The spectacular region of sky around the Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, in Carina, with its adjacent nebulas and open star clusters. NGC 3532, the Football Cluster is at left, while NGC 3293, the Gem Cluster, is at upper right. At far right is the ear-lobed shaped Crescent Nebula, NGC 3199, a remnant of a Wolf-Rayet star and its stellar winds. This is a two-panel mosaic, with each panel a stack of 4 x 6-minute exposures with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrographic refractor and filter modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Stitched in Photoshop. Shot April 3/4, 2016 from Tibuc Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Autoguided with the SBIG SG-4 guider.
A 4-panel mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and visible only from the southern hemisphere. The field takes in most of the LMC and its numerous nebulas and clusters. Notable is the Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, the cyan-tinted nebula at far left, surrounded by many other NGC nebulas and clusters. At right is the second largest and brightest nebula complex in the LMC, NGC 1763, dubbed the LMC Lagoon. This is a 4-panel mosaic taken March 31, 2016 from the Tibuc Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Each panel is a stack of 4 x 3 minute exposures with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrographic refractor and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Stitched in Photoshop.
A superb display of aurora borealis seen on March 14, 2016 when it reached Level 5 storm levels. This was as the major substorm hit and the curtains to the south lit up with intensity and motion. Note the subtle differences in red coloration in the tops of the curtains. This was seen and shot from the Churchill Northern Studies Center, Churchill, Manitoba, with this image looking south over the abandoned Churchill Rocket Range. A lone observer admires the show. Illumination is from the 6-day old Moon as well as from the aurora itself. This image is one frame from some 2000 I shot this night as part of rapid-cadence time-lapse sequences. Frames were shot at f/1.4 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 using 1 to 2 second exposures.
