The Southern Cross framed with a 200mm telephoto lens. The scene includes the open star cluster, the Jewel Box (NGC 4755) at left of Beta Cruxis (aka Becrux) at left, and the dimmer star clusters NGC 4609 (left of Acrux at bottom), Trumpler 20 (right of Becrux) and NGC 4349 (above Acrux). Reddish Gacrux or Gamma Cruxis is at top of the Cross. The dark Coal Sack is at lower left. This is a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures with the 200mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Tracked on the AP400 mount,
The Milky Way through Carina and Crux, with the Carina Nebula at right and the Southern Cross at left, and the Coal Sack beside the Cross. The Dark Doodad dark nebula streak in Musca is at bottom. The field is filled with dark nebula patches and streaks. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 800, taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, March 2014. An additional exposure through a dewed up soft focus filter and layered in Photoshop adds the star glows.
Crux, the Southern Cross, at top, and the Pointer Stars, at bottom, over the Pacific Ocean in deep blue twilight from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse viewpoint. The Milky Way is just visible. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at left. This is a single exposure for 5 seconds at f/2 and ISO 6400 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D.
