The northern springtime constellations of Hercules at left of centre, Corona Borealis at right of centre, and Böotes at far right, flanked by bright blue Vega in Lyra at far left with yellow Arcturus in Böotes at far right. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute tracked exposures with the Nikon D750 at ISO 800 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2.2 with a sixth exposure taken through a Kenko Softon A filter blended in for the star glows to make the constellation patterns and star colours pop out. Taken from home June 2, 2019.
The heroic constellations of Hercules (at top) and Ophiuchus (occupying most of the bottom half of the image) with Serpens to either side of Ophiuchus as a bonus. The Milky Way is at the bottom left corner. Corona Borealis is to the right of the H of Hercules. Arcturus is at upper right at the edge of the frame. The S-O Double Cluster is at far left on the edge of the frame below centre. This is a stack of 12 x 1-minute tracked exposures with the Nikon D750 at ISO 1600 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2.2, median combined to help eliminate the clouds drifting through this night, from home June 2, 2019. A single exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter blended in added the star glows to make the constellation patterns and star colours pop out better.
Jupiter (bright at left) and Saturn (dimmer at centre) over hoodoo formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, August 29/30, 2021, with the foreground illuminated by moonlight from the rising last quarter Moon. The planets are in or near the constellation of Capricornus framed at centre. This is a blend of two images: a single tracked 1-minute exposure for the sky at f/2.8 and ISO 800 plus a single untracked 3-minute exposure for the ground at f/4 and ISO 800, both with the Canon 15-35mm RF lens at 29mm and Canon R6 camera on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. I added a mild Orton effect with Luminar AI. Long Exposure Noise Reduction applied to the ground image in camera.
