Steve Quirk

An amateur astronomer for over 35 years, Steve Quirk gained his reputation for excellence in astrophotography during the 1980s and ’90s, producing many inspiring photographs of the night sky, many of which have been used in magazines and books in Australia and overseas. Not satisfied with obtaining images of only the most famous celestial bodies, he has built up an impressive photo library of many difficult and less-frequently observed objects using self-taught skills. He has built his own telescopes from scratch (including polishing and figuring several primary mirrors) and does his astrophotography from an old wheat silo that has been converted into a private observatory, near Mudgee, NSW.