Milkyway Over Mount Abu Observatory

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Photographer
Nikunj Rawal
Email
nickastrorawal@gmail.com
Location of photo
Mount Abu, India
Date/Time of photo
1st June 2017 at 12:30 am
Equipment
Canon 1100D Camera with Tokina 11 mm lens on a fixed tripod
Description
"Milkyway Over Mt Abu Observatory" Visiting 1.2 meter 'Visible-Infrared #Astronomical #Observatory', Dept of #Space, Physical Research Laboratory at 5,400 feet height at Mount Abu, Rajasthan is worth inspiring, exciting & memorable for a lifetime. Full night stay, Inversion Atmospheric Layer, Understanding functioning of IR #Telescope, Observations of #SuperNovas, #Spectroscopic analysis, Dark #Starrynight, Awesome rising #milkyway, Delicious food and wonderful people there are unforgettable experience.
Website
https://500px.com/nickastrorawal
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Nikunj Rawal

About Nikunj Rawal

Astronomer and Astrophotographer, Nikunj Rawal is an experienced Instrumentation Engineer by profession. He is an Amateur Astronomer from his childhood with astronomy his strongest passion. In 2009, he decided to capture the beauty of night-sky through camera and telescope, till then he has been travelling to various dark-night places in weekends and shoots the celestial bodies. He has his own 8" SkyWatcher Dobsonian SYNC GOTO Telescope, through which he observes and makes records of various celestial bodies. Along with Astrophotography, he also shoots whatever he likes to shoot with photographic vision.
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