Orion setting in deep twilight sky with stars in abundance but the sky still deep blue, from Australia with Orion “upside down.” The Saucepan asterism popular in Australia is visible here, made of the Belt stars, and stars in the Sword and the star to the left of the bottom star in the Belt here. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the trees to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all untracked with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia.
The southern Milky Way with Crux and Carina at centre rising in the southeast in deep blue twilight on April 17, 2017. Above is the False Cross, below are the Pointer Stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri. The Carina Nebula is at centre, the Southern Cross below. Below the Cross is the Coal Sack. This is a stack of 8 x 20 second exposures for the ground to reduce noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, untracked. All at ISO 1250 with the Canon 6D and f/2 with the 35mm lens. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage at Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Orion setting from Australia in deep blue twilight, over gum trees. This is a stack of 5 x 10-second exposures for the ground and one 10-second exposure for the sky, at f/2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
