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 While we
            only had a few days of imaging that had the half moon in the
            sky, this robotic barn door image from Paul's backyard made the
            short trip well worth it astronomically. Here, Eta Carina nebula
            is seen in the center of this frame setting over the trees in
            his backyard. While there are too many deep sky objects to mention
            in this image, the star colors are well seen here with an abundance
            of yellow stars all over the frame.

            
This shot was a
            significant test of the new Sigma lens. It is much sharper than
            the Canon L lens it replaces, and will be a nice lens for wide
            field sky images.

Instrument:  Sigma 18-200 @ 18mm f/5.6
Platform:  Robotic Barn Door 
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Exposure:  5m
Filters:  -
Location:  Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Elevation:  100 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  9/10, Transparency 3/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2
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