A 360° panorama of the southern sky, early evening, in early December 2012, from Timor Cottage, near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. The Magellanic Clouds are at left, the Zodiacal Light to the right of the cottage, the Zodiacal Band extending to the right over Timor Rock and into Taurus just above the Rock. The Pleiades and Jupiter are just above Timor Rock. Orion is to the right of the Rock, rising and upside down. The southern Milky Way in Puppis and Vela is just coming up at right. 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.
This is the Zodiacal Light, at dawn, as seen from the Atacama Lodge, San Pedro do Atacama, Chile, on May 6, 2011. The Milky Way is overhead but the Zodiacal Light reaches up from the eastern horizon as a vertical glow visible before dawn at this time of year. Light from the observers flashlights lights up the foreground. This is a stack of two 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with a 15mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800.
Pass of ISS and STS133 Discovery on its last mission. Feb. 27, 2011. Craft disappear at left as they go into the Earth's shadow. Travel was from west to east, here from right to left. Notice the pyramid of light in the west from Zodiacal Light in the evening sky. This pass started at 7:41 pm MST. It is a stack of 2 x 4 minute exposure, at f/4 with Sigma 8mm fish-eye lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Tracked on AP Mach 1 mount. The sky was slightly hazy. Orion and Canis Major are at the bottom above the southern horizon.
