The winter sky from home, at latitude 50° N, on a hazy night which added the star glows and the colours to the sky at right from incoming cloud from the west. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures with the 15mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. On the iOptron SkyTracker. Taken Feb 10, 2013. Jupiter is the bright object above centre.
The International Space Station performs a pass low across the southern sky on February 10, 2013, with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on board. This is a stack of 2 4-minute exposures, one with the ISS -- that one was used for the foreground. The second exposure has the foreground masked out to minimize blurring but helps smooth noise in the sky. Taken with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 15mm lens at f/3.5.
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.
