The extensive Gum Nebula area in Vela, an interstellar bubble blown by winds from hot stars, with the False Cross at left. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the Sigma 50mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012. High cloud added natural glows around stars. Star clusters NGC 2516 (below False Cross) and IC 2391 (right of false Cross) stand out. Superhot star Gamma Velorum is at centre.
The constellations of Puppis and Vela in the southern Milky Way, plus the large Gum Nebula. This is panorama of two images, each 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.
Head of Scorpius, taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, March 2010, with Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon L-Series 135mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 800.
