Panorama of northern spring sky, taken from home at latitude of +51° N, April 10, 2004. Taken with 35mm full-frame fish-eye lens on Pentax 6x7 camera, at f/5, Fujichrome 400F slide film, and 35 minute exposure. Glow layer added to emphasize bright stars. Jupiter is brghtest object, in Leo at centre right. Meteor at upper left is a bonus. Stars at top of frame are a bit sharper in this one, vs #3 pan but #3 taken later is better framed. #1 Pan was taken earlier and shows spring stuff rising in east -- #2 and #3 show stuff more due south. Zodiacal band faintly visible from Jupiter down to Spica as blue band.
Perseid meteor down summer Milky Way thru Cygnus, August 11, 2004. 55mm lens at f/4 on Pentax 6x7 camera, and Fujichrome 400F slide film, 12 minute exposure. Tracked exposure taken from home.
Leonid Meteor Shower, November 18, 2001 as photographed from southern Alberta, Canada. This image is a composite of 6 exposures, each 6 minutes long, tracking the sky. All on Fujichrome Provia 400F slide film, pushed 1 stop to ISO 800, with a 28mm Nikkor lens at f/2.8. The image records the number of meteors over a 36 minute period, though exposures are not consecutive but were taken over about a 90-minute period. The bright area in lower centre and extending to the upper right through Leo is the Zodiacal Light. The Sickle of Leo and Regulus are at right of centre. Reprocessed in July 2022.
