A 360° panorama of the southern sky, early evening, in late December 2012, from Timor Cottage, near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Taurus, the Pleiades, Jupiter and Orion are left of centre over Timor Rock, the Milky Way extends from there to the right down toward the cottage, the Large Magellanic Clouds is right of centre over the cottage (the Small Cloud is behind cloud). This is an 8-section panorama taken with the Canon 60Da and 10-22mm lens at 10mm, at f/3.5 for 1 minute each at ISO 3200. Stitched with Photoshop CS6.
The summer Milky Way across the entire sky, 180° x 360°, in a fish-eye view taken at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, August 2012. This is a stack of five x 5 minute exposures at f/4.5 and ISO 1600 with the Sigma 8mm lens and Canon 5D MkII camera. All tracked. The ground is from one exposure; the ground in the other 4 exposures was masked out to minimize blurring of the ground over the 25 minutes of exposure time. A faint aurora and airglow adds some horizon colour.
The autumn and winter Milky Way rising, from Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan at the Summer Star Party, August 2012. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with the Canon 5D MkII and Canon 15mm lens at f/4. The ground is a blurred blend of all 5 exposures. The Andromeda Galaxy is at centre; Jupiter is rising above the trees in Taurus; the Pleiades are above Jupiter.
