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Summer Milky Way at Harvey Dam, Western Australia

Nikon d810a

50mm

ISO 6400

f/2.8

Foreground: 14 x 15 seconds

Sky: 49 x 30 seconds

iOptron SkyTracker

Hoya Red Intensifier filter

 

This is a 63 shot panorama of the Southern Hemisphere's summer Milky Way as it arches from the north (left side of the image) to the south above Harvey Dam, 1.5 hours south of Perth in Western Australia.

 

Prominent in this image is the pink, petal shaped Carina Nebula and the Crux constellation in the centre right, in the top right corner is the Large Magellanic Cloud and to its left is the large, deep red Gum Nebula. On the left side is the easily recognisable Orion Nebula and Barnard's Loop. There's also quite a bit of green and red airglow above the horizon. The partially submerged tree in the dam was light painted with a hand held spotlight.

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Uploaded on January 20, 2023
Taken on December 26, 2022