The small constellation of Canis Minor, at right, with the bright star Procyon, and Cancer the crab to the left, with the star cluster Messier 44, or the Beehive. The smaller cluster M67 is below M44. A bonus very green meteor streaks through Cancer, likely from the Geminid meteor shower. The head of Hydra is at bottom. This is a stack of 2 x 2-minute exposures with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, plus an additional exposure through the Kenko Softon filter layered in to add the star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage in Arizona, with the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.
The constellations of Orion the hunter and Eridanus the river (at right), with the bonus of a Geminid meteor below Orion, through Lepus the hare. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures with the 35mm Canon lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, including one with the meteor, plus an additional exposure through the Kenko Softon filter layered in to add the star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage in Arizona, with the Star Adventurer Mini tracker.
A trio of Geminid meteors over the Chiricahua Mountains in southeast Arizona, with Orion and the winter stars setting. I shot this at the end of the night of December 13/14, 2017 with the rising waxing crescent Moon providing some ground illumination. This is a stack of one image for the ground and two fainter meteors, and another image with the bright meteor. The camera was on a Star Adventurer Mini tracker so the stars are not trailed, though the ground will be slightly blurred. Orion is at centre, going down. Sirius is at left and the Pleiades and Hyades at right. All were 30-second exposures at f/2.8 with the 24mm Canon lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 5000. Taken from the Quailway Cottage.
