The Milky Way through the region of the tail of Scorpius and up into Sagittarius, photographed with it high in the sky from Australia. At bottom are the red nebulas of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw, and NGC 6357 (sometimes called the Lobster Nebula, for a “Paws and Claws” pairing). The clusters Messier 6 and Messier 7 are at left, below centre, with M7 lost in the star clouds of the Milky Way. The Galactic Centre lies at left centre. The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas, M8 and M20, are at top left. Saturn is the bright star at top centre. The Dark Horse region of dark dust is at right, with the darkest part below being the Pipe Nebula, B78. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 85mm lens, and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage near Coonabarabran, Australia. The image could be turned 90° CCW to better resemble its orientation in the sky in which it was photographed in the southern hemisphere, This orientation matches the view in the northern hemisphere.
The waxing crescent Moon sitting in the Hyades star cluster in Taurus, on March 24, 2015. This is a high dynamic range stack of 5 exposures from short (1/40 sec) for the Moon to long (15 sec) for the stars, all at f/4.5 with the 92mm TMB refractor with the Canon 6D. Taken from Silver City, New Mexico.
The waxing crescent Moon sitting in the Hyades star cluster in Taurus, on March 24, 2015, with Aldebaran at lower left. A lens flare from the overexposied sunlit crescent is at left - removing it in Photoshop would remove stars and create an unrealistic sky. This is a high dynamic range stack of 3 exposures from short (0.3 sec) for the Moon to long (8 sec) for the stars, all at f/4 with the 200mm lens on the Canon 60Da with the camera on the Star Adventurer tracker. Taken from Silver City, New Mexico.
