The constellations of Puppis and Vela in the southern Milky Way, plus the large Gum Nebula. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 with the Sigma 50mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus 2 x 6 minutes with Kenko Softon filter for star glows. Taken from Atacama Lodge near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, May, 2011.
The Rosette Nebula NGC 2237, at bottom, with open clsuter NGC 2244, and complex of nebulosity in Monoceros above, including Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster, and Monoceros dark nebula complex. This is a stack of 5 x 8 miniute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with Canon 5D MkII and Canon L-series 135mm lens.
The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) in Monoceros, an emission nebula and site of star formation in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. The star cluster at the centre of the nebula is NGC 2244. This is a stack of 8 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon EOS Ra camera blended with a stack of 8 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 3200 through an Optolong L-Enhance dual-band nebula filter to bring out the red nebulosity. All were through the Sharpstar HNT 150mm Newtonian Astrograph from home on February 19, 2020.
