Orion and Canis Major, taking in Canis Minor as well, including the dog stars Sirius (lower) and Procyon (upper left). Around Orion you can see Barnard's Loop, as well as the Horsehead Nebula area below the Belt of Orion and the Orion Nebula in the Sword of Orion. Betelgeuse is at top left of Orion, Rigel at bottom right. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 and modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 plus 2 x 4 minutes with the Kenko Softon diffusion filter for the star glows. Taken from Painted Pony Resort in SW New Mexico, December 7, 2013 on a cool and frosty night and part of a two-section pan of Orion ad Canis Major.
Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the blue glow of twilight still in the sky and the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right. Taken with Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens, tracked for stack of 3 x 1 minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 1000.
Orion, Canis Major & Monoceros, taken from the Painted Pony Resort in New Mexico, March 14, 2013. A stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the 35mm Canon L-series lens and 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus a layer of 2 x 4 minutes with the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. M46, M47 and M41 clusters all visible at left and lower centre.
