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Lone Tree & a Galactic Neighbour

Sometimes simplicity hits the hardest. Just one tree standing proud in the paddock… and above it, the mighty Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, glowing softly across the southern sky.

Captured during a still night somewhere between in the Wheatbelt — lots of fog, airglow and light pollution from a farm nearby. These are the moments that remind me why I chase the night.

There was a lot of IFN dust popping through which I ended up toning down. The sky is a 2-shot stack of 20x60s each blended with a 120s single image foreground.

📍Southern Hemisphere skies

✨ Featuring the LMC, 163,000 light years away

 

 

Nikon D5500 (modded) - 50mm f/1.8

Star Adventurer 2i

Hoya UV/IR Cut

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Uploaded on June 18, 2025
Taken on May 23, 2025