Coona Telescopes by Moonlight

[iceman (Mike)]

This wide panorama was captured up at Coonabarabran, at a point overlooking many of the telescopes up on the mountain.

The 4-metre Australian Astronomical Observatory telescope dome is on the right in the distance. Earlier that day, I was standing on top of the dome!

The bright Moon overhead lights-up the landscape like daytime!

- Large

Thanks for looking

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice shot, Mike! There is a demonic shape to that cloud formation-at least to my eyes!

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice Mike!

Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice shot, Mike! There is a demonic shape to that cloud formation-at least to my eyes!

Yeah I see it too Laurie

[gregbradley]

Very nice. Its obvious where the Australian astronomy community consider the best location for their scopes in Australia.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Awesome shot Mike, love it ...and no arching Milky Way either

It looks like the ANU's 2.3m NTT was operating, was the Skymapper next to you there working?

Mike

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Mike.


Ross.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice shot, Mike! There is a demonic shape to that cloud formation-at least to my eyes!

Thanks Larry!

Originally Posted by Rod771

Very nice Mike!

Cheers Rod!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice. Its obvious where the Australian astronomy community consider the best location for their scopes in Australia.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. Yeh it's an amazing spot. I'm considering another visit next year during their astrofest.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Awesome shot Mike, love it ...and no arching Milky Way either

It looks like the ANU's 2.3m NTT was operating, was the Skymapper next to you there working?

Mike

Cheers Mike Not a milky way in sight

The SkyMapper was working, but we didn't notice for ages It was so windy, that we didn't hear the dome moving or running. Only while scrolling through my images on the back of the camera did I notice the dome moving and said "Hey, it's open )".

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking photo Mike.


Ross.

Cheers Ross.