An observer with a Dobsonian reflector telescope at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, 2016 with an aurora in the background.
An observer gazes at a target in the southern Milky Way in Carina, at the OzSky Star Party in Australia, April 2016. The Southern Cross, Crux, and the dark Coal Sack Nebula are at top. Alpha and Beta Centauri are below, made fuzzy by high haze moving in on the last night of the star party. This is a single untracked 10-second exposure with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.
An amateur astronomer looking at the Large Magellanic Cloud with a large Dobsonian telescope at the OzSky Star Party organized by the Three Rivers Foundation Australia. Canopus is the bright star at top, made fuzzy by high cloud moving in on the last night of the star party. This is a stack of 2 x 10-second untracked exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.
