Wide Field Views of the Night Sky

These images were taken at Moore and Mt. Kent Observatories using fisheye (180 degree) lenses on Nikon digital single lens reflex cameras.

Moore Observatory near Louisville, Kentucky

• Late afternoon on February 27, 2007 at 16:52 local time, 21:52 UTC
• Night of August 23, 2011, at 00:15 local time, 04:15 UTC
• Night of August 26, 2011, at 00:15 local time, 07:53 UTC
• Movie on the Night of August 26, 2011, from 0:53 to 3:53 local time, 4:53 to 8:53 UTC
• Aurora in the northern sky on the night of October 24, 2011, at 21:38 local time, 01:38 UTC
• Dawn on October 25, 2011, at 06:30 local time, 10:30 UTC

Mount Kent Observatory near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

• Night of May 19, 2007, at 18:19 local time, 05:19 UTC

On-line Resources

• Sky-Map
• Google Sky
• Stellarium
• Heaven's Above

Observing Sites

• Moore Observatory on Google Maps
• Mt. Kent, Australia, on Google Maps