Photographed on the Tropic of Capricorn near Emerald, Queensland, Australia******************************************************************************************************************
This is a closer view - with a 50 mm lens - of the wider-angle image seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/15793920137/Here, Orion's orientation is familiar to northern hemisphere astronomers. The reddish curve of Barnard's Loop is obvious in this view. The brilliant star Sirius - bloated and over-exposed in this photo - is at bottom left. The large reddish circular Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is at the top edge just left of centre.
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Nikkor 24-70 mm lens on Nikon D800 modified camera body, mounted on Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount.
50 mm focal length; ISO 2500; five stacked two-minute exposures at f/4.5.
Stacked in Registar; processed in Photoshop CS6.
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