A 360° fish-eye panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky, on March 31, 2017, taken from Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia at a latitude of 37° South. Orion and Sirius are at top, oriented as we are used to seeing them in the northern sky in our winter season. Below Sirius is Canopus, and below it are the two Magellanic Clouds, Large and Small (LMC and SMC). At bottom along the southern Milky Way are the stars of Carina, Crux, and Centaurus, and the dark lanes of the Milky Way creating the “Dark Emu” rising out of the ocean. At far left is Jupiter. Some faint red airglow tints the sky. This is at stitch of 7 segments, each shot with the 14mm Rokinon lens, in portrait orientation, at f/2.5 for 45 seconds each, at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui with spherical fish-eye projection.
A 360° rectangular panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky, on March 31, 2017, taken from Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia at a latitude of 37° South. The Milky Way through Puppis and Vela was overhead at this time and so is spread out along the top of the frame using this map projection. The Milky Way at left is rising; the Milky Way at right is setting. The South Celestial Pole is left of centre near the satellite trail. Orion and Sirius are at right. Left of Sirius at centre is Canopus, and below it are the two Magellanic Clouds, Large and Small (LMC and SMC). At left along the southern Milky Way are the stars of Carina, Crux, and Centaurus, and the dark lanes of the Milky Way creating the “Dark Emu” rising out of the ocean. At far left is Jupiter. Some faint red airglow tints the sky. This is at stitch of 7 segments, each shot with the 14mm Rokinon lens, in portrait orientation, at f/2.5 for 45 seconds each, at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui with equirectangular projection.
A 360° panorama of the southern sky over the OzSky Star Party, April 2016, near Coonabrabran, NSW, Australia. Left of centre is the Large Magellanic Cloud, while the Milky Way from Scorpius (at left) to Orion (at right) arches overhead from east to south to west. At far left is the Gegenschein, while at far right is bright Jupiter in the north. Carina and Crux are at left in the Milky Way. The Dark Emu is rising in the east. The telescopes are supplied by the Three Rivers Foundation Australia. This is a stitch of 8 panels, each 2.5-minute exposures, at f/2.8 with the 14mm Rokinon lens in portrait mode, on the iOptron Sky Tracker, and with the Canon 5D MkII. Stitched with PTGui using equirectangular projection.
