False Cross (Vela and Carina), taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, March 2010, with Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon L-series 135mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at ISO 800. Slight trailing. Cluster NGC 2516 is at bottom, cluster IC 2391 as at right.
False Cross area of southern Milky Way in Vela and Carina. Taken in December 2003 from NSW, Australia. Shows Vela SNR and Gum nebula area very well. Taken with 165mm lens at f/4 for 24 minutes on Ektachrome E200 120-format film and Pentax 6x7 camera. Glow layer added in Photoshop to fuzz stars.
False Cross area of Vela-Carina, and Puppis clusters shot from Australia December 2003. Shows Gum Nebula well and various naked eye clusters of Puppis and around False Cross. Canopus at lower right. Shot with 90mm lens at f/3.5 on 120-format Ektachrome E200 slide film, for 23 minute exposure with Pentax 6x7 camera Glow layer added in photoshop to fuzz stars.