A view of Orion and the winter sky low in the south from a latitiude of 70° North, near Oksfjord, Norway in October 2018. This is for demonstrating the low altitude of southern constellations from far northern latitudes.
This was a busy sky in the western twilight on April 17, 2018. To the far right: The waxing crescent Moon, with the darkside lit by Earthshine, about 6° south (left) of Venus in the evening twilight and below the Pleaides, with the Aldebaran and the Hyades to the left of the Pleiades. At centre: Orion setting behind the old farm shed. At far left: Sirius setting behind the old farm house, with bright Procyon at upper left. All set in the deep blue twilight. This is a blend of two exposures: a long 13-second exposure for most of the image and a short 2-second exposure for the bright twiilight at right and the Moon, blended with a luminosity mask. To be artistic I added a “Misty Land” Orton-style glow effect with Luminar. And diffraction spikes on the brightest objects with Astronomy Tools actions. Taken from near home in southern Alberta, with a lot of snow only now beginning to melt. I used the Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2 and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
A panorama of auroral curtains in the east with Orion and the winter stars rising at right, over the structures of the old Churchill Rocket Range. This was in the evening twilight on February 18, 2018. The aurora appeared early enough that programs were still going on inside and building lights had yet to be turned out. This is a 5-section panorama stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. With the 14mm Sigma Art lens at f/1.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.
