Splendours of the southern Milky Way from Vela (at top right) to Centaurus (at bottom left), including the Carina Nebula, Crux and Coal Sack, and Alpha and Beta Centauri. A part of the huge Gum Nebula is at far right. The False Cross is at right, with the large cluster NGC 2516, the Diamond Cluster, below it. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at upper left. This is a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. Median combined to help eliminate cloud that was moving in. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker.
The Milky Way in the southern hemisphere sky from Vela at top right to Centaurus at bottom left. At left of centre is the huge Gum Nebula emission nebula bubble. At centre is the Carina Nebula. At bottom are the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds Crux is left of centre. Alpha and Beta Centauri are left of Crux. 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.
