Outback Airglow and the Magellanic Clouds - The Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia
Nikon d5500
50mm + Hoya Red Intensifier Filter
ISO 4000
19 x 30 seconds
f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 19 shot panorama of the Magellanic Clouds behind bands of airglow over the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia, about 200km north of Perth. Airglow is light emitted from excited oxygen atoms in the upper atmosphere and can be either green or red.
The Magellanic Clouds are our neighbouring satellite galaxies recently found to have collided about 100m years ago.
Outback Airglow and the Magellanic Clouds - The Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia
Nikon d5500
50mm + Hoya Red Intensifier Filter
ISO 4000
19 x 30 seconds
f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 19 shot panorama of the Magellanic Clouds behind bands of airglow over the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia, about 200km north of Perth. Airglow is light emitted from excited oxygen atoms in the upper atmosphere and can be either green or red.
The Magellanic Clouds are our neighbouring satellite galaxies recently found to have collided about 100m years ago.