Summer Milky Way at Harvey Dam, Western Australia
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/3.2
Foreground: 12 x 20 seconds
Sky: 29 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 41 shot panorama of the summer Milky Way arching over Harvey Dam about 1.5 hours south of Perth in Western Australia.
I have no idea how I captured that pink glow on the right horizon, it may be the very upper reaches of some aurora activity, which was just starting to pick up at the time, or it may just be a combination of the red intensifier filter and some dim light pollution. Regardless, the only other time I have captured something similar was just a few days earlier down at the Stirling Ranges.
Also prominent in this image is the Large Magellanic Cloud in the top right, diagonally down and left is the Carina Nebula and above that, the deep red Gum Nebula. On the left is the Orion Nebula and Barnard's Loop. There's also quite a bit of red and green airglow.
Summer Milky Way at Harvey Dam, Western Australia
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/3.2
Foreground: 12 x 20 seconds
Sky: 29 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
Hoya Red Intensifier filter
This is a 41 shot panorama of the summer Milky Way arching over Harvey Dam about 1.5 hours south of Perth in Western Australia.
I have no idea how I captured that pink glow on the right horizon, it may be the very upper reaches of some aurora activity, which was just starting to pick up at the time, or it may just be a combination of the red intensifier filter and some dim light pollution. Regardless, the only other time I have captured something similar was just a few days earlier down at the Stirling Ranges.
Also prominent in this image is the Large Magellanic Cloud in the top right, diagonally down and left is the Carina Nebula and above that, the deep red Gum Nebula. On the left is the Orion Nebula and Barnard's Loop. There's also quite a bit of red and green airglow.