Regor or Gamma Velorum, the brightest star in Vela, a hot blue star and a fine double, but not resolved here at this scale. This is a stack of 4 x 5-minute exposures with the Canon 6D at ISO 1600 and through the 106mm Astro-Physics Traveler telescope, from Tibuc Cottage April 10, 2016 on a partly hazy night adding the star glows.
Rigel, in Orion, in a closeup at long focal lengths, but still not quite enough to resolve the tight and faint companion star which is lost in the glare of Rigel here. This is a stack of 8 x 6-second exposures at f/10 with the Celestron C9.25-inch SCT and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, taken March 27, 2019 with Orion very low.
A closeup of Rigel in Orion, taken in moonlight, with the 130mm f/6 apo refractor. This is a stack of six 2-minute exposures and three 30-second exposures to reduce the core brilliance, with the short exposures blended in with a luminosity mask. All with the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. The diffraction spikes were added with Astronomy Tools Photoshop actions.
