A mosaic of the region around the Small Sagittarius Starcloud and Dark Horse dark nebula complex. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Lagoon Nebula at bottom to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), and the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). Flanking the bright M24 starcloud are the large open clusters M23 (right) and M25 (left). At bottom left is the M22 globular star cluster. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse. This is a mosaic of 4 panels, each a stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures with the 135mm lens at f/2.8, and with the filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 1600 tracking the sky on the iOptron SkyTracker, with no guidind. Images were stacked and stitched in Photoshop CC. Taken from the Four Bar Cottages near Portal Arizona, May 4/5, 2014.
This the summer Milky Way (northern hemisphere) from home in southern Alberta at latitude +51°, taken on July 24, 2012. This is with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 15mm lens at f/4 for a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures. Sagittarius is on the southern horizon, the Summer Triangle at centre and Cassiopeia at top left. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.
A very wide angle image of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus (at top left) to Sagittarius (setting at bottom right), with the Summer Triangle stars at centre. The bright object at bottom left is Jupiter, with Saturn dimmer to the right at bottom centre. This is with the TTArtisan 11mm full-frame fish-eye lens wide open at f/2.8, in a stack of 7 x 4-minute tracked exposures at ISO 1600 with the Canon EOS Ra camera. Taken from home July 8, 2021. No filters were employed here.
