https://amazingsky.net/2025/11/15/the-great-red-aurora/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/presenting-the-great-red-aurora-nov-11-2025.jpgPresenting the Great Red Aurora (Nov 11, 2025)May I present the Great Red Aurora of November 2025?! This is a selfie under the Northern Lights display of November 11, 2025 when the Kp Index peaked at 8 and the sky lit up with large swaths of red mixed with the greens, often blending to make oranges and yellows as here. The Pleiades are rising at centre; Capella is to the left. This was from home in southern Alberta. Technical: A single 2.5-second exposure at f/1.8 with the Viltrox 16mm lens on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1484.pngIMG_1484Kp 8! https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1483.jpgIMG_1483Red Alert! https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_1492.jpgIMG_1492https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/great-red-aurora-title-nov-11-2025.jpgGreat Red Aurora Looking East (Nov 11, 2025)This is the Great Red Aurora of November 11, 2025 when the Kp Index peaked at 8 and the sky lit up with large swaths of red mixed with the greens, often blending to make oranges and yellows as here. The red curtains show a streak of brighter white, perhaps an example of continuum emission. The Pleiades are rising at right of centre; Capella is to the left. Cassiopeia and Andromeda are at top This is looking generally east at centre. This was from home in southern Alberta. Technical: A single 5-second exposure at f/2.8 with the TTArtisan 11mm lens on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/under-the-great-red-aurora-nov-11-2025.jpgUnder the Great Red Aurora (Nov. 11, 2025)This is a self-portrait standing under the great red aurora of November 11, 2025, taken from home in southern Alberta. The Kp peaked at 8 this night and the display was notable for the extent and brightness of reds over much of the sky, mixed with the usual greens, and blending to create oranges and yellows this night. Deneb, Vega and Altair are at upper left. The Big and Little Dippers are at right, with Polaris at upper right. This is looking northwest at centre. I am lit red by an LED light, not by the red aurora. The aurora was not that bright! Technical: This is a blend of two exposures: - one for the sky and me, with me lit by a red headlamp, - and another for the ground without the red light on, so the ground is not lit red in places by spill from the headlamp. Both 8 seconds at f/2.8 with the manual TTArtisan 11mm full-frame fish-eye lens on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-curtains-with-zenith-convergence-2-nov-11-2025.jpgRed Curtains with Zenith Convergence #2 (Nov 11, 2025)This is the Great Red Aurora of November 11, 2025 when the Kp Index peaked at 8 and the sky lit up with large swaths of red mixed with the greens, often blending to make oranges and yellows as here. This frames a colourful curtain of red with shades of orange and yellow, beside a band of green aurora with structure at the zenith at top right. This is looking generally east at centre, but at top right is the zenith overhead. Cassiopeia is at upper left. The Pleiades are below centre. Technical: A single 4-second exposure at f/2.8 with the Laowa 10mm rectilinear wide-angle lens on the Nikon Z8 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-auroral-arc-panorama-nov-11-2025.jpgRed Arc Auroral Panorama (Nov 11, 2025)This is a 360º rectangular panorama of the November 11, 2025 great red aurora, taking most off the sky except for the very zenith. In this scene a bright arc of red crosses the sky, from northwest at left to southeast at centre. North is left of centre while south is right of centre. To the north at left are rays of green. Across the south at right is a more diffuse arc of green and some red for a yellow band. At centre are some whiter rays whicjh might be continuum emission. Technical: This is a stitch of 6 segments, 60º apart, each 4-second exposure at f/2.8 with the TTArtisan 11mm full-frame fish-eye lens on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600, and in landscape orientation so the frames did not quite reach to the zenith. Stitched in PTGui 13.3. The original is 20,800 pixels wide.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-aurora-with-odd-zenith-rays-nov-11-2025.jpgRed Aurora with Odd Zenith Rays (Nov 11, 2025)This is the Great Red Aurora of November 11, 2025 when the Kp Index peaked at 8 and the sky lit up with large swaths of red mixed with the greens, often blending to make oranges and yellows as here. This captures the brief appearance of an odd set of rays converging to the zenith at top coming up from the northern sky. This formation lasted only a minute before it faded. At bottom is a deeper green band of diffuse aurora that could be proton emission. This is looking generally south at centre, but at top is the zenith overhead. Technical: A single 4-second exposure at f/2.8 with the Laowa 10mm rectilinear wide-angle lens on the Nikon Z8 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/red-aurora-over-house-pano-nov-11-2025.jpgRed Aurora over House Pano (Nov 11, 2025)This is a 360º panorama of the great red aurora of November 11, 2025 over my rural house in southern Alberta. The Kp index hit 8 this night as a major solar storm hit bringing auroras to the southern US and even Mexico. We saw a sky with a lot of red auroral curtains, as well as the usual greens, and mixing to produce pinks, oranges and yellows! Technical: This is a panorama of 12 segments, each 1 second at f/1.8 with the Viltrox 16mm lens on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.2025-11-16T14:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/09/17/nightscapes-of-southern-saskatchewan/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ursa-major-over-sand-hills-of-saskatchewan.jpgUrsa Major over the Sand Hills of SaskatchewanThis frames the stars of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, containing the asterism the Big Dipper, or Plough or Wagon. Ursa Major is low in the noth on this August summer night, over the sand dunes of the Great Sand Hills of western Saskatchewan near Leader and Sceptre. The sky is tinted with bands of red and green airglow. Just above the horizon are a trio of "double stars" which mark the feet of the Bear but are also called the Three Leaps of the Gazelle from Arabic skylore. Techincal: This is a blend of tracked and untracked exposures: - 4 x 60 seconds tracked for the sky, at f/2, with LENR off - 1 x 3 minutes untracked for the starlit ground at f/2.8, with Long Exposure Noise Reducton ON to eliminate hot pixels in camera on this warm summer nght - 1 x 60 seconds tracked for the star glows through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter - All on the MSM Nomad tracker with the Nikkor 20mm S lens on the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ursa-major-over-sand-hills-of-saskatchewan-with-labels.jpgUrsa Major over the Sand Hills (with Labels)This frames the stars of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, containing the asterism the Big Dipper, or Plough or Wagon. Ursa Major is low in the noth on this August summer night, over the sand dunes of the Great Sand Hills of western Saskatchewan near Leader and Sceptre. The sky is tinted with bands of red and green airglow. Just above the horizon are a trio of "double stars" which mark the feet of the Bear but are also called the Three Leaps of the Gazelle from Arabic skylore. Techincal: This is a blend of tracked and untracked exposures: - 4 x 60 seconds tracked for the sky, at f/2, with LENR off - 1 x 3 minutes untracked for the starlit ground at f/2.8, with Long Exposure Noise Reducton ON to eliminate hot pixels in camera on this warm summer nght - 1 x 60 seconds tracked for the star glows through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter - All on the MSM Nomad tracker with the Nikkor 20mm S lens on the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nightscapes-of-saskatchewan-title.jpgMilky Way Over Lone Tree Hill (Landscape)This is the summer Milky Way over the Two Trees Road in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Only one tree remains now, to pose for this "lone tree under the stars" scene. This was August 24, 2025 on a stunningly clear night. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve, and is a superb location for nightscape photography and any astronomy. The bright glow on the horizon is likely from a gas plant in Montana. Grasslands is just north of the border, at 49º latitude. