The Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius, low in the south, over Mt. Rundle in Banff, Alberta, from the shore of Two Jack Lake, June 3, 2016. Saturn is the bright object at upper right, then in Ophiuchus just above Scorpius. Some thin cloud fuzzed the images of Saturn and stars. The foreground is partly illuminated by car headlights, to light up the green landscape. Wind made the water rough and unreflective. This is a stack of 4 x 25 second exposures (mean combined to smooth noise) for the ground and a single 25-second exposure for the sky, untracked but with just slight trailing. All at f/2.2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a 280-frame time-lapse and star trail sequence, though that was partly ruined by the car headlights. Here they help somewhat.
Mars, the bright object at right, with Saturn to the left and Antares below Saturn, in Scorpius, all above Mt. Rundle, with the Milky Way at left. The area of the galactic centre in Sagittarius is just above the horizon. Note the glitter path on the water from Mars! It was then just past closest approach and so near its maximum brightness. This is from the shore of Two Jack Lake in Banff, Alberta. Lights from Banff and Canmore light the mountain and clouds. I shot this June 3, 2016, so the sky was not completely dark, with the northern still lit by perpetual twilight. Light cloud fuzzed the images of the planets and stars near the southern horizon, enlarging their images. This is a stack of 4 x 20-second exposures (mean combined to smooth noise) for the ground and a single 20-second exposure, untracked, for the sky. All with the 24mm Sigma Art lens at f/2 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.
The “Dark Horse” region of dark nebulosity near the galactic centre in Scorpius and Ophiuchus, also known as the Pipe Nebula. The small squiggly Snake Nebula is above centre. This is a single frame, made of a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures with the 135mm telephoto lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Taken from Tibuc Cottage, Australia, April 13, 2016.
