The centre of the Galaxy region in Sagittarius and Scorpius overhead in the wee hours of an April morning in Australia. At upper right are Alpha and B
The centre of the Galaxy region in Sagittarius and Scorpius overhead in the wee hours of an April morning in Australia. At upper right are Alpha and Beta Centauri, while at lower left is Altair. The Norma Starcloud is right of the galactic core; the Scutum Starcloud is left of the core. Antares is the yellow star above centre, with the dark lanes of the Dark Horse and Pipe Nebula streaming up toward Antares area. Some airglow and Zodiacal Light tints the sky. This is a stack of 5 x exposures with the 14mm Rokinon SP lens at and filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 1600. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker, from Tibuc Gardens Cottage in Australia.
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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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