The winter stars and constellations in dawn in early September (Sept 5, 2017) from home in Alberta. Venus is the bright object at left in the morning twilght. Orion is at right, with Sirius just rising above the trees. The rest of the winter panorama of constellations are all there: Auriga at top, Taurus and the Pleiades at top right, and Gemini left of centre The Beehive star cluster in Cancer is above and right of Venus. Procyon is right of Venus. This illustrates how the winter stars can be seen even here even in what is officially still summer, before the autumn equinox, provide you get up very early! The nearly Full Moon is setting opposite this scene, providing some of the foreground illumination and shadows. This is a two-section panorama with the Rokinon 14mm SP lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D.
A horizon-to-zenith panorama of the winter consellations on a March evening as they set into the southwest. Orion is at bottom centre, with his Belt pointing down to Canis Major and up to Taurus. Gemini and Auriga are at top, in this case near the zenith overhead. The bright star clusters, M44, the Beehive, (at left) and M45, the Pleiades, (at right) flank the Milky Way. M45 is embedded in the Zodiacal Light. The star clusters M35 in Gemini and M41 in Canis Major are also visible as diffuse spots, as are several other star clusters. A couple of satellite trails are visible. Taken from home Match 19, 2017, for use as a book illustration. This is a panorama of 5 panels, each with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, for 25 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