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is above the horizon at left. The stars of the southern part of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, are at right. The stars of Scorpius are behind the tree, setting. Lots of deep-sky objects are recorded here — with 19 Messier objects alone: - The Messier 6 and 7 star clusters are on the horizon about to set at centre, - while above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and the Galactic Centre. - Above it lie the reddish M8 Lagoon, M20 Trifid, M17 Swan, and M16 Eagle nebulas, - accompanied by the M21 and M18 star clusters. - Between the pairing of M8 and M20 and the M17 and M16 nebulas lies the bright whitish Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka Messier 24, - flanked by the M23 and M25 star clusters. - Above the Teapot of Sagittarius are the M22 and M28 globular star clusters. - Several other Messier globular clusters are in the field but very small and starlike at this scale. - The Dark Horse prances at the end of the road. It is made of dark interstellar dust. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: - 5 x 30 seconds at f/2 tracked for the sky, plus - 1 x 2 minutes at f/2.8 untracked for the ground to bring out the details lit only by starlight, plus - a single 30-second tracked exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter layered in, to add the star glows. - All with the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800 and Nikkor 35mm S lens, on the MSM Nomad tracker. And all from the same tripod position. The camera was not moved fohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-over-sand-hills-of-saskatchewan.jpgMilky Way over Sand Hills of SaskatchewanThis is the summer Milky Wayt on an August night, from the Great Sand Hills, Saskatchewan, near the towns of Leader and Sceptre. The area is an ecological reserve, and is the largest collection of dunes in southern Saskatchewan, second only to the Athabasca Sand Dunes in the far north. The dunes were created 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, when the Glacial Lake Bursary dried up. This was August 26, 2025 on a clear but somewhat hazy night, with dust in the air from the harvest ongoing at the time. Some cloud drifting through obscures the sky at bottom right. The Teapot asterism of Sagittarius is at bottom in the southwest, rich in star clusters, star clouds, and pink nebulas, many from the Messier Catalogue. The Galactic Centre or core is just above the horizon. Above the rich region around the core is the Scutum Starcloud, and above it is the constellation of Aquila and the bright blue-white star Altair. The stars of Ophiuchus and Serpens are at right. A bright green band of airglow tints the sky at lower left. The diffusion filter employed accentuates the bright stars and their colours. The ground is lit only by starlight, though a long exposure brings out the details. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: - a stack of 4 x 60 seconds at f/2 tracked for the sky, plus - 1 x 4 minutes at f/2.8 untracked for the ground, plus - a single 60-second tracked exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 diffusion filter layered in, to add the star glows. - All with the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800 and Nikkor 20mm S lens, on the MSM Nomad tracker. And all from the same tripod position. However, the camera framing was changed for the sky and ground shots, tilting it up it to include more of the sky up the northern Milky Way.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-over-lone-tree-hill-with-labels-landscape.jpgMilky Way Over Lone Tree Hill with Labels (Landscape)This is the summer Milky Way over the Two Trees Road in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Only one tree remains now, to pose for this "lone tree under the stars" scene. This was August 24, 2025 on a stunningly clear night. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve, and is a superb location for nightscape photography and any astronomy. The bright glow on the horizon is likely from a gas plant in Montana. Grasslands is just north of the border, at 49º latitude. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is above the horizon at left. The stars of the southern part of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, are at right. The stars of Scorpius are behind the tree, setting. Lots of deep-sky objects are recorded here — with 19 Messier objects alone: - The Messier 6 and 7 star clusters are on the horizon about to set at centre, - while above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and the Galactic Centre. - Above it lie the reddish M8 Lagoon, M20 Trifid, M17 Swan, and M16 Eagle nebulas, - accompanied by the M21 and M18 star clusters. - Between the pairing of M8 and M20 and the M17 and M16 nebulas lies the bright whitish Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka Messier 24, - flanked by the M23 and M25 star clusters. - Above the Teapot of Sagittarius are the M22 and M28 globular star clusters. - Several other Messier globular clusters are in the field but very small and starlike at this scale. - The Dark Horse prances at the end of the road. It is made of dark interstellar dust. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: - 5 x 30 seconds at f/2 tracked for the sky, plus - 1 x 2 minutes at f/2.8 untracked for the ground to bring out the details lit only by starlight, plus - a single 30-second tracked exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter layered in, to add the star glows. - All with the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800 and Nikkor 35mm S lens, on the MSM Nomad tracker. And all from the same tripod position. The camera was not moved fohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-over-lone-tree-hill-portrait.jpgMilky Way Over Lone Tree Hill (Portrait)This is the summer Milky Way over the Two Trees Road in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Only one tree remains now, to pose for this "lone tree under the stars" portrait. This was August 24, 2025 on a stunningly clear night. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve, and is a superb location for nightscape photography and any astronomy. The bright glow on the horizon is likely from a gas plant in Montana. Grasslands is just north of the border, at 49º latitude. Lots of deep-sky objects are recorded here — the Messier 6 and 7 star clusters are on the horizon about to set, while above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and the Galactic Centre. Above it lie the many nebulas and star clusters in Sagittarius and Serpens, and the bright whitish Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka Messier 24, while above it is the bright Scutum Starcloud. At top is Aquila, with the bright blue-white star Altair at upper left. The large constellation of Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer is at right, holding Serpens the Serpent. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is just above the horizon. The image contrasts the cool blues of the sky with the warm earth tones of the prairie. Some green airglow tints the sky toward the horizon. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: - 4 x 30 seconds at f/2 tracked for the sky, plus - 1 x 2 minutes at f/2.8 untracked for the ground to bring out the details lit by starlight, plus - a single 30-second tracked exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter layered in, to add the star glows. - All with the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800 and Nikkor 20mm S lens, on the MSM Nomad tracker. And all from the same tripod position. The camera was not moved for the sky photos.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-over-lone-tree-hill-landscape.jpgMilky Way Over Lone Tree Hill (Landscape)This is the summer Milky Way over the Two Trees Road in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Only one tree remains now, to pose for this "lone tree under the stars" scene. This was August 24, 2025 on a stunningly clear night. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve, and is a superb location for nightscape photography and any astronomy. The bright glow on the horizon is likely from a gas plant in Montana. Grasslands is just north of the border, at 49º latitude. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is above the horizon at left. The stars of the southern part of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, are at right. The stars of Scorpius are behind the tree, setting. Lots of deep-sky objects are recorded here — with 19 Messier objects alone: - The Messier 6 and 7 star clusters are on the horizon about to set at centre, - while above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and the Galactic Centre. - Above it lie the reddish M8 Lagoon, M20 Trifid, M17 Swan, and M16 Eagle nebulas, - accompanied by the M21 and M18 star clusters. - Between the pairing of M8 and M20 and the M17 and M16 nebulas lies the bright whitish Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka Messier 24, - flanked by the M23 and M25 star clusters. - Above the Teapot of Sagittarius are the M22 and M28 globular star clusters. - Several other Messier globular clusters are in the field but very small and starlike at this scale. - The Dark Horse prances at the end of the road. It is made of dark interstellar dust. