Earth and Sky Astrophotography



        Star Watching Photo Archive         |         Mackenzie Splendour DVD         |         Photography by Fraser Gunn        


Timelapse animation of the tracking mount used by Earth and Sky on Mt John for astrophotography and how it moves in relation to the night sky. The mount is a Losmandy G11 and is set up with a bar with 5 camera ball joints on top to hold customer cameras, if aligned correctly this mount is able to track the motion of the stars for atleast 10 mins (free guideing)
207 x 15mm fisheye f/2.8 ISO 3200 20 second exposures, at 15 frames per second (8.4mb)

        Star Watching Photo Archive         |         Astrophotography highlights         |         Photography by Fraser Gunn