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The Milky Way and the two Magellanic clouds over Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Red Centre of Australia. Looking South.
12Jun2015
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60 x 13 seconds
ISO 4000
f1.8
35mm
Stitched in MS ICE.
It's getting close to the end of the Milky Way season and the weather here in Perth has been terrible since the last time I managed to get out in early July. I don't normally get out on weekdays because of work but I couldn't pass up the opportunity of some rare clear skies!
Lake Clifton is famous for its thrombolites, called living fossils, but they were all submerged after the winter rains! Oh well. Most of my MW photos have the core rising from the east but this one has the core setting towards the west, over the nearby Indian Ocean, which explains the green air glow to the right as opposed to the reddish orange air glow common over land areas that you can see to the left.
This panorama originally came in at 320 megapixels (300MB) but Flickr rejected the upload so I was forced to resize it to fit within the 200MB limit. Pro users should have no limit Flickr!! :-)
Another view of recent glow from the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) captured from 36 degrees Sth latitude. The Milky Way has risen commandingly on the left, while on the right the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are descending, just beyond the South Celestial Pole. The auroral glow has subsided since an earlier image, but with improved atmospheric "seeing" it could just be discerned with averted vision.
IRIX 15mm f2.4 (Blackstone) single frame at f2.8
And, constant stars, in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert;
Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
Thy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.
(from William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 14)
Deep in the Andean altiplano a wind and water sculpted stone tree (Árbol de Piedra) reaches to the dark sky filled with stars, including the Milky Way, the Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, as well as the planet Jupiter. This was by far the darkest sky I have ever seen, far away from any human settlements at 15,000 ft/ 4600 m in the dry atmosphere of the Andes.
The image is a compilation of 13 shots, one for the light painted Árbol de Piedra, and a stack of 12 images (15 secs at iso 6400) of the sky to minimize noise.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
The Milky Way Panorama in the night sky with the lights from Palm Beach in Sydney on the horizon as viewed from Putty Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Taken in Central Victoria, Australia on a superb summer's morning, about an hour before dawn. The bright object rising and reflected in the water to the east (left) is Venus. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky is about to set in the west.
This is a multi-row pano, consisting of 16 shots @14mm, F2.8, 30sec.
a star-filled arm of the milky way galaxy arches over the magellanic clouds, Image taken near St George, Queensland, Australia.
30 images (6x5) taken in landscape and stitched with Microsoft ICE and processed in Lightroom.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
This shows the emu constellation in the milky way, actually made up of dark patches of dust and gas. It has long been part of aboriginal culture and I have included a link here that explains it a little more.
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/07/27/2632463.htm
Here it can be seen rising straight up in the milky way. Also visible here are the two Magellanic clouds and some mild colour from the Aurora Australis.
Taken facing due south at one of my favourite dark sky sites just north of the Grampians National park in Victoria, Australia.
Under a starry night sky at Putty Beach on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia with Palm Beach and Sydney lights shining in the distance.
Another shot from last week’s trip to #lakeninan. This is a 5x6 panorama of the southern #milkyway rising straight up, with the two Magellanic Clouds hanging out on the right. Nothing beats nights like this under the #stars.
Nikon D5500 (fullpectrum mod) - 35mm f/1.8
Sky: 20 RGB x 30s, f/2.8 - 15 halpha x 60s, f/1.8
Ground: 15 x 2s, f/8
In the dark of the country night sky with the Milky Way and stars at Box Head, Killcare, NSW, Australia.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
Looking to the South towards the small galaxies of the Magellanic Clouds, the Large Magellanic Cloud is to the right above the cluster of trees on the right, and to it’s right the bright star is Canopus the second brightest star in the sky.
The Small Magellanic Cloud and 47 Tucanae are just to the right of the trees on the left side of this image. Level with the tallest tree and just to it’s right is the constellation of Apus three stars close together, and to the right of the second tallest tree you can see Gamma Octans and just above that is the Celestial Southern Pole it’s a lovely section of the Southern Hemisphere night sky and I just caught the SMC before it was hidden behind the trees as the sky rotates in a clockwise direction. The image is a blend of eight images four of the ground and four tracked images of the sky.
Camera 📷 Nikon Z6ii
Lens Nikkor 20mm 1.8S
Sky f/2.2 60s ISO 800 tracked
FG f/2.2 90s ISO 3200
Perhaps because I live in an area of my city of Sydney, Australia referred to as "The Shire", my mind went straight to the world of the Hobbits when I chose to edit and post this photo. I think the lush grass, striking trees and bumpy track wouldn't be out of place in that other Shire.
