Astrophotographer Simon Lewis took this photo of the southern night sky from the West Melton observatory. The Greendale resident talks to Devon Bolger about his passion for astronomy and work as an astrophotographer at the West Melton observatoryWhat was it that first attracted you to astronomy? As a boy, I was always pulling things apart and trying to fix them, nothing was safe in my house. You have to understand the night sky and the object your aiming for and then kind of frame it up from there to create something that’s pleasing to the eye. I quite like taking photographs of them and think they’re nice to look at because they’re not photographed very often.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 27, 2019 16:07 UTC