This is the roughly 10°-wide area area in Vela containing the fragmentary Vela Supernova Remnant (semicircular magenta-cyan arcs of nebulosity at lower area of field,) the Pencil Nebula (aka Herschel's Ray, or NGC 2736) at left of centre, and the large HII regions: Gum 17, 15 and 14 (left to right, with Gum 17 the most obvious just right of centre and above). Two brightest patches at lover left at Gum 25 (left) and RCW38 (right). The bright star at upper left is Suhail, Lambda Velorum. This is a stack of 9 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 with 135mm Canon L-series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1250. Some light haze came over at the end of the sequence. Taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, May 2011.
The Vela Supernova Remnant thin magenta-cyan arcs at centre) plus large reddish emission nebulas mostly in the Colin Gum catalog of nebulas with no NGC numbers. all in Vela. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures with the 135mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia, Dec 16/17, 2012. Blue star at lower right is Regor, or Gamma Velorum, aka Suhail al Muhlif. North is up in this photo. It is not oriented along the Milky Way. Biggest brightest nebula is Gum 17, smaller one upper right of it is Gum 14, and larger faint nebula upper right of it is Gum 14. Small intense spiral shaped nebula left of centre and right of yellow star All Suhail is Gum 20. Small 3-part nebula at lower left next to star is RCW 38. Pencil Nebula, NGC 2736 is at lower left above RCW 38.
The southern Milky Way from Vela (at right) to Centaurus (at left), with the False Cross at left, the trus Southern Cross at right of centre, and Alpha and Beta Centauri at left. The star cluster at lower right is NGC 2516. Omega Centauri is at upper left. The Coal Sack is left of the Southern Cross. This is a stack of 3 x 3 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm Canon L-series prime lens, and filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800, plus an exposure taken through the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 2014.
