The trio of (L to R) Saturn, Mars and Jupiter in conjunction in the dawn twilight, taken from home in Alberta on March 26, 2020. This is a stack of 10 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky to minimize trailing with Topaz DeNoise AI applied. All 10 seconds at f/2 with the Rokinon 85mm lens and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 3200. Luminar Flex Soft Glow effect added.
This is the evening sky on March 25, 2020, with brilliant Venus high in the west just after the date (March 24) of its greatest elongation in the evening sky for 2020. It appears here about as high as it can get with the ecliptic tipped up to a high angle in spring. To the left is Orion and the winter stars in the twilight. Just above the horizon at bottom right in the bright twilight is the day-old thin crescent Moon about to set. Above Venus are the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters. This is a single exposure with the Nikon D750 and 24mm Sigma lens, at 8 seconds at ISO 400 and f/2.8.
The rising waning Moon shining just below Jupiter and dim Mars, in conjunction at dawn on March 18, 2020. This view looks over the Churchill Rocket Range from the Northern Studies Centre, in a panorama from northeast to southeast. This is a panorama of 6 segments, with the Canon EOS Ra and 24mm lens. Stitched with Photoshop.