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: - 5 x 30 seconds at f/2 tracked for the sky, plus - 1 x 2 minutes at f/2.8 untracked for the ground to bring out the details lit only by starlight, plus - a single 30-second tracked exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter layered in, to add the star glows. - All with the Nikon Z8 at ISO 800 and Nikkor 35mm S lens, on the MSM Nomad tracker. And all from the same tripod position. The camera was not moved fohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-over-bison-rubbing-stone.jpgMilky Way Over Bison Rubbing StoneThis is the summer Milky Way over the bison rubbing stone in Grasslands National Park, West Block, Saskatchewan. A rubbing stone is a glacial erratic that bison use to scratch themselves, in this case for thousands of years here. In some prairie First Nations legends the Milky Way is the "Buffalo Trail" — made of dust kicked up by the vast herds of bison that used to roam freely on the plains. So this photo connects the sky legend to an artifact below associated wth the great herds. And the herd in the Park still use it. In my last visit to this site in August 2019, I had to drive through the herd of bison a few hundred feet up the road. I thought better of setting up at their rubbing stone lest they decide to wander over for a scratch. So I headed into the valley for a shoot at another site away from the bison. I had long intended to return to get this shot. This was August 25, 2025 on a stunningly clear night. Grasslands is a Dark Sky Preserve, and is a superb location for nightscape photography and any astronomy. Grasslands is just north of the border, at 49º latitude. Lots of deep-sky objects are recorded here — the Messier 6 and 7 star clusters are on the horizon about to set, while above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and the Galactic centre. Above it are the many nebulas and star clusters in Sagittarius and Serpens, and the bright whitish Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka Messier 24, while farther north lies the bright Scutum Starcloud. At top is Aquila, with the bright blue-white star Altair at upper left. The large constellation of Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer is at right, holding Serpens the Serpent. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is just above the horizon at centre. Antares and Scorpius is just setting at lower right. Some green airglow tints the sky toward the horizon at left; I left that in as a natural part of a dark sky. Technical: This is a blend of tracked and stacked sky exposures with a single untracked ground exposure: -https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-core-at-cypress-hills-28-70mm-rmod.jpgThe Milky Way Core at Cypress HillsThis frames the area of the Milky Way's core in Sagittarius, where the starclouds are brightest and the array of deep-sky objects at its richest in the sky. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is at left beginning to set on this late August night, from 49.5º N. latitude. At right is the prominent "Dark Horse" made of interstellar dust obscuring what is behind it. This was from Lookout Point in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan side, Centre Block, a Dark Sky Preserve. - The Messier Catalogue star clusters M7 (just above the trees) and M6 (peaking out from behind the pine tree) are at bottom. - Above them is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and location of the Galactic Centre. - Above it is the bright magenta Lagoon Nebula, M8, and the smaller blue and pink Trifid Nebula, M20. - The small star cluster M18 is above M20. Near the top is the bright Small Sagittarius Starcloud, M24 ... - .... flanked by the star clusters M25 (at left) and M23 (at right). - Above M24 is the pink Swan Nebula, M17. - Above the lid of the Teapot are a pair of fuzzy "stars" — the globular star clusters M22 (largest at left) and M28 (smaller to the right). - The Dark Horse contains the large Pipe Nebula, aka Barnard 78, at bottom. - The small Snake Nebula, B72, is just visible at this scale midway down the Horse. Technical: This is a blend of: - a stack of 4 x 1 minute exposures, tracked, for the sky with ... - a stack of 2 x 1-minute exposures, untracked, for the ground, - all with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at f/2 and set to 48mm, on the astro-modified Canon EOS R at ISO 1600, and on the MSM Nomad tracker. No filters were employed here. Masking and blending all the images, with the trees in the foreground was a challenge! The camera was not moved — all images were from the same tripod position.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/milky-way-at-cypress-hills-with-labels-28-70mm-rmod.jpgThe Milky Way at Cypress Hills (with Labels)This frames the Milky Way around the galactic core in Sagittarius (at centre) and Scorpius (at right), where the starclouds are brightest and the array of deep-sky objects at its richest in the sky. The "Teapot" of Sagittarius is at left beginning to set on this late August night, from 49.5º N. latitude. At centre is the prominent "Dark Horse" made of interstellar dust obscuring what is behind it. At right is yellow Antares in Scorpius, setting in the southwest. Use of a special filter and the long exposures brought out nebulas and deep-sky objects that only the camera can see, as this view is far beyond what the unaided eye would see. The best example is the large and strictly photographic nebula Sharpless 2-27 at upper right in Ophiuchus. The colours of the sky are really there, but are below the theshold of the eye's sensitvity! The sky colours contrast nicely with the earth tones of the ground below, illuminated only by starlight. No light painting was employed here. This was from Lookout Point in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan side, Centre Block, a Dark Sky Preserve. - The Messier Catalogue star cluster M6 in Scorpius is at bottom low in the sky. (Nearby M7 is behind the pine tree.) - Above M6 is the bright Sagittarius Starcloud and location of the Galactic Centre. - Above it is the bright magenta Lagoon Nebula, M8, and the small blue and pink Trifid Nebula, M20. - The small star cluster M18 is above M20. - Near the top is the bright Small Sagittarius Starcloud, M24 ... - ... flanked by the star clusters M25 (at left) and M23 (at right). - Above M24 is the pink Swan Nebula, M17. - And above it is the larger Eagle Nebula, M16. - A diffuse patch of magenta nebulosity above M16 is Sharpless 2-54. - Above the lid of the Teapot are a pair of fuzzy "stars" — the globular star clusters M22 (largest at left) and M28 (smaller to the right). - At far lower right the bright "star" near the edge is the globular cluster M55. - The Da2025-09-21T09:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/09/06/scenes-from-a-star-party/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1575.jpegIMG_1575A 3D model of the Sask Sathttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1526.jpegIMG_1526The Comet Petriew plaquehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1439.jpegIMG_1439Dan's super solar scopehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1425.jpegIMG_1425Nick's astrophoto arrayhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1418.jpegIMG_1418Ed's super astrophoto scopehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1408.jpegIMG_1408Wade's classic refractorhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1389.jpegIMG_1389Kevin's astrophoto righttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1612.jpegIMG_1612https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1596.jpegIMG_1596Dr. Chris Herd from the U of A explained Mars sample collection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_1565.jpegIMG_1565The Swap Meet2025-09-14T20:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/08/14/the-coming-trio-of-total-eclipses/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch11-6.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch11-6https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch5-3.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch5-3https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch11-7.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-CH11-7https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch4-2.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch4-2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch7-1.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch7-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch5-4.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch5-4https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch5-1.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch5-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch11-4.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch11-4https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch4-1.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch4-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/how-to-capture-the-solar-eclipses-ch9-1.jpegHow to Capture the Solar Eclipses-Ch9-12025-08-14T21:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/04/30/touring-the-constellations-of-spring/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bootes-corona-borealis-hercules-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod-1.jpgBoötes, Corona Borealis & Hercules (with Labels)This view frames the northern spring constellations of: – Boötes, the Bear Herdsman, at right, with its bright star Arcturus at bottom – Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, below centre, left of Boötes – and most of Hercules, the Hero, at lower left, with his eastern and southern parts missing! The framing includes the minor constellation of Canes Venatici at upper right, to the right of Alkaid, at top, the end star of the Handle of the Big Dipper. This was from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 31mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/leo-constellation-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgThe Constellation of Leo the LionThis view frames the two lions in the sky: Leo and Leo Minor (at top) in the northern hemisphere spring sky. At left is the large naked-eye star cluster Melotte 111, the Coma Berenices Star Cluster, now a separate constellation but was once considered the end of the tail of Leo. This is from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1.5 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 35mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. A final exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours. I should have framed it a little farther north to better frame Leo Minor.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/leo-constellation-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod-1.jpgThe Constellation of Leo the Lion (with Labels)This view frames the two lions in the sky: Leo and Leo Minor (at top) in the northern hemisphere spring sky. At left is the large naked-eye star cluster Melotte 111, the Coma Berenices Star Cluster, now a separate constellation but was once considered the end of the tail of Leo. This is from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1.5 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 35mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. A final exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours. I should have framed it a little farther north to better frame Leo Minor.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/virgo-corvus-crater-hydra-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgVirgo, Corvus, Crater, and Hydra – Northern Spring ConstellatThis wide view frames several of the southerly constellations of the northern hemisphere spring sky: - Virgo the Maiden, at left, a large pattern around its bright star Spica - Corvus the Crow, the four-sided trapezoid figure to the right of Spica and Virgo - Crater the Cup, the group of fainter stars to the right of Corvus - and Hydra the Water Snake, a zig-zag line of stars starting below Crater and extending across the bottom of the image to its bright star Alphard at far right, and indeed beyond off the frame. At top are some of the stars of Leo, including Regulus at upper right. Below Leo and to the upper left of Alphard is the faint triangle of Sextens. This is from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, so the constellations are low above my southern horizon. I shot this on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 20mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker, for sharp stars but the ground is blurred. A final exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ursa-major-leo-and-bootes-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgUrsa Major, Leo and Boötes – Spring Constellation Array (withThis view frames some of the main constellations of the northern spring sky: - Ursa Major, the Great Bear, containing the Big Dipper asterism, at top - Leo, the Lion below - Boötes, the Bear Herdsman at left - Corona Borealis at far left, above centre - Coma Berenices (marked by the naked-eye star cluster Melotte 111) between Boötes and Leo - Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, an obscure pattern below the Handle of the Dipper - Cancer, the Crab parly cut off at far right below centre with the Beehive cluster M44. - the dim and very obscure constellations of Leo Minor and Lynx lie below Ursa Major - the northern stars of Virgo are at bottom. This serves as a good illustraton for using the Big Dipper Handle to "arc to Arcturus" and the Pointer Stars of the Dipper Bowl to point down to Leo. This also includes the three pairs of stars in the feet of Ursa Major that form the asterism called the Three Leaps of the Gazelle, from L to R: Alula (Borealis and Australis), Tania (Borealis and Australis), and Talitha and Talitha Australis. The North Galactic Pole 90º away from the Milky Way lies just left of the star cluster Melotte 111 in Coma Berenices. This was from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 16mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours. The area of sky was getting into the southwest at this time and into sky glow making for some tough gradients difficult to entirely eradicate. Wide-angle distortion from the lens skews the patterns somewhat at the edges of the frame.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ursa-major-to-virgo-spring-sky-panorama-with-labels.jpgUrsa Major to Leo and Virgo — The Constellations of Spring (wiThis wide-angle image takes in the northern spring sky from horizon to well past the zenith at top. At top is the Big Dipper and Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Below it is Leo the Lion and its bright star Regulus. At left is Boötes, the Bear Herdsman, and the brightest star of the spring sky, Arcturus. At lower left is Virgo, the Maiden, and its bright star Spica. The cluster of stars at centre is Melotte 111 in Coma Berenices. At bottom to the right of Spica is the trapezoid of Corvus the Crow, and to the right of it Crater the Cup. The constellation patterns at bottom and top are skewed somewhat by the wide-angle lens distortion. The image serves as an illustration of how the Pointer Stars of the Big Dipper's Bowl point down to Leo. The curving arc of the Dipper's Handle arcs down to Arcturus, while extending that line "speeds you onto Spica," a common way to find your way around the spring sky. At centre is the North Galactic Pole (NGP), the point 90º away from the band of the Milky Way, and home to many other galaxies beyond ours. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon EOS R camera at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An additional exposure layered in taken through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 diffusion filter adds the star glows to accentutate the constellation patterns and star colours. Taken from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N on a very fine night in April 2025.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ursa-major-to-virgo-spring-sky-panorama-rf15mm-rmod.jpgUrsa Major to Leo and Virgo — The Constellations of SpringThis wide-angle image takes in the northern spring sky from horizon to well past the zenith at top. At top is the Big Dipper and Ursa Major. Below it is Leo and its bright star Regulus. At left is Boötes and the brightest star of the spring sky, Arcturus. At lower left is Virgo and its bright star Spica. The cluster of stars at centre is Melotte 111 in Coma Berenices. At bottom to the right of Spica is the trapezoid of Corvus. The constellation patterns at bottom and top are skewed somewhat by the wide-angle lens distortion. The image serves as an illustration of how the Pointer Stars of the Big Dipper's Bowl point down to Leo. The curving arc of the Dipper's Handle arcs down to Arcturus, while extending that line "speeds you onto Spica," a common way to find your way around the spring sky. At centre is the North Galactic Pole (NGP), the point 90º away from the band of the Milky Way, and home to many other galaxies beyond ours. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon EOS R camera at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An additional exposure layered in taken through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 diffusion filter adds the star glows to accentutate the constellation patterns and star colours. Taken from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N on a very fine night in April 2025.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ursa-major-constellation-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgUrsa Major Constellation (with Labels)This view frames the large constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, which includes the asterism of the Big Dipper, aka the Plough or the Wagon The framing includes the minor constellations of Canes Venatici, Leo Minor, and part of Lynx, at bottom. Also in the frame in a diagonal line below centre is the set of three pairs of stars in the feet of Ursa Major, sometimes called the Three Leaps of the Gazelle, from Arabic sky lore, with thei names Alula, Tania and Talitha derived from the Arabic words for First, Second and Third respectively. This was from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1.5 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 28mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours. This area of the sky was getting into the northwest by the time I shot it and into sky gradients from light pollution to the west that had to be compensated for in processing to yield a more unifrom sky background.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/libra-and-scorpius-on-horizon-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgLibra and Scorpius on the Horizon (with Labels)This view frames the spring (in the northern hemisphere) constellations of: – Libra, the Scales, at right marked by its two main stars, the wonderfully named Zubeneschamali (top) and Zubenelgenubi (bottom), which used to mark the two claws of the Scorpion (which is what their names mean) – Scorpius, the Scorpion, itself, with the bright yellow star Antares, and the blue stars Graffias and Dschubba which mark the head of the Scorpion – and the southern portion of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, at left All are low on my horizon from latitude 51º N in Alberta. Scorpius was not yet on the meridian due south (Libra was) so it can appear a little higher. But not much! Even so, some of the colourful nebulas around Antares show up (popularly referred to as the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula), as well as the large faint red nebula, Sharpless 2-27, to the north in Ophiuchus around the star Zeta Ophiuchi. At left is the Dark Horse in the Milky Way, which includes the Pipe Nebula, all in Ophiuchus. Several Messier clusters and nebulas also populate the field, such as the globular cluster M4 near Antares, the globular M10 and M12 at top in central Ophiuchus, and the nebulas M8 and M20 at lower left in Sagitarius. Above them is the open cluster M23. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 35mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the astro-modified Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. An exposure through a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/leo-cancer-coma-berenices-with-labels-rf15-35mm-rmod.jpgLeo, Cancer and Coma Berenices Constellations (with Labels)This wide view frames several of the northerly constellations of the northern hemisphere spring sky: - Leo the Lion, at centre, and its bright star Regulus - Cancer the Crab, to the right (west) of Regulus and Leo. At this time red Mars was in Cancer - Coma Berenices, Berenices' Hair, to the left (east) of Leo, notable for its large cluster of stars, Mel 111. - Leo Minor, the small Lion, a faint obscure pattern above Leo - Hydra, the Water Snake, with just its head visible here below Cancer In Cancer is the naked-eye star cluster Messier 44, the Beehive cluster. In Coma Berenices is the large star cluster Melotte 111. So Leo is flanked by two bright naked-eye star clusters. This image was framed to include the pair of clusters. The North Galactic Pole lies in Coma to the left of the star cluster This is from home in Alberta at latitude 51º N, shot on a fine night in April 2025. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 24mm, and wide open at f/2.8 on the Canon R at ISO 800. It was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. A final exposure through a Tiffen DoubleFog3 filter and blended in adds the star glows to accentuate the constellation patterns and star colours.2025-05-01T00:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/03/15/chasing-the-red-moon-to-the-mountains/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2026-tle-1.jpg2026 TLEhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/selfie-at-lunar-eclipse-march-14-2025.jpgSelfie at March 14, 2025 Lunar EclipseA selfie of me celebrating a successful chase to clear-ish skies to capture the March 13/14, 2025 total eclipse of the Moon. This was from the lakeshore of Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. The total eclipse was still in progress at this point. It was a cool and windy night at the beach! I used the Maven binoculars to get a good visual look at the eclipse, but used the camera taking this shot for the main eclipse images and panorama. Technical: A single untracked 15-second exposure with the RF15-35mm lens at f/2.8 and 17mm on the Canon R5 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/total-lunar-eclipse-over-waterton-lakes-panorama.jpgPanorama of a Total Lunar Eclipse Over Waterton LakesThis panorama scene captures the total eclipse of the Moon of March 13/14, 2025, with the red eclipsed Moon over Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. This is looking south, with the cloud-obscured mountains in the distance in Glacier National Park in Montana. I shot this at the start of the hour-long totality, at about 12:30 am MDT (on March 14), so the top of the Moon's disk, its northern edge, is still quite bright. Incoming clouds threatened to obscure the Moon later at mid-totality, so I ensured I got the high-priority panorama done quickly as soon as most of the Moon's disk was in the red umbral shadow of the Earth. The Moon this night was below the main stars of Leo, on the Leo-Virgo border. At left is Vimy Peak and above it the bright star Arcturus, and to the right some of the stars of Virgo. The mountain at far right is Bertha Peak. Above the peak to the left, Mt. Richards, are the stars of the head of Cetus. The location is one of the parking areas and Parks Canada "Red Chair" viewpoints along Waterton Avenue in the townsite campground. I chose the site only a day before when cloud forecasts called for this area of the province to be the only clear area in southern Alberta. I would have been clouded out at home to the north. As it was I still contended with fast-moving local cloud, as is common in the mountains. The temperature this night was just below freezing, so not too cold, but with a brisk wind blowing off the lake, as is usual here. Ice pellets were in the air. The long exposures blurred the waves on the lake in the foreground. So it was a cold 90 minutes standing around to take this and other single-frame shots to follow. The clouds did obscure the Moon after this but cleared enough at times for more images later and a good view through binoculars. While While I had a telescope and equatorial mount with me, the cold and wind did not inspire me to set it up! This was the primary shot I was after at this eclipse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/total-lunar-eclipse-over-waterton-lakes.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse Over Waterton LakesThis scene captures the total eclipse of the Moon of March 13/14, 2025, with the red eclipsed Moon over Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. This is looking southeast toward Vimy Peak. I shot this just before mid-totality, at about 12:50 am MDT (on March 14). With the Moon passing across the northern half of the umbral shadow at this eclipse, the top of the Moon's disk, its northern edge, remained bright. The Moon this night was below the main stars of Leo, on the Leo-Virgo border. Arcturus is the bright star at left. Some of the stars of Virgo are above the mountain. The semi-circular pattern of Corona Borealis is at far left. The location was one of the parking areas and Parks Canada "Red Chair" viewpoints along Waterton Avenue in the townsite campground. I chose the site only a day before when cloud forecasts called for this area of the province to be the only clear area in southern Alberta. I would have been clouded out at home to the north. As it was I still contended with fast-moving local cloud, as is common in the mountains. The temperature this night was just below freezing, so not too cold, but with a brisk wind blowing off the lake, as is usual here. Ice pellets were in the air. So it was a cold 90 minutes standing around to take this and other single-frame shots, and a panorama. The clouds did obscure the Moon at times but cleared often and long enough for good shots of the eclipse, and views through binoculars. While I had a telescope and equatorial mount with me but the wind and cold did not insprre me to set it up! Technical: This is a blend of separate images for the sky and ground: - a stack of two untracked images for 60 seconds each for the ground, - then a third exposure for the sky and untrailed stars, taken immediately afterwards with the tracker motor on, for 30 seconds, - all with the Canon RF15-35mm lens wide-open at f/2.8 and at 20mm, on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600. - Separate shorter tracked exposures of 15https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/tpe-3d-plot-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/tpe-plot-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/astrospheric-clouds.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/total-lunar-eclipse-title.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse Over Waterton LakesThis scene captures the total eclipse of the Moon of March 13/14, 2025, with the red eclipsed Moon over Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. This is looking southeast toward Vimy Peak. I shot this just before mid-totality, at about 12:50 am MDT (on March 14). With the Moon passing across the northern half of the umbral shadow at this eclipse, the top of the Moon's disk, its northern edge, remained bright. The Moon this night was below the main stars of Leo, on the Leo-Virgo border. Arcturus is the bright star at left. Some of the stars of Virgo are above the mountain. The semi-circular pattern of Corona Borealis is at far left. The location was one of the parking areas and Parks Canada "Red Chair" viewpoints along Waterton Avenue in the townsite campground. I chose the site only a day before when cloud forecasts called for this area of the province to be the only clear area in southern Alberta. I would have been clouded out at home to the north. As it was I still contended with fast-moving local cloud, as is common in the mountains. The temperature this night was just below freezing, so not too cold, but with a brisk wind blowing off the lake, as is usual here. Ice pellets were in the air. So it was a cold 90 minutes standing around to take this and other single-frame shots, and a panorama. The clouds did obscure the Moon at times but cleared often and long enough for good shots of the eclipse, and views through binoculars. While I had a telescope and equatorial mount with me but the wind and cold did not insprre me to set it up! Technical: This is a blend of separate images for the sky and ground: - a stack of two untracked images for 60 seconds each for the ground, - then a third exposure for the sky and untrailed stars, taken immediately afterwards with the tracker motor on, for 30 seconds, - all with the Canon RF15-35mm lens wide-open at f/2.8 and at 20mm, on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600. - Separate shorter tracked exposures of 152025-03-16T04:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/03/10/a-last-look-at-the-auroras-of-churchill/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/road-scholar-group-at-csnc-march-1-2025-1.jpgRoad Scholar Group at CNSC #1 (March 1, 2025)Aurora tourists from the Road Scholar travel company enjoy the show of Northern Lights at the Churchill Northern Studies centre in Churchill, Manitoba, March 1, 2025. Technical: This is a 6-second exposure at f/1.8 with the Viltrox 16mm lens on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/aurora-observers-at-cnsc-feb-26-2025.jpgAurora Observers at CNSC (February 26, 2025)Aurora tourists enjoy the show at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, February 26, 2025. This was the Learning Vacations tour group in late February 2025.. Technical: This is a single 8-second exposure with the Laowa 10mm lens at f/2.8 and Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cnsc-panorama.jpgCNSC Panoramahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/green-aurora-with-red-rays-feb-27-2025.jpgGreen Aurora With Red Rays (Feb 27, 2025)A band of bright green aurora appears here with some subtle red rays at right and magenta upper curtains at left, with the green glow lighting the snow green. This was at New Moon and yet the sky appears bluish from the light of the aurora scattering blue light. This was February 27, 2025 from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, on a night between aurora tour groups. Technical: A 10-second exposure with the Laowa 10mm lens at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/green-aurora-amid-red-rays-feb-27-2025.jpgGreen Aurora Amid Red Rays (Feb 27, 2025)A band of green aurora appears here amid some curtains and rays of red aurora, with the green glow lighting the snow green. The Big Dipper is near centre. This is looking northeast. This was February 27, 2025 from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, on a night between aurora tour groups. Technical: A 13-second exposure with the Laowa 10mm lens at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/churchill-aurora-panorama-2-feb-22-2025.jpgChurchill Aurora Panorama #2 (Feb 22, 2025)A 180º panorama across the north during an all-night display of Northern Lights, from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba, on February 22, 2025. The Big Dipper is right of centre, somewhat distorted by the panorama projection. Polaris is at upper left. This shows some orange tints from the mixing of green and red. Technical: A panorama of 7 segments, each 13-second exposures with the Viltrox 16mm lens at f/2 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600. The camera was in portrait orientation. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/auroral-arc-in-northeast-march-1-2025.jpgAuroral Arc in the Northeast (March 1, 2025)A sweeping curtain of aurora from low in the northeast to overhead, on March 1, 2025, from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. This shows the yellowing of the aurora toward the horizon due to atmospheric absorption of shorter wavelengths. Technical: A 6-second exposure with the Viltrox 16mm lens at f/1.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/auroral-arc-from-north-to-south-panorama-feb-27-2025.jpgAuroral Arc From North to South Panorama (Feb 27, 2025)This is a 180º panorama of the Northern Lights across the northern, eastern and southern sky on February 27, 2025 during a Kp4-level display. It takes in the Big Dipper and Ursa Major (at left) with Arcturus at lower left rising in the northeast. At centre to the east is Regulus in Leo. At right to the south is Orion embedded in the auroral arc with Sirius and Canis Major below. Above Orion is Taurus and the planet Jupiter. At right of centre is Castor and Pollux in Gemini and with reddish Mars, then in Gemini. It shows a classic yellow-green auroral arc topped with red fringes, all from oxygen emissions. This was from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre near Churchill, Manitoba at 58º N latitude. The buildings below are from the abandoned Churchill Rocket Range. Technical: This is a panorama of 3 segments, each 13-second exposures at f/2.8 with the Laowa 10mm lens on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600. Stitched in PTGui with Stereographic projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/aurora-photographer-at-cnsc-feb-28-2025.jpgAurora Photographer at CNSC (Feb 28, 2025)A photographer is capturing a bright display of Northern Lights at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba. This was the first night of a five-night session for aurora tourists from the Road Scholar education travel company. Technical: This is a single 4-second exposure with the Laowa 10mm lens at f/2.8 and Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/aurora-panorama-across-north-feb-26-2025.jpgAurora Panorama with Northern Stars (February 26, 2025)This is a 120º panorama of the Northern Lights across the northern sky on February 26, 2025 during a Kp3-level display. This shows some fine ray structure in the curtains. It takes in the Big Dipper and Ursa Major (just right of centre), Polaris, the North Star (left of centre), and Cassiopeia (at upper left). At lower right is bright Arcturus in Bootes, while at upper right is Regulus in Leo. Above the treetops due north is Vega, circumpolar from this latitude. This was from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre near Churchill, Manitoba at 58º N latitude. Technical: This is a panorama of 2 segments, each an 8-second exposure at f/2.8 with the Laowa 10mm lens on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 1600. Stitched in PTGui with the Transverse Mercator projection.2025-03-11T04:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/12/06/testing-wide-angle-lenses-on-nikon-z-for-astrophotography/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nikonz6iiiviltrox16mm-displayon.jpgWith Viltrox lens fully engaged and display ONWith Viltrox lens fully engaged and display ONhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ttartisan-leftside-comparison.jpgTTArtisan Leftside Comparisonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ttartisan-at-f2.jpgat f/2at f/2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aurora-curtain-with-big-dipper-orion-norway-2024.jpgAurora Curtain with Big Dipper and OrionA green auroral curtain is here reflected in the water off the coast of Norway. This was November 8, 2024 between Alesund and Trondheim. Taken from the Hurtigruten ferry ship m/s Nordkapp on the 12-day coastal cruise, with a tour group from Road Scholar. This ultra-wide-angle view takes a broad sweep across the eastern sky from the Big Dipper at left to Orion rising at right, with Taurus (with Jupiter and the Pleiades) above Orion. Technical: A 3-second exposure with the Laowa 10mm lens at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/viltrox-app-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/viltrox-app-4.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/viltrox-app-3.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/viltrox-app-2.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimage1gpo3p.jpgtempImage1Gpo3phttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimagey9922w.jpgtempImagey9922W2025-03-13T14:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2025/01/24/deep-sky-hunting-in-the-other-galaxy-season/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/asakr-apo120-rig.jpgAsakr APO120 Righttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/autumn-galaxy-sky.jpgAutumn Galaxy Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/galaxy-hunting-title.jpgNGC 1365 + 1399This frames the main members of the populous Fornax galaxy cluster in the southern sky, second only perhaps to the northern sky's Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster and its Markarian's Chain area for having the most bright galaxies in one low-power telescope field. The two brightest Fornax cluster members are: - the elliptical galaxy NGC 1399 at upper left, paired with smaller NGC 1404, - and the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 at lower right, considered one of the best barred spirals in the sky. The odd shaped galaxy at left is the irregular galaxy NGC 1427A, with NGC 1427 itself at the far left edge. The elongated spiral galaxy at top is NGC 1380. Numerous other NGC and tiny, faint PGC galaxies populate the field, down to magnitude 15 or so. Some of the galaxies to the lower left lie across the constellation border in Eridanus, but the majority of cluster members lie in Fornax the Furnace at roughly -35° declination. Technical: This is a stack of just 10 x 6 minute exposures through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 and the Canon Ra at ISO 1600. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southeast Arizona, in the pre-dawn hours of October 9, 2024, with the field still low in the south from this latitude of 32° N. The oncoming twilight and desire to shoot some other southern galaxy fields this morning limited the exposure time. This was with the Astro-Physics AP400 mount autoguided with the MGEN3 guider. Structure and galaxy detail enhanced with Starizona's Galaxy Enhance action and the Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the_milky_way_s_warp.jpgthe_milky_way_s_warphttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-7293-helix-nebula-apo120-ra.jpgNGC 7293, the Helix NebulaThis is the large and relatively bright (magnitude 7.6) planetary nebula NGC 7293, known as the Helix Nebula, in Aquarius. It is thought to be one of the closest planetary nebulas to us, at 650 light years away, thus its large size, nearly 1/4º across, half the size of the Moon's disk. There's an outer halo that is twice that size but only the brightest portion of it is recorded here as a partial arc. The Helix is also Caldwell 63. The bright star at left is 5th magnitude star Upsilon Aquarii, which I composed to be in the frame and not on the edge if the Helix had been centered. Technical: This is a blend of: - a stack of 24 x 8 minute exposures with no filter, blended with - a stack of 20 x 12 minute exposures with an IDAS NBX narrowband filter to isolate just the green Oxygen III and red Hydrogen alpha light. All through the Askar APO120 refrractor at f/7, taken over 2 nights as the object was not well-placed for long enough for all the images to be taken in one night. Shot using the Canon Ra, at ISO 3200 for the filtered frames and ISO 1600 for the unfiltered shots. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southern Arizona in October 2024. Adobe AI DeNoise applied to the raw files.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-1365-ngc-1399-in-fornax-apo-120-ra.jpgNGC 1365 + 1399This frames the main members of the populous Fornax galaxy cluster in the southern sky, second only perhaps to the northern sky's Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster and its Markarian's Chain area for having the most bright galaxies in one low-power telescope field. The two brightest Fornax cluster members are: - the elliptical galaxy NGC 1399 at upper left, paired with smaller NGC 1404, - and the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 at lower right, considered one of the best barred spirals in the sky. The odd shaped galaxy at left is the irregular galaxy NGC 1427A, with NGC 1427 itself at the far left edge. The elongated spiral galaxy at top is NGC 1380. Numerous other NGC and tiny, faint PGC galaxies populate the field, down to magnitude 15 or so. Some of the galaxies to the lower left lie across the constellation border in Eridanus, but the majority of cluster members lie in Fornax the Furnace at roughly -35° declination. Technical: This is a stack of just 10 x 6 minute exposures through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 and the Canon Ra at ISO 1600. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southeast Arizona, in the pre-dawn hours of October 9, 2024, with the field still low in the south from this latitude of 32° N. The oncoming twilight and desire to shoot some other southern galaxy fields this morning limited the exposure time. This was with the Astro-Physics AP400 mount autoguided with the MGEN3 guider. Structure and galaxy detail enhanced with Starizona's Galaxy Enhance action and the Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-1360-in-fornax-apo120-ra-1.jpgNGC 1360This is the large 9th magnitude blue-green planetary nebula NGC 1360 in Fornax the Furnace. It is also known as the Robin's Egg Nebula. NGC 1360 is odd in that it is a more uniform disk, not a ring or bi-polar object as are many planetaries. The 11th magnitude central star is visible. The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398 is at lower left. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 6 minute exposures with the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 and with the Canon Ra at ISO 1600. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southeast Arizona in the pre-dawn hours of October 9, 2024.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-1316-in-fornax-apo120-ra.jpgNGC 1316 Elliptical Spiral in FornaxThis is the bright (magnitude 8.5) elliptical galaxy NGC 1316, aka Fornax A, in Fornax the Furnace. It is surrounded by faint tidal streams of stars, just recorded here, the result of collisions and mergers with other galaxies. Just above it is the smaller elliptical NGC 1318. At top is the edge-on spiral NGC 1316A and companion NGC 1316B, and the barred spiral NGC 1326 with an odd ring shape. At right is NGC 1310. Technical: This is a stack of 15 x 4 minute exposures with the Askar APO120 refractor at f/5.6 with its 0.8x Reducer, with the Canon Ra at ISO 800. