A view looking up to the zenith at the centre of the Galaxy and the Dark Emu formation of dark nebulas and lanes in the Milky Way stretching across the frame — from the head of the Emu in the Coal Sack at upper right in Crux … … to the body of the Emu at centre around the galactic core in Scorpius and Sagittarius … … to the feet and tail of the Emu at lower left in Scutum. The view takes in the most spectacular features of the Milky Way, as seen from a latitude of 32° South with the galactuc centre overhead at 2:00 on a late April morning in Australia. The faint blue band running vertically at left is the Zodiacal Band. Some reddish bands of airglow are at lower right. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute exposures with the Rokinon f/2.5 14mm SP lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MKII at ISO 1600. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia.
The spectacular area around the Galactic Centre of the Milk Way in Scorpius (at right) and Sagittarius (at left) as shot from Australia with this area nearly overhead in the wee hours of an April morning. Saturn is left of centre. Yellow Antares is right of centre. The region is rich in nebulas and star clusters. The Dark Horse and Pipe Nebula is above centre. The Sagittarius Starcloud is left of centre. The Small Sagittarius Starcloud, M24, is at upper left in the Milky Way. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute exposures with the 35mm Canon L-Series lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, with an additional exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter layered in to add the star glows.
Splendours of the southern Milky Way from Vela (at top right) to Centaurus (at bottom left), including the Carina Nebula, Crux and Coal Sack, and Alpha and Beta Centauri. A part of the huge Gum Nebula is at far right. The False Cross is at right, with the large cluster NGC 2516, the Diamond Cluster, below it. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at upper left. This is a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. Median combined to help eliminate cloud that was moving in. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker.
