An observer gazing into the Milky Way with a large reflector telescope at the 2014 OzSky Star Safari star party near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, March 2014. The Dark Emu pattern of dark lanes in the Milky Way is rising in the east behind the observer. This is a single untracked 30-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 3200. Dew on the lens adds the star glows.
Orion and Canis Major, with Sirius, the Dog Star, at lower left. I shot this from New Mexico from the Gila Wilderness summit of Highway 15, on March 10, 2015. This is a tracked set of 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Some airglow brightened the sky at lower right.
A panoroma of the Milky Way around Orion and Canis Major, taking in Canis Minor as well, including the dog stars Sirius (lower) and Procyon (upper left). Around Orion you can see Barnard's Loop, as well as the Horsehead Nebula area below the Belt of Orion and the Orion Nebula in the Sword of Orion. Betelgeuse is at top left of Orion, Rigel at bottom right. Several star clusters are visible at this scale including M41 below Sirius and M46 and M47 left of Sirius. This is a mosaic of 2 frames, each a stack of 4 or 5 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus each segment also having a glow layer composed of 2 x 4 minute exposures through the Kenko Softon diffusion filter. So a total of 11 exposures for this 2-frame mosaic, stacked and stitched in Photoshop CC. Taken from Painted Pony Resort in SW New Mexico, December 7, 2013. Lots of frost this night.
