My photo of comet McNaught taken 23rd Jan 2007, Olympus E330, 60sec, ISO400, Zuiko 50mm f/1.4 lens at F/2, hand guided piggy-backed to a motor-driven telescope, in rural region which allowed me longer exposure to better demonstrate the fantastic tail.

We were very lucky in Australia to get a view of this magnificent comet which unfortunately was not seen well in the Northern Hemisphere.

see www.ayton.id.au/gary/Science/Astronomy/Ast_CometMcNaughtP... for more details, and other photos of this comet.

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the amazing omega centaurus globular cluster of millions of stars

taken with Panasonic GH-1 Micro Four Thirds camera mounted to a Williams Optics 4" f/7 refractor telescope (ie. 700mm focal length)

60 sec exposure at ISO 3200

this cluster really needs 2-4x this exposure to really bring out the stars but I did not have time to do this with my GH-1 as clouds rolled in.

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Unfortunately marred by lights from a passing aeroplane and I didn't get another chance with this camera.

Hand guided mounted on a motor-driven telescope.

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Hand guided on a fully manual telescope.

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The Milky Way in Winter from Victoria, Australia.

Unfortunately, a nearby moon limited exposures.

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