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 in Taurus above Aldebaran and the Hyades and below the Pleiades, on January 4, 2013. Taken from home from the front yard, with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 60Da camera at ISO 800 for 4 x 4 minutes + 2 x 3 minutes with the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken on the Kenko SkyMemo tracker. NGC 1647 and NGC 1746 clusters are also in the field, at left.
