Virgo, taken with 90mm lens at f/4 with Fujchrome 400F slide film, 120-format and Pentax 6x7 camera. 20 minute exposure. Spica at bottom centre. Taken April 17, 2004 from home. Glow layer added in Photoshop to add enhanced glow around brighter stars and to enlarge star images. Gradient due to low altitude.
The northern spring constellation of Virgo, one of the constellations of the Zodiac. The bright star at lower left is Spica. Denebola in Leo is at top right. The field contains the realm of the galaxies in the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster. The double star Porrima is near centre. This is a stack of 7 x 2-minute exposures with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, on the iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracker. An exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter layered in adds the star glows. Taken on a very clear night April 24, 2020.
The constellation of Virgo. Taken from New Mexico, March 2013, with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 for a stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures + 2 exposures taken through the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows.
