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5 mins after Jupiter Occultation.
Mapleton Mcnaught 5th Feb 07
Venus Transit 8th June '04
Moon 12th January '03
Iridium 70 Satellite Flare Sept 07
The international space station + Automated transport vehicle 1-4-08
The transit of Venus 6-6-2012
Photo's above taken by Adrian Adams


Antares in Scorpio.
Moon 35 image mosaic.jpg
Jupiter moon shadow & great red spot
NGC 3372 (Eta Carinae)
Comet Mcnaught.
Eta Carinae Nebula.
5-image-Moon-mosaic
Atlas-Hercules-and-Endymion
Kenilworth Comet Party
Comet from Dulong
Pauls Comet Animation
Coronado Solar flare
NGC-49 A Galaxy far far away
Helix Nebula
Grus Quartet
Centaurus A
M 42(Great orion Nebula).
M 33
NGC 4945.
M 45
M 31 (Andromeda Galaxy).
The great Orion nebula-Flame-Horsehead
m8.
Lambada-Centauri.
Centaurus a.
Magenelic cloud
The sculpter Galaxy (ngc 253).
The Flame & Horshead.
Crux (The southern Cross).
NGC 5128 (Edge on Spiral Galaxy)
Lightning over Nambour.
NGC 1365.
The photo's above were taken by Paul Russel amature astronomer and astrophotographer and are a credit to

his ability and passion for the art of digital and film astrophotography.

Paul teaches the courses run at the Observatory.

BELOW

KAWANA SCOUTS 6TH MARCH 09

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THE KAWANA SCOUT GROUP CAMPED THE NIGHT ON THE 6TH MARCH TO LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE-TELL THE TIME- RECOGNISE CONSTELLATIONS-NAME STARS-AND LEARN HOW TO SET UP AND USE AN EQUATORIAL TELESCOPE MOUNT FOR THEIR ASTRONOMY BADGE.

MONTVILLE SCHOOL NOVEMBER 08 VISIT YEARS 1/3

THE WHITE TELESCOPE ON THE TRIPOD WAS KINDLY DONATED TO THE MAPLETON SCHOOL & COMMUNITY OBSERVATORY BY LES BOUGHEN OF KILKOY
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