A 360° panorama of the Table Mountain Star Party, July 25, 2014, held at the Eden Valley Guest Ranch in northern Washington state. It shows the Milky Way arching overhead (zenith is at the top), and bands of airglow streaming out of the east at centre. South is to the right of centre where the bright centre of the Galaxy area meets the horizon. The Big Dipper is at the left of the frame. This is an 8-section panorama, with each section shot with a 14mm Rokinon lens in portrait format, at f/2.8 and Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 6400 for 45 seconds each, untracked. Assembled in PTGui using Equirectangular projection.
A 360° panorama of a classic auroral arc across the north at bottom, as part of the main auroral oval, and the unusual and still unexplained isolated arc that has become known as STEVE — Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. The Steve arc runs from east (right) to west (left) here and comes overhead at centre. Jupiter is the bright object at upper right. Gemini and Auriga are setting over the house in the west. The Big Dipper is at the zenith at centre. Vega and the summer Milky Way are rising in the northeast at bottom right. I shot this April 10, 2018 from home in southern Alberta, at about 1:50 am MDT. There was still a lot of snow on the ground this April. The Steve display was in its dying moments. It was brighter earlier when I shot a time-lapse. By about 2 am it had faded completely to the eye. The eye it looked white or colourless. The camera picks up Steve’s characteristic mauve or pink colour, different from other auroras. This is a stitch of 12 segments, with the 14mm Rokinon 14mm SP lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 6400, for 10-seconds each, with the camera vertical. I used PTGui to do the stitching which it did flawlessly.
