For four Fridays in September, Winterstellar delivered 4 talks to Alexandra U3A covering: Astrophotography with Andy Davey & Vicky Bowman Winterstellar with Andy Davey Dark Side of the Universe with Professor Brian Boyle Otago Dark Sky Project & Astro Alexandra Read more…
The Winterstellar Charitable Trust and the Lakes District Museum presents The Dark Side of the Universe A talk by Professor Brian J. Boyle Discover the 99.5%of the universe which is invisible to the naked eye illustrated with images taken by Read more…
A large crowd, including local Mayor Jim Boult and other dignitaries, attended the opening of the Winterstellar 2022 Exhibition at Lakes District Museum and Gallery in Arrowtown on 22nd July. The opening ceremony included a stirring karakia delivered by Jana Read more…
Some wonderful photography and videography from Nicholas Doran at the Matariki Pre-dawn Celebration on Coronet Peak, 24th June. Winterstellar Chair, Professor Brian Boyle joined 80 intrepid skiers to ascend to the top of the Greengates Express Lift on Coronet Peak to witness Read more…
Introducing the Winterstellar 2022 Book With the huge number of stunning images we have collected for this year’s exhibition, along with the anecdotes and science/technology used to collect them, it was only fitting that we compile them into a book. Read more…
In the News: CentralApp Check out full list of Competition winners here: Astrophotography Competition 2022 From Central App. Click here for full story. The astro-photography exhibition of stunning images shot by 20 South Island photographers opened at Alexandra’s Central Stories Read more…
In the News: Otago Daily Times Spirit of the Blues. Winterstellar in the Otago Daily Times The images that make up the “Winterstellar” exhibition 2022, which opened at Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery in Alexandra last night, can be Read more…
Very pleased to announced we have had another huge donation of a Panasonic 40″ 4k HD LED TV by John Feron from Central Appliance Plus in Alexandra. This will be presented to the overall winner of the 2022 Astrophotography Competition. Read more…
This is our third year organising the Winterstellar Astrophotography Competition and Exhibitions, and during that time we have talked to many excellent astrophotographers who have produced wonderful images. Printing an exhibition standard picture of their work though can be quite Read more…
On Saturday 9th April, Winterstellar Trustees Andy Davey & Astronomer Professor Brian Boyle were joined by professional photographer and adventure tourism operator Simon Williams, and Tourism Central Otago’s Digital Marketing Officer Antz Longman, on a ‘proof of concept’ night ride Read more…
