The sweep of the southern Milky Way from Vela at far right, to Sagittarius at far left, over the grounds of the Warrumbungles Mo

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The sweep of the southern Milky Way from Vela at far right, to Sagittarius at far left, over the grounds of the Warrumbungles Motel, near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia at the 2016 OzSky Star Party. Some astrophotographers are in the foreground. Most of teh southern sky’s finest sights are in this view: The Southern Cross and Carina Nebula are at upper centre. Scorpius, with bright Mars and Saturn, is at far left. Mars is the brightest object at upper left. The Magellanic Clouds are at lower right, setting. This is a stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures all at with the 14mm Rokinon lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. The foreground comes from just one of the exposures to minimize trailing. All shots were taken with the camera on the iOptron Sky Tracker.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Oz Sky Star Party, Australia
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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