Orion at right, rising into the dawn sky on an August morning at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 26, 2019. The waning crescent Moon is bright in the clouds at left. Castor and Pollux in Gemini are at left of the tree,; Procyon is rising to the right of the tree. Taken from the Two Trees Road — this is one of the trees! This is a stack of 5 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky. All with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens for 15 seconds at f/2.5 and ISO 1600.
A 180° panorama of the public stargazing session at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory south of Calgary, Alberta, on July 26, 2019, one of a trio of Milky Way Nights this week. About 600 people attended on this perfect summer night, with many telescopes supplied by members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Calgary Centre, providing excellent views of lots of celestial objects. This is a stitch of 8 segments, all 8 second exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens, and Canon 6D at ISO 1600. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
Don with his Celestron CPC 8 Schmidt-Cassegrain scope aligning it in the twilight. This was at the July 26, 2019 Milky Way Night at the Rothney Observatory.