Cassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda area of the northern autumn sky and Milky Way, taken from home, Sept 24, 2011. Several deep-sky objects are visible: Double Cluster; M31 Andromeda Galaxy, M33 Triangulum Galaxy, NGC 752 cluster, M34 cluster, Perseus Association.Taken with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and Canon L-series 35mm lens at f/4 for stack of 4 x 6 minutes plus 2 x 6 minutes with Kenko Softon filter for star glows.
Northern hemisphere autumn Milky Way in Cassiopeia and Cepheus - taken from home on Oct 1 2008 with Canon 20Da camera and 24mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 3 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 400. Glow layer added to punch up stars.
Cassiopeia nearly overhead on an autumn night, amid the pines at Athabasca Fall, Jasper National Park, Alberta. The Andromeda Galaxy is at top, Perseus is at upper right, and Cepheus and Cygnus at lower left. This is a stack of 4 exposures for the trees (mean combined to smooth noise) and one for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. All exposures untracked. Light cloud added the natural star glows.