A 360° panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky over the observing field at the 2017 OzSky Star Party, at the Warrumbungles Mountain Motel, near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. The entire southern Milky Way arches overhead, from Scorpius and Sagittarius rising at left, to Carina and Crux high in the south at centre, to Canis Major and Puppis setting at right. The Large Magellanic Cloud is at right of centre. The formation of the Dark Emu in dark dust lanes in the Milky Way is at centre, rising. Some red bands of airglow discolour the sky. Jupiter is the bright object at left, with the Gegenschein glow at the anti-solar point between Jupiter and the Milky Way. The faint Zodiacal Band can be seen arching across the sky at left, in the northern sky. The Milky Way dominates the southern sky. The South Celestial Pole is above the tree at right of centre. The telescopes on the field are mostly large Dobsonian reflectors in the 18- to 30-inch class, for use of the star party participants. This is a stitch of 8 segments, each 30 seconds at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens, in portrait orientation, and with the Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Stitched with PTGui in equirectangular projection.
