NGC 7000, the North America Nebula, with the Pelican Nebula, IC 5067, at right, in Cygnus, taken from home November 21, 2016 as part of testing of the Explore Scientific FCD100 102mm apo refractor. This is a stack of 5 x 6-minute exposures at f/7 with the ES field flattener, and at ISO 1600 with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII. Star diffraction spikes added with AstronomyTools actions.
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.
