AstroCapetown (Peter Dunsby) 🔭✨🇿🇦

Centaurus A - I had hoped to capture more than 100 hours of data on this fascinating galaxy this, but have called it quits (at least for now) with 30 hours in the bag. Captured with the RASA 8 & ASI 533MM and TS 94EDPH $ ASI2600MM. See instagram.com/p/CtObzxSMdai/… #astophotography

My Southern Pinwheel Galaxy image has won first prize in the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Astrophotography competition of 2025! Really happy that the 70 hours of integration time paid off 😁 #Astrophotography #space #astronomy

@SaraPlemmonsFL @zwoastro @TeleskopService Thanks very much!

@AstroCapetown @zwoastro @TeleskopService Amazing work!

I started this project 4 months ago and it’s finally done. Here is my final image of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) in HaLRGB. Telescope - TS Photoline 140, camera - ASI2600MM, integration time - 60 hours. Captured from Newlands, Cape Town (Bortle 7/8) #astrophotography #m83

A crop of my recent Pencil Nebula image #Astrophotography #pencilnebula #space

@onXforSPACE @zwoastro @Celestron @TeleskopService 😂

@AstroCapetown @zwoastro @Celestron @TeleskopService ADHD would make your life a lot easier. Great shot, btw.

50 hours on the Pencil Nebula. Captured in HOO with the RASA 8 & ASI533MM Pro. #astrophotography #pencilnebula

@MIKETAYLOR21344 @zwoastro @TeleskopService @Celestron Not fake. Captured with standard astrophotography equipment, with minimal processing. Isn’t space beautiful!!

@AstroCapetown @zwoastro @TeleskopService @Celestron Please keep these fake photos off of here.

Part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, captured in HOO with the RASA 8 & ASI533MM Pro. 30 hours of exposure time. #astrophotography #space #astronomy

@SpaceBiz1 @zwoastro @TeleskopService @Celestron Sure. Just credit. Thanks!

@AstroCapetown @zwoastro @TeleskopService @Celestron Hello! Great shot 😍 Can we please include it in our article “Best astrophotos of the week” on Orbital Today, with credit?

This image of M 104 was captured in one night from the Cederberg Observatory using a SW Esprit 100 & @zwoastro ASI2600MC Pro. This is a stack of 60 300 sec subs, so an effective 5 hours of exposure time. #astrophotography #space #sombrerogalaxy #M104

….. and here is the wider field version 😎 #horseheadnebula #space #astrophotography #astronomy

@clarkjames70 Let me know when you are here, maybe you could visit the Cederberg Observatory.

@AstroCapetown Lovely, thanks Peter. By the way, we’ve just booked a trip that includes Bushman’s Kloof in Cederberg….inspired by your posts from your obsy club up there. Looks stunning. Hoping to take a travel rig there too 🤞

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae captured with two telescopes - the RASA 8 & ASI294MM for the Ha and the Esprit 100 & ASI2600MC for the colour #horseheadnebula #astronomy #astrophotography #space

@clarkjames70 Thanks James. Everything was done in Pixinsight.

@AstroCapetown Masterfully done Peter. Did you blend in PixInsight, PhotoShop or other software?

What do you do when you get out to dark skies? Well, it’s obvious, right? You capture one of the most iconic objects in the sky….The Horse Head Nebula. This is a little under three hours using the SW Esprit 100 and the ASI2600MC Pro, captured from beautiful Gecko Rock reserve.

@rcolesooner 😂

@AstroCapetown Are there any coyote tracks or ACME signs around?

This is the 4th time I’ve passed this rock since October last year.

A quick peak at my wonderful hobby 😀 #astronomy #astrophotography #outreach

The Cobra and Mouse (NGC 2442 and NGC 2443) are two parts of a single intermediate spiral galaxy. It is about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. This is the first part of this project consisting of luminance data. Colour to follow. #astrophotography #galaxy

Always better looking up ✨#astronomy #astrophotography