The large Hyades star cluster, at right, plus orange Aldebaran, and the smaller star cluster NGC 1647 at left, in Taurus, and in the moonlight of a first quarter Moon, January 2, 2020. Thus the blue sky. This is a stack of eleven 2-minute exposures with the 200mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 400, with one of the exposures taken with haze in the sky to add the natural star glows. No filter was used here. The camera was on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracker. Diffraction spikes added for aesthetic effect with Astronomy Tools Actions.
A portrait of the two groups of half-sisters related in mythology as daughters of Atlas: the Hyades, at left, and the blue Pleiades, at right, two nearby open star clusters in Taurus. The bright star is Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus. This area of the sky is filled with dust which colours the sky in shades of brown and blue. This is a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures with the 85mm manual Rokinon lens at f/2 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. An additional exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter added the star glows for accentuated star colour. Shot from Quailway Cottage in southwest Arizona, December 15, 2017.
Hyades with 135mm Canon telephoto lens at f/2.8. With Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Stack of four 3-minute exposures. Taken from home Nov. 19, 2006. Hazy skies added star glows.
