1996 Southern Sky Astrophotography

Star Trails
Over Lake Titicaca
(96SS63w)

The southern stars gracefully arc over a shore-side cabana at Lake Titicaca. The thirty minute time exposure demonstrates the rotation of Earth on its axis by revealing the apparent motions of the stars.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
24mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/3.5
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Milky Way from
Aquila to Sagittarius
(96SS64w)

The brilliant planet Jupiter (right) blazes nearbly in a Milky Way vista stretching from Aquila to Sagittarius.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
50mm f/1.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Zeta Scorpius
(96SS22w)

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 20 minutes @ f/2.8ßß
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Central Bulge
of the Milky Way Galaxy
(96SS45w)

Interstellar dust lanes, countless stars and glowing gasses make up the central bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy through Sagittarius.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
24mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/3.5
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Southern Cross
Close-Up
(96SS10w)

The symbol of the southern hemisphere sky, the Southern Cross (Crux) contains a dark cloud of dust called the Coal Sack (lower left). It blocks out many of the stars behind it making it appear like a hole in the southern Milky Way.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
180mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 20 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Milky Way
n. Sagittarius
(96SS24w)

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 20 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Sagittarius
through Carina
(96SS30w)

A super-wide angle fisheye lens captures the expanse of the southern Milky Way from Sagittarius and Scorpius through Centaurus, Crux and Carina.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
16mm f/2.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Southern Cross
and Carina
(96SS27w)

The Eta Carina nebula glows in red hydrogen emission to the west (right) of the Southern Cross (Crux).

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 20 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Milky Way through
Sagittarius & Scorpius
(96SS72w)

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
50mm f/1.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Scorpion's Stinger
(96SS20w)

The star cluster M7 dominates this view of the Scorpion's stinger.

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 20 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak

Jupiter and
Sagittarius
(96SS66w)

Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
50mm f/1.8 Nikkor, Fuji Super G 800 Plus, 30 minutes @ f/2.8
Photo ©1996 by Fred Espenak