The summer Milky Way and galactic centre area to the south over the Milk River in Alberta and the Sweetgrass Hills of Montana, from the viewpoint road at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, on New Moon night, August 1, 2016. Sagittarius and the Dark Horse of dust lanes in Ophiuchus and Serpens is above the southern horizon, as are the star clusters M6 and M7 in Scorpius. Mars and Saturn are at right, with Saturn above Antares. This is a stack of 10 images, average mean combined, for the ground to smooth noise, and a single untracked exposure for the sky. All are 30 seconds at f/2 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 4000. These frames were from the beginning of a motion control panning sequence for a time-lapse movie, with the Syrp Genie Mini, but in the initial frames before the Genie began to move.
The Milky Way through the region of the tail of Scorpius and up into Sagittarius, photographed with it high in the sky from Australia. At bottom are the red nebulas of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw, and NGC 6357 (sometimes called the Lobster Nebula, for a “Paws and Claws” pairing). The clusters Messier 6 and Messier 7 are at left, below centre, with M7 lost in the star clouds of the Milky Way. The Galactic Centre lies at left centre. The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas, M8 and M20, are at top left. Saturn is the bright star at top centre. The Dark Horse region of dark dust is at right, with the darkest part below being the Pipe Nebula, B78. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 85mm lens, and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage near Coonabarabran, Australia. The image could be turned 90° CCW to better resemble its orientation in the sky in which it was photographed in the southern hemisphere, This orientation matches the view in the northern hemisphere.
The nebulas of Orion in the Belt and Sword of Orion area. Including M42, Orion Nebula (lower centre), Barnard's Loop (at left), M78 at upper left (small reflection nebula), Horsehead Nebula (above centre) and NGC 2024 (above Horsehead). There is faint reflection nebulosity at right -- the frame does not extend right far enough to show the Witchhead Nebula near Rigel. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Canon 135mm L series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 640. One exposure had soft stars from high altitude haze which added the glows around stars naturally. Shot from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 13/14, 2012.
