The small constellation of Sagitta the Arrow framed here with a field of view similar to binoculars, and showing the prominent star cluster M71 at centre. This is a stack of 14 x 6-minute exposures with the SharpStar 61mm EDPH apo refractor, with its flattener/reducer lens for f/4.5 and with the stock Canon R6 camera at ISO 800. Guided with the MGEN3 autoguider with dithering on but no LENR or dark frames to eliminate thermal noise or edge amp glows.
Saturn, the bright object at upper right, in the head of Scorpius in March 2015. Antares is the bright yellow star below, just right of centre. The centre of the Milky Way is at left, with the bright star clouds of Sagittarius above the star clusters Messiers 6 and 7. The reddish Lagoon Nebula, M8, is above centre at left. The “Dark Horse” made of dark dust lanes is left of centre. This is a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures in the dawn twilight, March 26, 2015, with the 50mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 800, tracked on the Star Adventurer.
Saturn (at top) above the globular star cluster M22 in Sagittarius, on May 15-16, 2018, in the pre-dawn hours as the sky was beginning to brighten with twilight. The smaller globular, M28, is at lower right. This is a stack of 5 x 4-minute exposures with the Meade 70mm f/5 astrograph and Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 1600.
