Steve Paxton's photos with the keyword: Night Sky

This is the night it all came true it was a trial under the moon. the computer program all worked so I just let it run. I was after NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy. It was off so just a star field but finally we have all the parts working perfectly. Next clear moon less night it will be the target. I cant wait for a black night no moon like this night. None the less there are a lot of very small Galaxies in this shot well past my lens limit of 600mm more 1500mm or better.

Some time you are fighting dragons you just can see. Electronic

If you start from the bottom you can see the Bright dot Which is 47 Tucane just above the 4. Next Above to the very left of the first word you can see the three stars in a line Y1, Y2,Y3 Octane in this case bottom to the top. Just above to the left of the first word is the 4 Octanes in the shape of a bowl been tipped out over to the left Left to right around the 4 . X Oct, Sig. Oct or Polaris Australis below T Oct and U Oct the lowest one. the area of the South Celestial pole Is just below the very left front of the A. you can almost draw a line through them all. All of this is made possible because of the Pole Master I can for the first time actually see them as they are. They move, the bowl shape of the octans moves around in a 360 rotation depending on the month and time of night. I have to use an app on the phone to see what shape I am looking for to find them they dont have names on them out in space. Now look at the night sky and try and find them. this is one of the 16mm shots that could have made up the bow below, cropped so you can see the area of the sky.

I picked up the tripod with the tacker on it and walked closer to the trees from the middle of the granite rock. Not totally lined up south but very close. You will note that Carina Nebula and the Magellanic clouds are much brighter.

A very small pool of water after the rain on the top of the rock.

The winter Bow at almost its highest an hour later it was directly above. A two Row Manual panorama.

Trying to frame Jupiter in natures window.

The best colour i have ever seen but very cold very clear after a cloudy day you can see the last of them bottom left of the bow. Enjoy