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Horizon to Horizon Milky Way, Kelvin Hennessy

Horizon to Horizon Milky Way

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Horizon to Horizon Milky Way, Kelvin Hennessy

Horizon to Horizon Milky Way

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Here is  a  Milky Way panorama I took at  Wyaralong Dam, Queensland Australia just as the core passed overhead.
The left western horizon looks towards the dark skies of rural Australia whilst the right eastern horizon looks towards the light pollution of the large city of Brisbane.

I used my astro-modded & cooled Canon 6D, Sigma 40mm F/1.4 at F/1.4, 15 second exposures at ISO 1600 (13 photos).
Calibrated with flats (essential at F/1.4 to eliminate the vignetting), darks and dark flats.
Calibration performed in AstroPixelProcessor and the corrected TIFs exported
The panorama was stitched from the resultant TIFs in PTGui Pro and cropping / contrast / saturation adjustments performed in Photoshop.

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Horizon to Horizon Milky Way, Kelvin Hennessy