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Lifer! Found at scotia barrens in Centre, PA.

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Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.8
Foreground: 14 x 10 seconds
Sky: 36 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker

This is a 50 shot panorama of the Southern Hemisphere's Summer Milky Way arch above a large dead tree at Marradong, 1.5 hours south east of Perth in Western Australia.

This image was taken with a 20nm narrow band hydrogen alpha filter which allows the capture of much more h-alpha data from those Ha emitting regions of the night sky such as Orion & Barnard's Loop, seen here on the left side of the image. The most prominent region on the right side of the image, just above Carina, is the large Gum Nebula. Almost in the middle is the very aptly named Seagull Nebula while on the far left is the California Nebula. In the top right, though not a strong Ha emitting region, is the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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Nikon d810a
85mm
ISO 6400
f/3.2
Foreground: 24 x 30 seconds
Sky: 29 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Starscape filter

This is a 53 shot panorama of the Crux & Carina region of the Milky Way above a dry Lake Norring, 2.5 hours south east of Perth in Western Australia.

This was a forced composition, the only respite from 50km/h winds was between two outcrops of large boulders so that's where I began the first panorama of this long night. Thankfully the winds abated later on. Crux is adjacent to the large, dark Coalsack Nebula almost dead centre of the image with the pink Carina Nebula directly above it. The smaller pink splotch inbetween the two is the Lambda Centauri Nebula.

Tags:   Milky Way Lake Norring Wagin salt lake panorama stitched mosaic MS ICE southern hemisphere cosmos Western Australia DSLR long exposure rural night photography Nikon stars astronomy space galaxy Astrophotography outdoor core sky 85mm d5500 landscape iOptron SkyTracker Milky Way Carina Crux dead tree granite

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Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 4000
f/3.2
Foreground: 14 x 15 seconds
Sky: 35 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker

This is a 49 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above a dry, salt encrusted Lake Norring, 2.5 hours south east of Perth in Western Australia.

Prominent in this image are the Magellanic Clouds, just right of centre. Diagonally right is the large, deep red Gum Nebula, captured in detail thanks to a screw on H-alpha filter. To the left of that is the pink Carina Nebula while the Zodiacal Light can be seen, quite brightly, lighting up the core area.

Tags:   Milky Way Lake Norring Wagin salt lake panorama stitched mosaic MS ICE southern hemisphere cosmos Western Australia DSLR long exposure rural night photography Nikon stars astronomy space galaxy Astrophotography outdoor core sky 50mm d810a landscape iOptron SkyTracker Milky Way Carina Crux dead tree granite Zodiacal Light Gum Nebula Magellanic Clouds

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