The autumn and winter Milky Way rising, from Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan at the Summer Star Party, August 2012. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with the Canon 5D MkII and Canon 15mm lens at f/4. The ground is a blurred blend of all 5 exposures. The Andromeda Galaxy is at centre; Jupiter is rising above the trees in Taurus; the Pleiades are above Jupiter.
The Sagittarius Milky Way area, around the centre of the Galaxy, over the trees and campsite at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Sasksatchewan. Taken August 17, 2012 at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. This is a composite of 6 exposures: all 2 minutes at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 with the Canon 5D MkII and Sigma 50mm lens, but 5 exposures were tracked and 1 exposure was untracked to prevent the ground from blurring. Ground is from the untracked exposure, sky is from the stack of 5 tracked exposures. All taken from the same location -- the ground is not faked onto a separate sky shot. The horizon is in its true location.
The autumn Milky Way rising, from Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan at the Summer Star Party, August 2012. This is a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures, tracked, at ISO 1600 with the Canon 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII camera. The ground is from one exposure. A faint aurora adds the horizon tint.
