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  • Title: Siding Spring Observatory by night - Bob Shobbrook
  • Description: Dr Bob Shobbrook is a semi-retired professional astronomer and official Observatory Visitor at Siding Spring Observatory. He mainly works on international programs studying astro-seismology - pulsations of unstable stars. He enjoys photography as a hobby as well as using it in his professional work. Bob was one of Stromlo's first astronomy graduates, receiving his PhD from the ANU in 1964. Images were taken with an 18mm wide-angle lens on a Canon 300D digital camera. Exposures were mostly 1 to 3 minutes at an ISO speed of 800 or 1600.



    NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. No use may be made of any of the images without Dr Shobbrook's written permission.

Siding Spring Observatory by night - Bob Shobbrook

  • The moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building, the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome in the distance

    • The moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building, the…
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  • The ANU 2.3m telescope building, the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome and the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.

    • The ANU 2.3m telescope building, the Anglo-Au…
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  • Looking to the south-west to the Milky Way in Carina, the Southern Cross and Centaurus setting behind the moonlit ANU 2.3m dome

    • Looking to the south-west to the Milky Way in…
    • Views: 6545

  • Looking south-east to the constellations of Centaurus and Scorpius behind the ANU 2.3m telescope building

    • Looking south-east to the constellations of C…
    • Views: 6500

  • Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building with the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome in the distance

    • Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m te…
    • Views: 6675

  • Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to Scorpius seen above the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.

    • Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern…
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  • The Milky Way in the region of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Centaurus rising in the south-east behind the 24-inch dome

    • The Milky Way in the region of the Southern C…
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  • The southern Milky Way from Centaurus to Scorpius setting behind the ANU 24-inch telescope building.

    • The southern Milky Way from Centaurus to Scor…
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  • The ANU 24-inch telescope dome with the centre of the Milky Way near Scorpius and Sagittarius above

    • The ANU 24-inch telescope dome with the centr…
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