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With his love of science fiction and photography, it seems that Ian Inverarity has always been destined to become involved with astrophotography. Key points: A mechanical engineer from Adelaide has won this year’s David Malin astrophotography award Amateur astrophotography is booming as a hobby as technology becomes more advanced and affordable This year’s competition entered the smartphone category for the first time Mechanical engineers have been capturing the wonders of the night sky for several years now, traveling to regional South Australia in search of the perfect shot. He said the addictive pursuit took him to Gawler, north of Adelaide, about once a month. And many nights and hours in darkness have paid off, with his photo of an old gum tree at Gawler shrouded in mist before the Milky Way picks up this year’s David Malin astrophotography award in New South Wales. “It’s relatively unusual. Out of the seven years or so I’ve been going there, I...

Comment this story Comment The full moon in July is special. Not only is it a supermoon – which appears larger than a “regular” full moon – but it is the largest and brightest full moon of 2022. The increase in size and brightness comes as it orbits closer to Earth than any other full moon this year. . This lunar supermoon is known as a buck moon, because the moon occurs when stags, called bucks, use their newly grown antlers. It rises Wednesday night at 9:05 p.m. in Washington and sets at 6:31 a.m. the next day. Check TimeandDate.com for moonrise and sunset times in other locations. On Wednesday evening, the weather along the East Coast and Intermountain West will produce scattered cloud cover that can obstruct views. The skies will be clearest over the Central United States and west of the Rocky Mountains. The term supermoon was first coined in 1979 by Richard Nolle when describing a new or full moon that is within 90 percent of its closest approach to Ear...