
The Church of the Good Shepherd, situated on the shores of Lake Tekapo amongst the natural beauty of the lake and the mountains. The Lake Tekapo area is recognized as one of the darkest sky areas in the entire world, ideal for night photography
Before we departed on our trip to Australia and New Zealand I had done extensive planning for this photo. Using Photo Pills I determined that it should be possible to find a location near the church that would allow me to have the Southern Cross, which is part of the southern Milky Way, directly above the church.
Visible directly above the church is the Southern Cross. The two cloud-like patches of light in upper right are the neighboring galaxies known as the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud and are only visible in the Southern Hemisphere skies. They are about 170,000 light years away and the Large Magellanic Cloud contains about 10,000 million stars. These are the closest galaxies to our own and are a stunning sight whether viewed with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. They are considered to be satellite galaxies linked by gravity to the Milky Way.
Date & Time | January 11, 2019: 11:30pm |
Location | Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand |
Coordinates | -44.002567, 170.482194 |
Focal Length | 35mm |
Aperture | f/2.8 |
Shutter Speed | 13 sec. |
ISO | 3200 |
Number of Exposures | 30 |
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Total Pixels | 247,010,668 |
Horizontal Pixels | 18,596 |
Vertical Pixels | 13,283 |
Aspect Ratio | 1.4 : 1 |
File Size | 1,411 MB |
Width @ 300ppi (perfect) | 5.17 feet |
Height @ 300ppi | 3.69 feet |
Width @ 150ppi (near-perfect) | 10.33 feet |
Height @ 150ppi | 7.38 feet |
Date & Time | January 11, 2019: 11:30pm |
Location | Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand |
Coordinates | -44.002567, 170.482194 |
Focal Length | 35mm |
Aperture | f/2.8 |
Shutter Speed | 13 sec. |
ISO | 3200 |
Number of Exposures | 30 |
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