Southern Winter Milkyway
with Sigma 8mm Fish Eye Lens

 

            
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 With
            this lens pointed directly at the zenith, the center of our Galaxy
            reveals its form and structure in this extreme wide field image.
            The yellow dust laden galactic bulge lies in the center, with
            the arms of the galaxy forming the rest of the band of light
            with the coal sack and Eta Carina on the left side, and the North
            America nebula and Cygnus on the right. At the bottom is the
            brilliant zodiacal light, crossing the Milkyway and continuing
            beyond. The jewel of the Galaxies center is Jupiter, the bright
            white stellar image just above center. Finally, the SMC lies
            to the upper left of this image, rising into the dark night.
Lens:  Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fish eye at f/5
Platform:  Robotic Barndoor II
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  10m
Filters:  None
Location:  Winton, QLD, Australia
Elevation:  260 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  70F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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