Southern Cross (Crux) and Coal Sack, field oriented equatorially, with Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera with 135mm f/2 Canon L lens at f/2.8 for 4 minutes each at ISO400. Stack of 4 exposures, averaged stacked. Taken from Queensland, Australia, June 2006. Glow added in Photoshop to bright stars.
December southern sky from Vela/Puppis area to Centaurus, framed diagonally. Taken from NSW, Australia December 2003, with Pentax 6x7 camera with 55mm wide-angle lens at f/4.5 with Ektachrome E200 slide film, 120-format, and 40 minute exposure. Some slight trailing. Anti-vignetting mask applied to reduce corner darkening. Glow layer added in Photoshop to fuzz stars.
Southern sky Milky Way as seen in December, taken from a site near Parkes, NSW, Australia. Taken Dec. 2003. Covers area from celestial equator at top (Orion's Belt) down to South Celestial Pole betweem Magellanic Clouds at right and Milky Way at left. Bottom of Milky way goes down to Centaurus with Alpha and Beta Centauri rising above house -- and Sirius at top of frame and Canopus at centre. Taken with 35mm full-frame fish-eye lens on Pentax 6x7 camera, at f/5.6 for 60 minute exposure, on Ektachrome E200 slide film, 120-format. Glow layer added in Photoshop to fuzz stars.
