The northern spring constellations of Leo (centre), Cancer (right), and Coma Berenices (left) with Leo flanked either side by the Beehive star cluster (M44) in Cancer at right and the Coma Berenices star cluster (Mel 111) at left. The faint stars of Leo Minor are at top. This is a panorama of two segments, each a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019. Processed TIFFs merged with Photoshop Photomerge using Re-position mode.
The northern spring constellations of Leo and Coma Berenices with the Coma star cluster (Melotte 111) prominent at left. The faint stars of Leo Minor are at top. This is a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019.
A framing of the northern spring constellations of Leo (at right) and Coma Berenices (at left), the latter marked by the large star cluster Melotte 111. The small and obscure constellation of Leo Minor is at top right. This is a stack of 10 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 34mm and f/3.5 and on the filter-modified (by AstroGear) Canon R camera at ISO 800, on the Star Adventurer tracker. An additional single 2-minute exposure through a Kase/Alyn Wallace StarGlow filter and layered and blended in Photoshop added the photogenic star glows, to accentutate the constellation patterns and star colours. Taken from home March 16, 2023.
