Milky Way over South Dandalup Dam, Western Australia

Nikon d5500

50mm + Hoya Red Intensifier Filter

92 x 30 seconds

ISO 3200

f/2.8

iOptron SkyTracker Mount

 

Stitched in MS ICE

 

This is a 690MP image of the Milky Way rising over South Dandalup Dam approximately 80km (50mi) south of Perth in Western Australia. Originally coming in at 1.3 gigapixels the image had to be shrunk in order to get below Flickr's upload limit of 200MB.

 

Featured in this image are the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds, just above and to the right of the dam tower, and the prominent Carina Nebula, a little north of the LMC. This is highlighted nicely thanks to the Hoya Red Intensifier didymium filter. I also used a star tracker again which tends to allow the camera to pick up significantly more airglow which you can see as green waves just above the horizon here.

 

This is my first time shooting at this location. It's one of the dams around my city that is gated off so it requires a bit of a walk to get to but it also means no traffic to interrupt me :)

Done