The zodiacal light in the pre-dawn sky in October 2013, taken from home October 7, 2013. Leo is just rising left of centre, with Mars above Regulus. Jupiter in Gemini is the bright object above centre. Sirius at at far right. At centre is the Beehive Cluster, M44. This is a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures, tracked, at ISO 1600 with the Canon 5D MkII and 14mm Samyang lens at f/2.8. The horizon area is from one exposure.
A wide-angle view, in landscape format, of the northern hemisphere spring sky, taken early May 2013 from home, using 15mm Canon lens at f/3.2, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 for stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures, tracked. The ground is from one exposure. Leo and Regulus are at right, Arcturus at left, and Spica and Saturn at lower left. The Big Dipper is off the frame at top. The Gegenschein is visible at right and the Zodiacal Band cross the sky from upper right to lower left. Saturn is to the left of Spica at bottom.
The Gegenschein glow at lower left, in southern Leo, taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwest New Mexico, March 14, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 plus a layer of two exposures taken through the Softon filter for the star glows. M44 the Beehive in Cancer is at upper right, the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, is at upper left. The stars of Leo are above centre. The streak is from geotationary satellites flaring in brightness near the oppostion point, but not moving as the sky turned.
