The total eclipse of the Moon, April 15, 2014 local time just after sunset from Australia, seen from Shingle Splitter's Point overlooking Lake Macquarie on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was fortunate that we saw this eclipse at all as the sky was very cloudy and at times it was actually raining on us. But about 6 pm the Moon appeared as totality was ending. The Moon appears below Spica and below right of Mars. The lake has a red glitter path from the eclipsed Moon. This is an 8-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 50mm lens on the Canon 60Da at ISO 800.
All of Scorpius, plus parts of Lupus and Ara regions of the southern Milky Way. This area was directly overhead when I took this at about 4:30 am local time on April 6, 2014 from near Coonabarabran, Australia. The head of Scorpius is at top his tail at bottom though you could turn this image any direction and it would be correct as seen in the sky at this latitude, depending on the time of night. But in portrait mode like this north is at top. Along the Milky Way are numerous nebulas, including the False Comet area, the Cat's Paw area, and the colourful nebulas around Antares at top. The dark Pipe Nebula is at left of frame. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Sigma 50mm lens on the filter-modiifed Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800. An additional exposure with the Kenko Softon filter was layered in to add the star glows.
The Milky Way in Sagittarius (bottom) and Scorpius (left and top) including the Galactic Centre area at centre frame. ALong the Milky Way are numerous deep sky objects, from the False Comet area (NGC 6231) at right. Messier 6 and 7 star clusters in Scorpius to M8 and M20 in Sagittarius (left of centre) and M16 and M17 at left edge in Serpens. The Dark Horse lanes of dark dust reach from Ophiuchus up into Scorpius and Antares, the yellow star at top surrounded by blue and magenta nebulosity. Corona Australis is at bottom. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Canon 35mm L-Series prime lens at filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800, plus a stack of two shots, same exposures, taken through the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 2014. Area was in the east with some sky gradients.
