Mars (bottom) and Saturn in conjunction at right, and the Milky Way at left, in deep blue twilight before the sky got filly dark, over the old corral of the 76 Ranch, in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27/28, 2014. Antares and Scorpius are just behind the corral gate at right, Sagittarius is at left in the Milky Way. M6 and M7 open cluster are visible at left. This is a composite of two images: one tracked (for the sky) and one untracked (for the ground) images, both 60 second expsosures at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. The tracker was the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer.
A nightscape from the summit of Mt Kobau near Osoyoos, BC, Canada during the Mt Kobau Star Party, July 28, 2014. The centre of the Galaxy area is above the horizon to the south, the foreground is a field of sagebrush lit only by starlight. This is a single 45-second exposure with the Canon 24mm lens at f/2.2 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.
Sagittarius, Scorpius and the centre of the Galaxy area over the pine trees and sagebrush of the summit of Mt. Kobau, BC, July 29, 2014. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Tracking on the Sky-Watcher Sky Adventurer. The ground is from the first exposure.
