The bright globular cluster NGC 6397 in Ara, at left, with the distinctive and colourful triangle of stars in Ara made of Beta, Gamma, and Zeta Arae. The field simulates a binocular field. A stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures with the 20mm telephoto at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Tracked on the AP 400 mount. Shot from Coonabarabran, Australia.
Barnard 86 dark nebula and NGC 6520 open cluster in the Sagittarius Starcloud. With the AP 105mm refractor at f/6 and Canon 5D camera.
The Cat's Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula in Draco. This is a 4 x 8 minute exposure stack with the Canon 7D at ISO 800 and 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6. The field is relatively wide and focal length too short to show much detail on this small object, but the field does simulate what you would see at low power through a telescope. Faint cyan bit at right is a fragment of NGC 6543 and carries number IC 4677. Faint 14th mag galaxy at left is NGC 6552.
