Fraser Gunn Astrophotography

28/04/2023

https://youtu.be/B5sfZ-p0jts

Second time to try to get this - super happy it came out so well, please share

View from Sebastopol (Mt Cook National Park) panning from South East to North West (CCW) as the Milkyway passes overhead - a crescent moon illuminates the Bu...

25/04/2023

https://youtu.be/Iae8inMJuRY

All night time lapse animation taken from Tekapo Peninsula, looking south over Lake Tekapo, Tekapo village and Mt John Observatory. Very dynamic aurora displ...

24/04/2023

Last nights aurora - lasted about 1/2 the night took an animation that has over 14,000 images (will take all day to process)

19/02/2020

Timelapse animation taken from the Silver River astrophotography site, of a faint aurora (not so noticeable by eye)1574 exposures taken from the start of the night ending about 5:00 am, each exposure was 15 seconds f/2.8 ISO 6400, taken with a Canon 6d camera and Samyang XP 14mm lens

31/10/2019

Timelapse animation (panning from West, thou South to end looking East) taken from the Silver River Astrophotography site. Very faint aurora, pass of the ISS, and reflection of the milkyway and Southern Cross. 1291x 15 second images taken with a Canon 6d with a 16-35mm f/2.8 lens

08/09/2019

Matariki cluster / M45
30x 2 minute, ISO 6400 exposures taken with a Canon 6d attached to the Takahashi FSQ85ED telescope

05/08/2019

Startrail image - I really love the reflection of the stars on the frozen tarn, just amazing. Very happy to be able to see an aurora from the Silver River Astrophotography site, this was one of the reasons for choosing this site

05/08/2019

Very nice and bright display, looking South over the Tarn from our Astrophotography Site, 573x 10 second ISO 6400 images made into an animation. The tarn is frozen over which gives a nice textured reflection

05/08/2019

Astrophotography container, milkyway and telescopes - apart from the -6 degrees very nice. Taken with a Canon 7d with 16-35mm lens, 12 images 30 seconds f/3.2 ISO 6400

25/07/2019

View looking NE a short walk from the Silver River Astrophotography site. What a beautiful night. 848 x 20 second images taken with a Canon 1Diii (ISO6400, lens 16-35mm f/2.8)

24/07/2019

NGC6357 - Taken with the Canon 6d attached to the Takahashi FSQ85ED telescope (with the wide field adaptor taken off and a canon 2x teleconverter used) If you compare to the image from 2 nights ago you can see the same item and the difference in the field of view (even thou same Camera and Telescope) 16x 8 minute ISO 6400 images averaged together