The constellation of Orion the Hunter, at right, and his two Hunting Dogs and their brightest stars: Procyon in Canis Minor (at left) and Sirius in Canis Major (at bottom). The winter Milky Way runs from top to bottom through Monoceros and Canis Major. The red arc is Barnard’s Loop, an interstellar bubble blown by hot stellar winds from young stars in the Orion complex. The red patch at upper centre is the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The Orion Nebula is overexposed right of centre. This is a stack of 3 x 2-minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.5 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. A 4th exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter adds the star glows for accentuating colour and the visibility of the brightest stars. Shot from Quailway Cottage in southeast Arizona, December 15, 2017.
The companion constellations to Orion, of Lepus the hare (below Orion), Columba the dove (below Lepus), and Canis Major the large hunting dog (at left in the Milky Way) This is a stack of 2 x 2-minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, with an additional exposure through the Kenko Softon filter layered in to add the star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage in Arizona, with the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.
The constellation of Lepus the hare, below Orion and to the west of the northern half of Canis Major at left. This is a stack of 2 x 2-minute exposures with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, plus an additional exposure through the Kenko Softon filter layered in to add the star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage in Arizona, with the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.
