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False Cross & Gamma Velorum (85mm 5DII).jpg
The asterism of the False Cross in Vela and Carina, at left, with Gamma Velorum, a bright blue supergiant star, at right. In between are faint arcs of nebulosity in the Gum Nebula. To the left of Gamma Velorum is the open star cluster NGC 2547. Below the bottom star of the False Cross, Epsilon Carinae or Avior, is the large naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516. To the right of the right star of the False Cross, Delta Velorum, is the loose open cluster IC 2391.
Technical:
This is a stack of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the original 85mm Rokinon EF lens at f/2 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000, plus one exposure layered in taken through a Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker, from Tibuc Gardens Cottage at Coonabarabran, Australia. Reprocessed in 2025.
Technical:
This is a stack of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the original 85mm Rokinon EF lens at f/2 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000, plus one exposure layered in taken through a Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows. On the iOptron Sky-Tracker, from Tibuc Gardens Cottage at Coonabarabran, Australia. Reprocessed in 2025.
- Copyright
- © 2017 Alan Dyer
- Image Size
- 5620x3751 / 27.5MB
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- Contained in galleries
- Star Clusters, Stars, NGC/IC Objects, Various Constellations

