The Zodiacal Light in the evening western sky, from the northern hemisphere, on a snowy February evening under very clear skies. Taken from home in rural Alberta, with the Canon 15mm lens and Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800 for a stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/3.5, though the ground is from just one exposure. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.
The winter constellations of the northern hemisphere sky, rising on a January night, from Canada, above a snowy prairie landscape. Sirius is just rising in the horizon glow. The scene extends up to Capella in Auriga near the zenith at top. Jupiter is the bright object above centre in Taurus. Taken from home on January 6, 2013, with the modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800 and 15mm Canon lens at f/2.8, for a stack of 3 x 4 minute exposures. The landscape is from just one frame, to avoid blurring of the horizon. Light polluted haze moving in from the right, west. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.
A fish-eye 360° image of the entire southern sky, taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 13/14, 2012, using an 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens and Canon 5D MkII camera for a stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at f/4 and ISO 800. The ground silhouette is from just one frame to minimize blurring of the horizon - all images were tracked. Orion and Jupiter are at left (west), Sirius, Canis Major, Puppis and Vela are near centre in the Milky Way, while Crux and Carina are rising at right (east). South is at top over the cottage, north at bottom over Timor Rock. The Magellanic Clouds are at top right over the cottage. The large Gum Nebula is at centre in Vela; Barnard's Loop on Orion is at left.
