A dim arc of aurora below the constellations of Ursa Minor (at top left below Polaris) and Ursa Major (at centre), with the Big Dipper most prominent at centre. A stack of 3 x 15 second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all at f/2 with the 14mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Taken from home January 13, 2018. Star diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools actions.
The Big Dipper dipping below the Badland hills on a late autumn or early winter evening at the Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley near Drumheller, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon. A stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and a single exposure for the sky, all 10 seconds at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
A selfie looking north to the Big and Little Dippers at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on a very clear moonlit night November 27, 2017. Polaris is at top; Vega is setting at far left. A single 15-second exposure with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.5 lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 2000, with LENR applied. The Moon was just past first quarter.
