A 360° panorama and more than 100° from the ground to the zenith, taken at the Riverwalk picnic area in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 25, 2014. Sagittarius is at left, where the Milky Way is setting, while Perseus, Auriga and the Pleiades are at right where the Milky Way is rising. The green bands are from airglow not aurora. I used the 14mm Rokinon lens in portrait mode for a set of 8 segments, each 60 seconds at ISO 4000 and f/2.8 wih the Canon 6D. The tipi is a modern store-bought tipi not an authentic family-owned First Nations tipi.
A 360° panorama of the landscape and skyscape at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, taken August 25, 2014. The Milky Way arches overhead from south to north at right, and the last vestiges of twilight light the western sky at left, providing a natural backdrop for the silhouette of the photographer gazing wistfully into the distance! Some green bands of airglow also light the sky, but only a few farm lights from outside the boundaries of the Park mar the landscape in this darkest of Dark Sky Preserves in Canada. I shot this from the Eagle Butte Loop Trail at the end of the 70 Mile Butte road. Sagittarius and the centre of the Galaxy is at far right, the Big Dipper is above the person. This is a sttich of 9 sections, each shot with the 14mm lens in portrait orientation, and each exposure 80 seconds at ISO 3200 at f/2.8, untracked. Stitched with PTGui in equirectangular projection.
A 360° panorama of the observing field at the 2019 Saskatchewan Summer Star Party in the Centre Block of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan, a Dark Sky Preserve. This was August 31, 2019 on a less than ideal night with thin cloud about, while an aurora brightening with a Kp5 level display colours the sky at right to the northeast. The Milky Way is at left to the south. The Big Dipper in haze is right of centre. This is an 11-segment panorama, each 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 in landscape orientation and at ISO 6400. Stitched with PTGui. ACR worked but did not allow framing the scene as desired.
