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The region of the Milky Way in Puppis and Vela encompassing the vast Gum Nebula, a photographic object only. Sirius and Canis Major are at right; Canopus in Carina is at bottom. The False Cross and the open cluster NGC 2516 are at left. ..This is a stack of just 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. Incoming clouds prevented more exposures. All on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. Taken April 20, 2017 from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia. (KEYSTONE/VWPICS/Alan Dyer)