Two Taurid meteors from the November 2015 shower, on November 10, taken from home as part of testing the Nikon D810a and 14-24mm Nikon lens. Green airglow lights the sky, as well as horizon glows from distant lights on this very frosty and humid night for a late fall evening. This is a stack of two exposures, one for each meteor, each 60 seconds at f/2.8 and at 14mm and at ISO 800, both tracked on the AP Mach One mount.
The constellations of Orion (centre), Taurus (at upper right), and Canis Major (lower left) in the dawn sky on a frosty November morning in the twilight and moonlight, taken from the backyard in southern Alberta. Orion’s Belt points up to Aldebaran and the Hyades, and down to Sirius. This is a stack of 6 x 15 second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one 15s exposure for the sky, to prevent trailing. All with the Nikon D750 at ISO 2000 and Sigma 24mm lens at f/4.
Orion and the Dog Stars over an old rustic farmhouse near Vulcan, Alberta. Orion is at centre, while to the lower left is the “Dog Star” Sirius in Canis Major, while at upper left, at the edge of the frame, is the dog star Procyon in Canis Minor. The nearly full Hunter’s Moon in the morning sky off frame at right provides the illumination, plus a passing car headlight in one frame to add a warmer light to the house. This is a stack of 6 exposures, mean combined, to reduce noise in the foreground, with the sky coming from just one image to prevent star trailing. All were 8 second exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with the Canon 6D and 24mm Canon lens. Shot in the dawn on October 28, 2015.
