Now low in the western sky at the end of evening twilight, the Eta Carina nebula sets quickly and shots of this portion of the Milkyway must be done first. My key issue here was to preserve the shape of the distant trees to a minimum of blurring from tracking, yet record enough detail in the sky to be pleasing. Near the top of the frame is the Lambda Centauri nebula, and the giant open cluster, similar to M7 seen to the left of Eta Carina is IC2602.

Instrument:  50mm f/2.8 Pentax Super Taukamar Lens
Scanner:  Nikon LS2000
Platform:  Bogen Camera Tripod, ETX90c
Film:  PJ400
Location:  Queensland Australia
Processing:  Photoshop, PW Pro.

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