The Scutum starcloud in the northern summer Milky Way. Taken from home July 24, 2012, with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 200mm lens at f/3.5 for a stack of 5 x 4.5 minute exposures. Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster, is at left, and M26 open cluster is at bottom.
The southern Milky Way from Canis Major to Carina, including Puppis and Vela and the large Gum Nebula complex, an interstellar bubble blown by stellar winds. Sirius at at right and Canopus at lower left. The open cluster NGC 251t6 is at far left. M41 cluster is left of Sirius. This is a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm Canon L-series prime lens and filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 1600. A pair of stacked exposures taken through the Kenko Softon filter added the star glows. Taken from near Coonabarabran, Australia, April 2014.
The region of the Milky Way in Puppis and Vela encompassing the vast Gum Nebula, a photographic object only. Sirius and Canis Major are at right; Canopus in Carina is at bottom. The False Cross and the open cluster NGC 2516 are at left. This is a stack of just 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. Incoming clouds prevented more exposures. All on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. Taken April 20, 2017 from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia.
