Mars (bottom) and Saturn in conjunction at right, and the Milky Way at left, in deep blue twilight before the sky got filly dark, over the old corral of the 76 Ranch, in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27/28, 2014. Antares and Scorpius are just behind the corral gate at right, Sagittarius is at left in the Milky Way. M6 and M7 open cluster are visible at left. This is a composite of two images: one tracked (for the sky) and one untracked (for the ground) images, both 60 second expsosures at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. The tracker was the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer.
Mars and Saturn paired at lower right in Libra, with the Milky Way at left, in the last glow of twilight, over Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 25, 2014. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve and few lights are visible here from areas outside the Park. Scorpius and Sagittarius are visible low on the southern horizon. This is a single exposure taken from near the 70 Mile Butte trailhead parking area. This is with the 14mm lens and Canon 6D for 60 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 2500.
Venus and Jupiter 1/2° apart low in the pink twilight at lower left, with the waning crescent Moon near Aldebaran at upper right, taken from home August 18, 2014 at dawn, looking due east. This is a single 1 second exposure at f/4 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
