, whether its The Night Sky & Telescope Viewing Session or the Premium Session and view your star as well as all of the other objects we show.

Bring your own DSLR or mirrorless camera to take a 30 second image through our telescope as part of private view of the star mentioned above.

Alternatively you can use our Canon RA camera. Just bring an SD card or purchase an SD card we have here.

The camera needs to be compatible with our telescope and you need to know the following settings.

Manual setting.

Exposure time

ISO setting.

Set it so it can take a photo without the lens attached.

We just use the body of the camera without the lens attached.

Compatible cameras are

Canon EOS and mirrorless

Nikon DSLR

Pentax DSLR

Sony DSLR or mirrorless.

We can advise you of what stars are up different times of the year .

No charge for this. We are happy to advise

Don't assume that if you purchase a star in your own star sign that it is visible when its your birthday. It is actually the worst time.