Fraser Gunn
Astrophotography

Taking a peak towards the unknown, finding a deep space object and having the privilage of the right tools and knowledge to photograph far more than the eye can see. Astrophotography taken from the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand using Astrograph Telescopes and special DSLR cameras attached to Astro night sky tracking mounts

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Astrophotography presentation by Fraser Gunn & Yuriko Yoshino - This is the start of the presentation that Fraser Gunn gave at the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve - 2017 Starlight Festival held at Mt Cook. To see more timelapse animations taken from the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve please visit

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Matariki Open cluster with reflection nebula in Taurus constellation Emission and Dark Nebula combine to display the Horsehead. The Bright star is Alnitak in Orions Belt. Taken with a Canon 6d attached to the Takahashi FSQ85ED telescope, 2x tele extender used M4, Globula cluster in Scorpius and Rho Ophiuchi Nebula, bright nebula in Ophiuchus. Direct colour imageing with a Canon 6d attached to the Takahashi FSQ85ED Telescope Panarama Grid image taken using a Canon 6d with a zeiss 135mm lens. Exposures 120 seconds ISO 3200 The LMC is a nearby irregular galaxy, total exposure is 7hrs and combines Ha, Hb, Oiii, Sii and clear astronomical filters
Fraser Gunn & Yuriko Yoshino, 68 School Road, Fairlie, New Zealand

Earth's Moon 90% illuminated at 372106 km's away

Earth's Moon made by merging 21 images taken with an iPhone

Astrophotography of the Moon with a cell phone camera seems to have the advantage over using a bigger DSLR camera, simply because you have more pixels per square mm and hence a higher resolution and you can take advantage of the extra magnification and optical corrections of the eyepeice. Luckily because the moon is so bright and big most of the time the auto functions of the cell phone camera will work. The hardest part is to make sure you are holding your phone level with the eyepeice and for the lens to be exactly in the middle of the eyepeice, to photography different areas of the Moon you move the telescope (not the phone) Images taken from the Canterbury University Mt John Observatory - Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. The Moon was 90% illuminated and 372106 km's away

  Comparison of the Baader 3.5nm Ha Filter and the Astrodon 6nm Ha Filter