Milky Way at Gilgering, Western Australia

Nikon d810a

85mm

ISO 6400

f/2.8

Foreground: 16 x 25 seconds

Sky: 62 x 30 seconds

iOptron SkyTracker

Hoya Starscape filter

 

This is a 78 shot panorama of the Milky Way rising above a lone tree in a canola field at Gilgering, 1.5 hours east of Perth in Western Australia.

 

I have been to this location before to shoot a very similar panorama. On that occasion, hoping for a canola field, I was instead met with a wheat field. It's still one of my favourite panoramas and so I again headed off to the same spot thinking the farmer may have rotated his crop this time around and luckily I got it right. Though instead of shooting with a 50mm like I did last time I went with the 85mm lens.

 

The lone tree is again backlit by the light pollution from the nearby Wheatbelt town of York. Prominent in this image is the Carina Nebula, just above the horizon on the far left and on the opposite side is the North America Nebula. Rho Ophiuchi is just above and left of the light pollution.

 

Update:

Winner People's Choice Award at Perth Astrofest 2024

Done