Sigma Octantis
Details
Dark clouds of interstellar dust around the southern pole. Some prominent objects of the southern milkyway are visible in the right part of the image. But mostly you see interstellar dust like the chamaeleon molecular cloud or the Dark Doodad. Sigma Octantis is visible in the left part of the image. This picture was featured as APOD on June 28th 2018.
Image Details
Telescope Optics
Sigma DG HSM 50mm 1.4 Art at f/2.8
Mount
Vixen GP-D2 + Koch FS2
Camera
Canon 6D
Filters
Internal Bayer Matrix
Integration Time
30x600s ISO200
Date
July 2017
Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions
Remarks
The image was featured as APOD
Object Details
Type of Object
Milkyway, Galactic South Pole
Constellation
Octans
Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia