A meteor streaks below the Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross in the southern Milky Way. This is a single frame from a time-lapse and is a single untracked 30-second exppsure at f/2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, April 12, 2016.
A panaoramic mosaic of the southern Milky Way region from the Coal Sack dark nebula and Alpha Cruxis, (aka Acrux) at left, to IC 2944/8, the Running Chicken Nebula, at right, with the star cluster, NGC 3766, above. The cluster IC 2714 is at the lower right corner. The star cluster NGC 4609 is left of Acrux, in the Coal Sack. This is a 3-panel mosaic, each panel a 4 x 6-minute exposure with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Stacking and stitching in Photoshop CC 2015. Taken from Tibuc Cottage, Australia, April 11, 2016.
Gacrux or Gamma Cruxis, the top star in the Southern Cross, Crux, a reddish star and a fine double, but not resolved here at this scale. This is a stack of 4 x 5-minute exposures with the Canon 6D at ISO 1600 and through the 106mm Astro-Physics Traveler telescope, from Tibuc Cottage April 10, 2016 on a partly hazy night.
