The winter Milky Way and constellations, to the south over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on a very clear night on January 25, 2017. A few bits of green aurora are visible. People from the tour group and staff are outside enjoying the stars and a developing aurora to the north behind the camera. This is with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and for 30 seconds at ISO 3200 with the Nikon D750.
The stars of Taurus, including the Pleiades, rising above Mount Kerkeslin, with Capella and Auriga at top left. Castor and Pollux in Gemini are among the trees at lower left. The winter Milky Way runs from Capella down to Gemini. This is from the Athabasca Falls area, looking east over the river flats. High cloud added the natural star glows but also some sky discolouration. The rising Moon off frame is beginning to light the sky. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Taken October 22/23, 2016.
The autumn constellations of Perseus, Cassiopeia and Andromeda over Mount Kerkeslin at the Athabasca River Viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper right. The Pleiades are just clearing the mountain top at lower right. Thin clouds add the natural glows around the stars. Illumination is from starlight. This is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.
