The line-up of three evening planets in the southwest twilight sky, on December 17, 2021 — with Jupiter at top left, Venus at bottom right, and dimmer Saturn in the middle, all defining the line of the ecliptic in the cold winter sky this night. The stars of Capricornus are at centre. The foreground is lit by moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon in the northeast, opposite this scene which looks southwest. A single 8s exposure with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 39mm, and Canon Ra at ISO 200. Shot in hope of also catching Comet Leonard below Venus but no luck! It was too faint and lost in the wispy clouds. V1 of this image was shot 10 minutes earlier with brighter twilight colors but fewer stars and a darker foreground. Diffraction spikes added with AstronomyTools actions.
The line-up of three evening planets in the southwest twilight sky, on December 17, 2021 — with Jupiter at top left, Venus at bottom right, and dimmer Saturn in the middle, all defining the line of the ecliptic in the cold winter sky this night. The stars of Capricornus are at centre. A single 6s exposure with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 39mm, and Canon Ra at ISO 100. V2 of this image was shot 10 minutes later with less intense twilight colors but more stars in a darker sky and with a brighter moonlit foreground.
The northern Milky Way of autumn, from Perseus (at left) to northern Cygnus (at right), with Cassiopeia and Cepheus at centre, captured in the red light of hydrogen-alpha revealing the rich array of nebulas along this portion of the Milky Way. The main nebulas are: At left the Heart and Soul Nebulas (IC 1805 and IC 1848); at centre the NGC 7822/Ced214 complex; at right the IC 1396 complex. This is a stack of 24 x 6-minute exposures with the Canon 28-70mm RF lens wide open at f/2 and Canon Ra camera at ISO 1600, with the 12nm Astronomik H-a clip-in filter. Taken on a very clear night with this area of sku high overhead, but with a bright 8-day gibbous Moon in the south lighting the sky. Taken from home on December 12, 2021.