The Milky Way was making its way up the southeastern sky near Bodalla, Australia, when I photographed this scene using a fisheye lens on the 20th of April, 2023. The Magellanic Clouds, companion galaxies of our Milky Way, can also be seen in my image near the pair of trees on the right of the shot. Adding to the scene's "Hobbitness" is the sky's deep green hue due to atmospheric airglow.
I photographed this fantasy world scene as a single shot with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, using an exposure time of 49 seconds @ ISO 12800. Due to the high ISO, I needed to use a noise-reduction tool while processing the photo, so I tried the new AI Denoise tool in Adobe Lightroom Classic. I settled on 35% noise reduction after seeing that 50% took too much detail from the image and 15" barely removed any noise.
Under the cold twinkling of the stars, the frozen lake lies still.
Unter dem kalten Funkeln der Sterne liegt still der überfrorene See.
Flight conditions during a South Atlantic crossing are often bumpy, as the track crosses a permanent thunderstorm zone called Inter Tropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ. This is a belt of low pressure which circles the Earth generally near the equator where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres come together. It is characterised by convective activity which generates often vigorous thunderstorms over large areas.
During this flight the ITCZ was not very active, but the conditions would still be considered far from perfect for astrophotography, as there was a quarter moon in the sky and when the ride finally got reasonably smooth, the new day was adding even more light by painting the eastern sky in orange hues.
I therefore was surprised that I was able to capture the southern Milky Way with the famous Eta Carinae Nebula and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The good transparency and thin air of the atmosphere at 11'000 meters helped to limit the scattering of the moonlight and the approaching dawn.
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EXIF
Canon EOS 6D astro modified
Samyang 24mm f/1.4 @ f/2
Mount: Boeing 777-300ER
Sky:
Stack of 19x 2.5s @ ISO6400
Foreground:
Stack of 5x 2.5s @ISO6400
Wednesday’s forecast promised crystal-clear skies, and I couldn’t resist the call of this magical spot. As soon as I saw it, I jumped into action, pulling together a last-minute plan for a return visit.
Even with an early start, rush hour traffic had other ideas, and I arrived later than planned. Scouting quickly became a race against time, but thankfully, my previous visit gave me a solid head start. After exploring a bit, I found a couple of spots perfect for capturing the #milkyway rising verticalling and framed against the southern horizon.
This shot is a 5x5 35mm pano, capturing one of the smaller ponds around #lakeninan—a serene reminder of how patience and planning can lead to magic.
Gear: Nikon D5500 (modded) - 35mm f/1.8 - Star Adventurer 2i Pro - Hoya UV/IR cut - Optolong H-alpha 7nm
Under a starry night sky at Putty Beach on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia with Palm Beach and Sydney lights shining in the distance.
I like to post photos showing how the sky currently looks, or at least how it looked in the few months before posting. That said, it’s taken me six months to finish processing this panorama of the Milky Way setting over the Tuross River, so I’m posting it today.
Despite the water flowing quickly due to the outgoing tide, its surface was almost mirror-perfect, with only a thin layer of fog to slightly blur my view. The mist was thicker downstream, at the left side of the scene, giving the starlight a slightly pinkish hue. I’d love it if our eyes could see the beauty of the night sky’s colours like a camera captures, but I’m grateful for the chance to freeze a beautiful moment in time, see it on a screen, and pass it on to you.
I shot twelve overlapping frames to create the final pano. For each photo, I used a Canon EOS 6D camera and a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/2.4, using an exposure time of 25 seconds @ ISO 6400.
This one consists of 30 portrait oriented photos - 15 top and 15 bottom. Processed using PTGui. I light painted the foreground with a hand held spotlight.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.5
Foreground: 7 x 30 seconds
Sky: 28 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 35 shot panorama of the Crux & Carina region of the Milky Way as it rises above Bluff Knoll, the tallest peak in the Stirling Ranges. The Magellanic Clouds can be seen on the right side. The road I am standing on leads to the carpark at the foot of Bluff Knoll, the starting off point for the hike to the 1100m (3600ft) summit.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
16 shot panorama
25 seconds
f2.8
11mm
ISO 3200
Sitched with PTGui
Lake Dumbleyung is about 215km south east of Perth. It's famous for hosting Donald Campbell's successful world water speed record attempt back in 1964. The lake was much fuller then but I was hoping for at least some water to cover the bottom of the many dead trees that line the shores, I wasn't lucky though.
