Milky Way & Andromeda at The Pinnacles Desert, Western Australia

            Nikon d810a
85mm
ISO 6400
f/2.8
Foreground: 39 x 30 seconds
Sky: 85 x 30 seconds

This is a 124 shot panorama of the Milky Way setting above The Pinnacles Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.

I hadn't intended on capturing Andromeda but got a nice surprise when I took my very last shot of the sky and saw it in my live view. It's the first time I have ever captured Andromeda! You can see it on the far right, just above the horizon. 

Also prominent in this image is the North America Nebula, a little further left of Andromeda and on the far left is Carina, again, just above the horizon. In hindsight I wish I had of captured the Magellanic Clouds as well so I could boast of having four galaxies in the one image ;-)
   

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Taken in: Australia / West Coast / Cervantes (show map)

Taken on: June 27, 2022

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