Under Southern Skies

Field Notes

Short, guest-friendly stories of the objects we capture live at your event — what they are, why they glow, and how far their light has travelled to reach you. Tap any note to explore.

◆  The collection grows with every night under the stars

Messier 20 · Sagittarius

The Trifid Nebula

Three different kinds of nebula — glowing gas, scattered starlight and dark dust — in a single view.

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Messier 17 · Sagittarius

The Omega Nebula

Hydrogen glowing at full fury around a hidden cluster of giant newborn stars. Also called the Swan.

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NGC 2070 · Large Magellanic Cloud

The Tarantula Nebula

A colossal star factory in another galaxy, 160,000 light-years away.

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Messier 83 · Hydra

The Southern Pinwheel

An entire spiral galaxy, turned face-on so we look straight onto its arms.

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Messier 104 · Virgo

The Sombrero Galaxy

An edge-on galaxy seen almost side-on — a thin spindle of hundreds of billions of stars.

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Messier 8 · Sagittarius

The Lagoon Nebula

Glowing hydrogen, dark dust and a newborn star cluster, ~4,000 light-years away.

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The gas giant

Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system — its cloud belts, zones and a centuries-old storm.

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Messier 42 · Orion

The Orion Nebula

The closest great star nursery to Earth — bright enough to glimpse with the eye.

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NGC 2024 · Orion

The Flame Nebula

Bright gas behind, dark dust in front — together shaped like flickering fire.

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Earth's companion

The Moon

Our nearest neighbour, seen in shadow and relief along the terminator.

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More notes are added as we photograph new objects on location.