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luigi
30-07-2010, 02:48 AM
Hi All,

This is a photo of the observaory I visit frequently, it's 100km away from Buenos Aires so the skies are much much better. Buenos Aires is so big that even 100km away the East horizon is very light polluted.

The telescope is a Cassegrain 0.6mts. The director of the observatory is Miguel De Laurenti, a great guy to work with!

The photo shows the observatory, the milky way and the moon captured with a Sigma 15mm fisheye lens in a Canon 5DII.

Not a great photo but I thought you might like to know an observatory from the other side of the world!

Liz
30-07-2010, 08:11 AM
Any image that has an observatory and beautiful stars is great, very nice Luis!! :thumbsup:

astroron
30-07-2010, 08:48 AM
Cool image Luis:cool::cool2:

Ric
30-07-2010, 10:40 AM
Nice capture Luis.

I've always liked the effects that fish eye lenses produce.

Cheers

renormalised
30-07-2010, 02:26 PM
Nice shot, Luis:)

Should campaign for more efficient lighting in the city.