Orion and Taurus over Timor Rock, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 6, 2010. Haze in sky added fuzzy glow. Taken with Canon 5D MkII camera and 35mm lens at f/2.5 for 40 seconds at ISO3200.
A portrait of most of the constellation of Lyra the Harp, taking in all its bright stars. Vega is at top right, with the famous Double-Double, Epsilon Lyrae, above it at top. The very orange star is Delta2 Lyrae paired with blue Delta1 Lyrae, amid the sparse star cluster Stephenson 1. The double star Zeta1 and Zeta2 Lyrae is below and to the left of Vega. At bottom left are the two stars at the bottom of Lyra, Gamma and Beta Lyrae, aka Sulafat and Sheliak respectively. Between them and just visible at this scale as a disk and not a star is the green planetary nebula Messier 57, the Ring Nebula. The field of view is about 8.3° by 5.5° degrees wide, similar to binoculars. This is a stack of eight 5-minute exposures with the William Optics RedCat 51 at f/4.9 and the Canon R5 at ISO 800. Taken May 25, 2022.
Southern Milky Way from Vela to Carina area, with Canopus at bottom right, so covering much of Carina constellation, and showing Gum Nebula at right, False Cross at centre. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, March 2008 with Canon 20Da and Canon 24mm L series lens at f/2.8 for stack of 3 x 5 minute exposures at ISO400.
