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Milky Way setting over Emu Downs Wind Farm - Cervantes, Western Australia

Nikon d5500

50mm

ISO 4000

f/2.2

Foreground: 34 x 30 seconds

Sky: 97 x 25 seconds

iOptron SkyTracker

Hoya Red Intensifier filter

 

This is a 131 shot panorama of the Milky Way as it sets above Emu Downs Wind Farm near Cervantes, about 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.

 

I was hoping for one of the turbines to be switched off so I could easily capture the blades but they all seemed to be moving, albeit quite slowly in the light winds. The next best thing was to try and very quickly shine my torch on the nearest turbine, which was relatively close to me, in order to capture the blades as well. Normally the blades would not show up on a long exposure like this. I had quite a few goes at it and this was about the best I could manage, slightly blurred but I was happy nonetheless.

 

Prominent in this image is the Carina Nebula, just above the horizon on the far left and the North America Nebula, slightly higher above the horizon on the far right. Just above and to the left of the centre turbine is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.

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Uploaded on August 30, 2020
Taken on July 21, 2020