Milky Way overhead showing Zodiacal Band (running vertically) and Gegenshein (top centre near Spica). Taken with 8mm f/3.5 Sigma fish-eye lens at f/5 and Hutech-modified Canon 5D for stack of 3 x 10 minute exposures at ISO 500. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 21, 2007.
Gegenschein & Zodiacal Band from Ryder Homestead, NSW, Australia, April 12, 2007, looking north, with Canon 15mm lens at f/4, and Canon 5D camera at ISO 400 for stack of 3 x 5.5 minute exposures. Gegenschein is below Spica at at top centre. Arcturus is bottom centre. Dew and humidity in air added sky gradient near horizon from light scatter from nearby towns.
Zodiacal Light (evening sky) from Australia, June 2006. Taken with full-frame Canon 5D camera with Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens at 16mm set at f/4 and camera at ISO 1600 for 3 minutes, untracked. Jupiter is bright object at upper right. Vertical field is about 90°. Horizon glow from just-set Moon and from nearby power plant.
