Purcell's Astrophotography at Grove Creek Observatory, Australia

Grove Creek Observatory is an excellent observatory for amateur astronomers. It is located about four hours WSW of Sydney, Australia. I vacationed there for the first time in April 1998. I brought with me my ST-7 CCD camera. I also brought with me Chicago's bad weather (their drought ended and the rains began the day we arrived). Halfway through the visit, my ST-7 died. The remaining images were taken with GCO's ST-6B. All images were taken through GCO's C-14 ( f/7). For a fuller description of our visit, read my NightTimes article.

On my second trip, in March 2000, I used an ST-7E.

You can reach Grove Creek Observatory at: int + 61 + 2 9428-4334. E-mail them at info@gco.org.au.

Visit their Web site at http://www.gco.org.au/.

Purcell's ST-7E Images taken at Grove Creek Observatory in March/April 2000:

• M58

• M84

• M91

• NGC 4372

• NGC 4833

• NGC 4945

• NGC 5128, Centaurus A

• NGC 5139, Omega Centauri

• (more under development)

Purcell's ST-7 Images taken at Grove Creek Observatory in April 1998:

• Jewel Box Cluster

• The two day old Moon

• M83

• M104, Sombrero Galaxy

• NGC 2070, The Tarantula Nebula

• NGC 3372, Keyhole Nebula and Eta Carinae

Purcell's ST-6B Images taken at Grove Creek Observatory:

• M42 mosaic

• M88
• M99

• M100

• 47 Tucanae

• NGC 6300

• NGC 6744

Purcell's piggyback astrophotography at Grove Creek Observatory:

• Large Magellanic Cloud

This page last updated on January 1, 2004