Clouds in a cloudless sky - a photo on Flickriver

Clouds in a cloudless sky

            The Kialla Uniting Church is located northwest of the Australian rural city of Goulburn. The building was erected in 1903, but I’m not sure if it’s still in use. The sign out front gives the pastor’s contact phone number, a six-digit number. We haven’t had six-digit numbers in rural areas in Australia since 1997 or so, which makes me think that the building might now sit idle.

The clouds that I referred to in this post’s title are several. First up (first and second?) are the Magellanic Clouds, the two distinct blobs of white that are hovering over the roof of the church. These two wispy wonders are satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way, and between them, they are estimated to contain over 33 billion stars. For the most part, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are only visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

Also present in this vista are the vast clouds of interstellar dust and gas that signify the central band of the Milky Way. A little to the left of centre at the top is the dark nebula known as The Coal Sack, making itself known by blocking the light of distant stars. There are lots of other dark nebulae in my photo, concentrated around the top left of the shot and I also captured the Eta Carinae nebula across to the right.

I shot three single and overlapping photos that were used to create this final image. For each of those shots, I used the following equipment and settings: a Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 lens @ f/2.4, using an exposure time of 13 seconds @ ISO 6400.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Kialla (show map)

Taken on: April 7, 2019

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Astronomy

Astrophotography

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Crookwell

Crookwell Wind Farm

Galactic Core

Goulburn

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Panorama

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Pejar

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Sets appears in: • Nightscapes • Panoramas

Groups appears in: • BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing Live • Amateur Astro-Photography more » • Canon 6D + Samyang lenses • Yes you can see the Milky Way • Samyang & Rokinon Astrophotography « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, 13 sec, 21mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Exposure Time:	13
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.2.1 (Macintosh)
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