The heroic constellations of Hercules (at top) and Ophiuchus (occupying most of the bottom half of the image) with Serpens to either side of Ophiuchus as a bonus. The Milky Way is at the bottom left corner. Corona Borealis is to the right of the H of Hercules. Arcturus is at upper right at the edge of the frame. The S-O Double Cluster is at far left on the edge of the frame below centre. This is a stack of 12 x 1-minute tracked exposures with the Nikon D750 at ISO 1600 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2.2, median combined to help eliminate the clouds drifting through this night, from home June 2, 2019. A single exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter blended in added the star glows to make the constellation patterns and star colours pop out better.
Hyades star cluster in Taurus - with Canon 20Da and 135mm Canon L-series telephoto at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at ISO 400. NGC 1647 at upper left. Glow layer added to emphasize stars.
Hyades, and Aldebaran in the face of Taurus the bull, with smaller open cluster NGC 1647 at left. This is a stack of 4 x 4 minutes exposures with Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800 and 135mm lens at f/2.8, plus two exposures at the same settings but with Kenko Softon filter in place to add star glows.
