The northern Milky Way from Cygnus at right to Cassiopeia and northern Perseus at left, with boosted contrast to bring out faint nebulosity. Taken from Cypress Hills at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, August 18, 2012. Taken with the Canon L-series 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII (modified) for a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures at ISO 800.
The Milky Way in the southern hemisphere sky from Orion setting into the trees at bottom to Vela at top left. At left of centre is the huge Gum Nebula emission nebula bubble. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute tracked exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 2000 and 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.5. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker, from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
The Milky Way in the southern hemisphere sky from Canis Major at top right to Centaurus at bottom left, from Sirius to Alpha Centauri. At centre is the huge Gum Nebula emission nebula bubble. At left of centre is the Carina Nebula. At bottom is the Large Magellanic Cloud. Crux is at lower left. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute tracked exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 2000 and 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.5. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker, from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
