Orion and the northern winter constellations, such as Canis Major (above horizon), Gemini (at left), Auriga (at top) and Taurus (at right), rising into a moonlit November night, from home in Alberta. The Beehive Cluster is the fuzzy spot at far left, in Cancer below the stars of Gemini. The Pleiades star cluster is at upper right. Light is from the waxing gibbous Moon off frame at right. This is a stack of 4 x 15-second exposures for the ground and one 15-second exposure for the sky, all untracked with the Nikkor 14-24mm lens at f/4 and 14mm, and the Nikon D810a at ISO 2000.
Orion and the northern winter constellations, such as Canis Major, Gemini and Taurus, rising into a moonlit November night, from home in Alberta. The Beehive Cluster is the fuzzy spot at left, in Cancer below the stars of Gemini. Light is from the waxing gibbous Moon off frame at right. This is a stack of 4 x 20-second exposures for the ground and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all untracked with the Nikkor 14-24mm lens at f/4 and 14mm, and the Nikon D810a at ISO 1600.
Orion and the winter constellations setting over the old Farmhouse at home, in the dawn twilight on the morning of November 14, 2015. Canis Major and Sirius are at left; Taurus and Aldebaran and the Pleiades are at right. Procyon is at upper left. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposoures for the ground to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all with the Nikon D810a at ISO 1600 and 14-24mm Nikkor zoom lens at f/2.8.
