Southern Sky
Looking Due South 
with Sigma 8mm Fish Eye Lens

            
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 This
            view, taken about 2am shows the southern horizon in the bottom
            center of the frame, and the zenith near the top. Setting in
            the west is Jupiter and the Sagittarius Milkyway, above it is
            the zodiacal band with the gegenschein near the upper right.
            Rising in the south east is the LMC and SMC, and the polar region
            is near the center of the frame, near the horizon 21 degrees
            up.
Lens:  Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fish eye at f/5
Platform:  Robotic Barndoor II
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  10m
Filters:  None
Location:  Winton, QLD, Australia
Elevation:  260 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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