Southern Winter Milkyway
with Sigma 8mm Fish Eye Lens
Looking Due North

 

            
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 This
            field covers from down on the northern horizon over the sheep
            shearing shed we stayed in, up along the Milky Way to just past
            the zenith. Just over the roof you can see the North American
            Nebula, and to its left the constellation of Lyra marked by the
            brilliant white star Vega. The Cygnus rift leads upward toward
            the Scorpius and Sagittarius portions of the Milky Way. Also
            look on the right side of the field - the large glow in the blank
            part of the sky near Capricorn contains the Gegenschein, or zodiacal
            light counter glow.
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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