A 360° panorama of he winter sky and Milky Way at Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta, on a very clear night, February 28, 2017. The Milky Way stretches across the sky from south (bottom) to northwest (at top right). The Zodiacal Light stretches up from the horizon in the west at right, and can be traced faintly across the sky to the east (at left) where there is a dim glow of Gegenschein visible. The view is looking south and in this scene the galactic anti-centre is near the centre of the image — i.e. we are looking toward the outer edge of the Galaxy, to the outer spiral arms opposite the galactic centre in Sagittarus, visible in summer. Orion is at bottom centre, almost due south. North is at top. This is a stitch of 6 segments with the 12mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 for 30 seconds each, with the Nikon D750 at ISO 6400, mounted portrait. Stitched with PTGui.
A 200+ degree panorama of the arch of the winter Milky Way, from south (left) to northwest (ar right) with the Zodiacal Light to the west at centre. This was from Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta on February 28, 2017. A spell of warm weather left very little snow, so the landscape does not look like winter here. But the sky is! This is a stitch of 6 segments but warped with fish-eye projection so that only 3 or 4 segments are contributing to this image. Stitched with PTGui. Each segment was 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 12mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Nik Dfine and Topaz noise reduction applied, in addition to ACR.