This particular shot was taken an hour or so after sunset while facing west, hence the zodiacal light. It covers nearly 220 degrees of the night sky. The large and small Magellanic Clouds were rising from the SSE while the right side of the photo is approx NNE.
Under a starry night sky at Putty Beach on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia with Palm Beach and Sydney lights shining in the distance.
28 x 13 seconds
ISO 5000
35mm
f1.8
Stitched in PTGui
This is a 261 megapixel panorama covering over 200 degrees of the night sky at The Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park, approximately 200km north of Perth, Western Australia. It consists of 28 landscape oriented shots stitched in PTGui. Yours truly is the person in the middle with the headlamp looking towards the core, the first time I have included myself in one of my panoramas. The headlamp is tinted purple, hence the colour of the light.
The core of the Milky Way is setting towards the west while the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds can be seen on the left of the photo, above the light pollution of Perth.
The Pinnacles are known for their limestone rock formations which rise out of the desert sand and are a popular tourist destination.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
The Southern Lights - Aurora Australis and the night sky filled with stars in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
35mm
f1.8
ISO 5000
34 x 13 seconds
Stitched in MS ICE
This panorama consists of 34 landscape oriented shots taken at The Pinnacles Desert, 200km (120mi) north of the state capital Perth. The core here is setting towards the west with the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds above the light pollution of Perth to the left of the shot. The entire image covers approximately 200 degrees of the night sky from south to north.
This is my first astro pano :)
It consists of 18 portrait orientated photos, 9 at the bottom and 9 at the top. I used PTGui to stitch the photos together, it wasn't a fully automated process as I was asked to assign control points to several of the photos but it was a painless process nonetheless and I would definitely recommend this program.
This particular shot was something I had planned on prior to my trip. I had read a few tutorials and away I went. I'm glad all the shots fit together, I was worried that I mucked up a couple. The pano itself stretches about 160 degrees, almost going all the way from east to west.
Owhiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
Into the stars, into the eternity.
New photo of my Figure×Tilt-Shift photography using Nikon D810 and PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED lens with perspective control. One frame 14 mins exposure with additional light-painting in Lightroom for smooth lighting and foreground details.
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Explored June 4, 2015
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 5000
f/2.2
Foreground: 7 x 20 seconds
Sky: 26 x 20 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 33 shot panorama of the Crux and Carina region of the Milky Way at the ever increasingly light polluted Island Point, about an hour south of Perth in Western Australia.
Crux, aka the Southern Cross, is almost dead centre. Carina is the pink nebula just above and to the right. The large, deep red area in the top right corner is the Gum Nebula while the Magellanic Clouds are right centre.
The Milky Way night sky filled with stars over the rural countryside in Blayney, Central West, NSW, Australia.
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.8
Foreground: 7 x 30 seconds
Sky: 20 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 27 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above the mud cracked surface of a dry lake in the Cowcowing Lakes system, 2.5 hours north east of Perth in Western Australia.
The Magellanic Clouds can be seen on the far right, below the deep red Gum Nebula. The core is just starting to peak above the horizon on the left.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
John Lennon
Immagina un posto così buio da non vedere dove metti i piedi... Immagina il silenzio. Nessuno attorno. Immagina di alzare lentamente gli occhi verso il cielo. E immagina di vedere migliaia di stelle che pulsano, sembrano quasi volersi mettere in mostra. La ruota immensa della Via Lattea attraversa tutto il cielo, da un lato all'altro, come un nastro di luce e di ombre che divide la notte in due.
C'è soltanto il cielo. Nient'altro. Ma, credetemi, non è poco...
Autoritratto scattato a La Rèunion, il luogo da dove ho potuto ammirare il più bel firmamento della mia vita (fino ad ora... ;)
#vialattea #crucis #crocedelsul #carena #centaurus #selfie #astronomy #milkyway #stelle #stars #coalsack #jupiter #orion #orione #magellanicclouds #magellano #nubi #notte #night #reunion
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.5
Foreground: 10 x 30 seconds
Sky: 23 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 33 shot panorama of the Crux & Carina region of the Milky Way rising above the highest peak of the Stirling Ranges, Bluff Knoll, 4 hours south of Perth in Western Australia.
The Carina Nebula is the pink splotch just left of centre, just below that is the Emu's head aka the Coalsack Nebula with Crux on its immediate left. The large, deep red area at the to is the Gum Nebula. The Magellanic Clouds are clearly visible in the top right of the image.