The extensive Gum Nebula area in Vela, an interstellar bubble blown by winds from hot stars, with the False Cross at left. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the Sigma 50mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012. High cloud added natural glows around stars. Star clusters NGC 2516 (below False Cross) and IC 2391 (right of false Cross) stand out. Superhot star Gamma Velorum is at centre.
IC 2177 Complex known as the Seagull Nebula, that includes NGC 2337, and Gum 1 (patch of nebulosity at right) and NGC 2343 cluster at left and NGC 2335 cluster at top. It is on the Monoceros-Canis Major border. This is a stack of 4 x 12 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the filter-modified Caon 5D MkII and thru the Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler apo refractor at f/5.8 with the 6x7 field flattener. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12/13, 2012. Shot without a dark frame subtraction by mistake.
The southern sky Milky Way rising over Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012. This is a single image with an untracked camera, the Canon 60Da at ISO 3200 and 10-22mm lens at f/4 for 90 seconds.
