An all-sky aurora with green and purple curtains, the night of June 7-8, 2014, starting up about 12:30 and going until dawn. This shot was near its peak, from the old barn site near home in southern Alberta. Foreground illumination is from the aurora and ambient sky -- the Moon had set. The Big Dipper is above the Barn. The purple colour is from blue scatttered sunlight hitting the red tops of the auroral curtains. This was with the 16-35mm lens at f/3.2 for 20 seconds at ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D.
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) in the early evening sky sky on November 27, 2013, just off the handle of the Big Dipper low in the north. This is a stack of 5 x 75 second exposures with the 50mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, tracking on the iOptron SkyTracker, plus two exposures taken thru the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken from home at -10° C.
