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Community photo entitled Summer Beneath the Winter Milky Way by Julie Machado on 11/16/2025 at Coromandel, New Zealand

Summer Beneath the Winter Milky Way

On 11/16/2025 11:30 pm by Julie Machado | Website | Coromandel, New Zealand

Ever since I started my astro journey my goal has always been to photograph Orion and its gases. And this is it, my first Orion photo!
This is a very special constellation in my family. As kids growing up in Brazil, my brother and I used to look for the Orion’s Belt constantly, one of the few stars we could identify. We call it As Três Marias in Portuguese (The Three Marys).
As a bonus I aimed to include Matariki (Pleiades, as it's called here in New Zealand) appear on the left side, and the Gum Nebula on the right side.
This was taken on a very peaceful night in Coromandel.

Gear:

Sony A7IVa
Sigma 35mm 1.2 DG DN
Move Shoot Move


Panorama:

Sky 6 panels
3x75s F2.5 ISO2000 | 1x Cokin P830

Ha 4 panels
2x180s F1.2 ISO2000

FG 2 rows of 6
F2.5 135s ISO 2000

Stacked with Sequator, stitched with PT Gui.
Processed with Photoshop. H-alpha registered with Auriga Registar.