Cocoon Nebula area with M39 to the right and NGC 7209 to the left; with dark nebula B168 between Cocoon and M39. Taken Sept. 13, 2007 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures with 135mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 20Da camera at ISO 800.
Open cluster M41 in Canis Major, below Sirius. Little nebula at left is Sharpless 2-301. This is a stack of 3 x 2 minute exposures in hazy skies with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and Canon 135mm lens at f/2.8. Taken January 6, 2011. Field of view simulates binocular field.
Messier 41, open star cluster below Sirius in Canis Major. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII and Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor, shot from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 2012.