Twas the night of Christmas 13, and all across the sky, All the stars were twinkling, and Orion shone on high. Orion and the winter stars and constellations above a snowy prairie scene in Alberta, on Christmas night, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Images tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker.
Orion and the northern winter sky rising over the mountains in New Mexico, Dec 7, 2013, with light from the waxing crescent Moon providing illumination. Jupiter is the bright object in Gemini at left. Orion's Belt points down to Sirius in Canis Major. The sky is discoloured green and red from bands of airglow. This is a stack of 5 x 40 second exposures, tracked, with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5DMkII at ISO 1250.
Orion and the northern winter sky rising over the mountains in New Mexico, Dec 7, 2013, with light from the waxing crescent Moon providing illumination. Orion's Belt points down to Sirius in Canis Major and up to Aldebaran in Taurus. The sky is discoloured green and red from bands of airglow. This is a stack of 5 x 40 second exposures, tracked, with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5DMkII at ISO 1250.
