The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius and Scorpius rising in the east, from Australia, on March 30/31, 2014. All of Scorpius is visible as well as Norma, Ara, Lupus and most of Sagittarius. This is stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish eye lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. The ground is mostly from one layer. The stars are softened slightly with a gaussian blur layer.
The Gegenschein glow at lower left, in southern Leo, taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwest New Mexico, March 14, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 plus a layer of two exposures taken through the Softon filter for the star glows. M44 the Beehive in Cancer is at upper right, the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, is at upper left. The stars of Leo are above centre. The streak is from geotationary satellites flaring in brightness near the oppostion point, but not moving as the sky turned.
