2 February 2011 Star Watching Photos from Mt John


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Thank you for joining the Earth & Sky Mt John Star Watching tour, here are tonights star photos taken by Fraser Gunn, all the staff at
Earth & Sky, hope that you enjoyed the experience. Feel free to copy the photos to your computer and share them around.
Orion constellation
Orion, Running Man, Horse Head and Flame Nebulae 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Eta carina and running chicken nebulae with the Southern Cross
Large Magellanic Cloud and Tarantula nebula 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Milkyway and the Southern Cross
Small Magellanic Cloud 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Milkyway between Scorpius constellation and the Southern Cross
Eta Carina Nebula 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Scorpius constellation and Venus
Omega Centari 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Milkyway between Scorpius constellation and the Southern Cross
Running Chicken Nebula 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds
Scorpius constellation and Venus
Scorpius constellation (tail) 200mm f/5 ISO 800 600 seconds

Tonight I also made a timelapse animation looking NW from Mt John using a 24mm lens looking past Earth and Sky's 16 Inch Telescope Dome as Orion passes over head

  Earth and Sky 16 Inch Telescope Dome (26.5mb)  

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