The ISS (Space Station) flies past the Pleiades star cluster, with reddish Mars below, and the larger Hyades star cluster at left with the reddish star Aldebaran. This was March 30, 2019, looking west into the evening twilight sky. The ISS was rising out of the west and twilight glow, climbing up the frame here. The sky gradient is from twilight and the Zodiacal Light in the west. Canadian astronaut David St. Jacques was on board at this time in early 2019. This is a stack of 3 x 3 minute tracked exposures for the background to smooth noise, mean combined, plus the single 3-minute exposure with the ISS, layered in with Lighten blend mode, all at f/3.5 with the Sigma 50mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 200. High haze and clouds added the star glows. though I also added an Orton effect layer to boost the star glow effect. I used the app GoSatWatch to preview the path of the ISS and plan the framing and timing.
Mars below the Pleiades star cluster and north (right) of the Hyades cluster, all in Taurus, on the evening of March 30, 2019. They are set into the deep blue of the darkening twilight in the western sky. This is a stack of 4 x 60-second exposures for the main sky blended with a similar exposure taken through a Kenko Softon A filter to add the artistic star glows, though high haze this night added some natural glows. All at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 85mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 200, and on the Fornax Lightrack tracker. The sky gradient is natural from the twilight. Diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools actions.
A wide panorama of Orion and the winter stars setting on a spring evening at Dinosaur Provincial Park, with the Zodiacal Light rising out of the twilight and distant yellow sky glow to the west at centre. Sirius is at left to the southwest, with Orion setting behind the badlands hill, while the Pleiades is in the Zodiacal Light band at centre, with Mars just below the Pleiades. Perseus, Cassiopeia, and the Andromeda Galaxy are setting at right in the northwest. High haze and aircraft contrails (one at centre) add the natural star glows. The lingering twilight adds the sky colour. This is a 240° panorama stitched from 17 segments, all with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 in portrait orientation, each segment 20 seconds at f/1.4 and ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. A mild Orton glow effect was added to the landscape with Luminar 3 plugin.
