Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 3200
f/2.0
Foreground: 20 x 30 seconds
Sky: 65 x 25 seconds
H-Alpha: 10 x 60 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 95 shot panorama of the summer Milky Way arch and Magellanic Clouds above the polygonal salt flats of Cowcowing, 2.5 hours north east of Perth in Western Australia.
Prominent in this image are the red hydrogen alpha emitting regions of Orion, at about 11 o'clock from my perspective standing in the middle of the image, and the Gum Nebula at about 1 o'clock. In the top right at the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds. There's also quite a bit of red and green airglow.
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Nikon d810
85mm
ISO 2500
f/1.8
Sky: 31 x 20 seconds
Foreground: 7 x 13 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 38 shot panorama of the Milky Way and Comet Tsuchinshan (C/2023 A3) as they both set above a windy Lake Clifton, an hour south of Perth in Western Australia. Venus is projecting the very bright reflection on the surface of the lake.
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Nikon d810a
35mm
ISO 2500
f/2.2
6 x 8 seconds
This is a 6 shot panorama of last year's May 11 worldwide aurora event at Stirling Dam, 1.5 hours south of Perth in Western Australia.
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Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.8
Foreground: 26 x 25 seconds
Sky: 72 x 20 seconds
H-Alpha: 9 x 60 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 107 shot panorama of the summer Milky Way arch and Comet G3 (ATLAS) above The Pinnacles Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.
As the comet was rapidly setting, I started with a six image stack of that then proceeded to take the rest of the panorama as I normally do, combining the images later using MS ICE. I had initially planned on using
an 85mm lens but soon realised that it would take far too long and the summer band of the Milky Way would be well past zenith by the time I had finished, which is not ideal for a number of reasons. Still quite happy
with the way this turned out.
Comet G3 is just above the horizon on the far right, its tail was quite huge spanning around 15 degrees. The Southern Hemisphere summer arch is to the left with hydrogen alpha regions highlighted in red, captured using a special filter. Inbetween the arch and comet are the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds.
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Nikon d810a
135mm
ISO 6400
f/2.5
Foreground: 20 x 15 seconds
Sky: 17 x 20 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 37 shot panorama of the early season Milky Way rising above The Pinnacles Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.
I used a new lens for this one, a Samyang 135mm f/2.0. So many shots for a relatively small field of view!
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