Leo, with Canon 5D MkII and Sigma 50mm lens af f/4 for 4 x 6 minites at ISO 800 + 4 exposures with Kenko Softon filter for star glows. Taken March 7, 2010.
The northern spring constellations of Leo (centre), Cancer (right), and Coma Berenices (left) with Leo flanked either side by the Beehive star cluster (M44) in Cancer at right and the Coma Berenices star cluster (Mel 111) at left. The faint stars of Leo Minor are at top. This is a panorama of two segments, each a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019. Processed TIFFs merged with Photoshop Photomerge using Re-position mode.
The constellations of Leo (right) and Coma Berenices (left) at top with reddish Mars in Virgo at bottom left. I shot this May 3 from the Four Bar Cottages near the Arizona Sky Village near Portal Arizona, using the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 800 for a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures in moonlight with a waxing crescent Moon off frame at right. The star glows from from another 2 exposures shot through the Kenko Softon filter.
