The Gran Canaria Telescope (GTC) on La Palma

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This image was taken on the 4th of Jan at 4am with the  super giant yellow star Suhail in the left of the image. There are a couple of open star clusters visible and the constellation of Vela.

There are nebulous regions here which I  do not know the names of (anyone??) but are seen in the southern part of the Milky Way arc at this equatorial level.

I also think this region is also known as the false cross where navigation is concerned??

There was some haze and cloud in the sky (even though I was 8000feet high) which made the stars really bloat and shine which I scaled down in post processing.

Sky and foreground (2 images each) taken with Canon 6D and Samyang 135mm lens. Combined and processed in Lightroom and Photoshop CS.

ISO3200 f4 60secs for all shots (sky tracked).

Comments welcome.

GTC IC2395 Open Cluster and Southern Aspect of the Milky Way: