Date: September 10, 2010
Location: Parque Nacional La Campana, Chile
Constellation: Octantis
Equipment: Piggybacked on Meade LXD55 mount
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da modified
Exposure: 1 light frame of 20 minutes, ISO 800
Processing: Color balanced, and cropped using Photoshop.

The south celestial pole currently lacks a bright star like Polaris to mark its position. At present, the naked-eye star nearest to this imaginary point is the faint Sigma Octantis, which is sometimes known as the South Star.