Leo and M44 star cluster with Mars between them. Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800, for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures with Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/4, plus stack of 2 x 4 minute exposures with Kenko Softon filter for star glows. Taken January 15, 2010.
The northern spring constellations of Leo and Cancer with the Beehive star cluster in Cancer prominent at right. The faint stars of Leo Minor are at top. This is a stack of 4 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.
The northern spring constellations of Leo and Coma Berenices with the Coma star cluster (Melotte 111) prominent at left. The faint stars of Leo Minor are at top. This is 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.