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southern Arizona, October 2024. Galaxy details brought out with Starizona's GalaxyEnhance action and Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-1097-in-fornax-apo120-ra.jpgNGC 1097This is the bright (magnitude 9.5) face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 in Fornax the Furnace. Just on its northern edge is the companion galaxy NGC 1097A. The main galaxy is also classified as a Seyfert galaxy, due to its active quasar-like nucleus housing a massive black hole. NGC 1097 is also Caldwell 67 and Arp 77. Technical: This is a stack of 10 x 6 minute exposures with the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7, with the Canon Ra at ISO 1600. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in southern Arizona, October 2024. Galaxy details brought out with Starizona's GalaxyEnhance action and Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ngc-300-in-sculptor-apo120-ra.jpgNGC 300, the Sculptor Pinwheel GalaxyThis is the bright and moderately large spiral galaxy NGC 300, aka the Sculptor Pinwheel, as it is in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is also Caldwell 70. It was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop. NGC 300 may be a member of the Sculptor Group of nearby galaxies close to our own Local Group. Or it might lie closer to us than the Sculptor Group, along with NGC 55. Technical: This is a stack of 16 x 4 minute exposures with the Askar APO120 refractor at f/5.6 with its 0.8x Reducer, and the Canon Ra at ISO 800. Taken from the Quailway Cottage in Arizona, October 2024. Galaxy details brought out with Starizona Galaxy Enhance action and Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor.2025-02-09T03:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/12/21/2024-the-greatest-year-of-stargazing/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-sky-sights-title-1.jpgEclipse 2024 - Totality with Pre- and Post-Partial PhasesThis is a composite showing the complete sequence of the April 8, 2024 eclipse of the Sun, from first contact (at upper left) to last contact (at lower right), with totality at mid-eclipse in the middle. Time runs from left to right here, with the positioning of the Suns similar to its actual motion in the sky during the mid-afternoon eclipse at my site at Lac Brome in Quebec, Canada. The Sun traveled from east to west (left to right) of course, but also down the western sky. However, the size of the Suns vs. the amount of motion shown here are not to the same scale. They are only "representative" to illustrate the sequence of the eclipse and progression of the partial phases. At left are the partial phases before totality, from the start of the eclipse with the Moon taking the first bite out of the Sun at First Contact, C1, at top, to the thin crescent Sun just before Second Contact, C2 before totality. At right are the partial phases post-totality from the thin crescent just after Third Contact, C3, to the end of the eclipse at Fourth Contact, C4, at bottom. The partial phase images were from a complete set of bracketed exposures taken at 1-minute intervals, but here with images selected that were taken 5 minutes apart, with the exception of the three on either side of totality when the crescent Sun changes very rapidly – those are at 2-minute intervals. The sequence shows the progression of the Moon across the solar disk, moving from right to left (west to east) across the Sun due to the Moon's orbital motion around Earth. So the Moon first contacted the Sun at the 4 o'clock position on the solar disk, and departed it at the 10 o'clock position in these images which have celestial north roughly at top. I shot all the images with the Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm refractor at 600mm focal length and f/6, with the Canon R5 at ISO 100. The partial phases are 1/800 or 1/400 second exposures through a Kendrick/Baader solar filter. I colorized them a pale yellohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sar-arc-panorama-oct-11-2024-equirectangular.jpgPanorama of a SAR Arc and the Milky WayThis is a 360° panorama extending up to the zenith capturing a rare SAR (Stable Auroral Red) arc across the Arizona sky in the pre-dawn hours of October 11, 2024. The SAR arc was generated in the high atmosphere as part of the global geomagnetic storm of October 10/11, 2024 with a Kp8 rating that night. This is rare in that from this latitude of 32° N in southern Arizona it is unusual to get any activity from an aurora storm. But this was a very active night with auroras widely seen around the world. While a SAR arc is not aurora as such, it is created by highly energized "ring currents" in the magnetosphere generated during an auroral storm, creating a horizontal band of glowing oxyen that is fairly featureless and long-lasting. It was present early in the evening and was still there at 4 am this morning. North is left of centre, so the SAR arc is across the northern sky. West is at left, east at right, and south to the far right. Also in the panorama: - At far left to the west is a subtle vertical band of light, the Zodiacal band, with a bright region called the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust particles in the outer solar system. - The Milky Way, from Cassiopeia and Perseus at left, passing high overhead at top, and descending down past Orion and Canis Major at right in the south. - At right near the SAR arc's intersection with the horizon is an area of green, which is likely airglow, not aurora, caused by chemical fluorescence in the upper atmosphere. - At right, also near the SAR arc, and rising vertically, is the Zodiacal Light, in this direction to the east and sunrise point, created by dust particles in the inner solar system. The SAR arc looks yellow in that direction, possibly from its red light blending with the green airglow, or there can be yellow airglow from sodium atoms glowing. The yellow along the horizon could be sodium airglow or simply dust in the air reflecting distant city lights. The bright obhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aah-factor-scale.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/veil-nebula-fot86-rmod.jpgThe Veil Nebula ComplexThis frames all the photogenic components of the bright Veil Nebula in Cygnus, a several-thousand-year-old supernova remnant. The arc at left is the Eastern Veil or the Witch's Broom, but is officially NGC 6992-5. The arc at right passing through the star 52 Cygni is the Western Veil, or NGC 6960, but is also callled the Lacework Nebula or the Network Nebula. The main segment at top centre between the two arcs is NGC 6979, aka Pickering's or Fleming's Triangle, or variously Fleming's Triangular Wisp, for Williamina Fleming who discovered it photographically. However, the field is filled with all manner of tiny, intricate, and sometimes razor thin wispy bits! The field of view is 3.6° by 2.4°. Technical: This is a stack of 20 x 6-minute exposures through the Founder Optics FOT 86mm apochromatic refractor with its included but separate 1x field flattener at its native f/6.5 focus, and the filter-modified Canon R at ISO 1600. No filter was employed here to isloate the nebula's red and green wavelengths (this was "natural colour"). Taken from home September 6, 2024 as part of testing the Founder Optics gear. Autoguided and dithered on the AP Mach1 mount with the Lacerta MGEN 3 guider. Nebulosity enhanced with PhotoKemi actions and Nik Color EFX Detail Extractor and a mild applicaiton of Classical Soft Focus for a glow effect.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sunset-panorama-at-writing-on-stone-june-8-2024.jpgSunset Panorama at Writing-on-StoneA panorama of the landscape and sky at sunset at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (Áísínai'pi) in Alberta, with the Milk River below winding amid the sandstone rock formations, and the Sweetgrass Hills in the distance in Montana. Note the people at far right for scale. In the valley at centre are the preserved historic buildings of the North West Mounted Police outpost in Police Coulee. In the valley at right under the sunset sky are the Writing-on-Stone Rodeo Grounds. This is a panorama of 14 segments, each 1/8-second, with the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and f/8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 100, and in portrait orientation. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. Taken June 8, 2024. The original is 19,500 pixels wide by nearly 6,000 pixels high.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/southern-spectacular-in-the-milky-way-rf28-70-ra.jpgThe Southern Spectacular in the Milky WayThis is a framing of the most spectacular area of the southern Milky Way, from Centaurus at left, to Carina at right, with Crux, the Southern Cross, at centre. In this field are arguably the sky's finest examples of various classes of celestial objects: - the finest telescopic double stars: Alpha Centauri at far left and Acrux at the bottom of the Southern Cross - the finest globular star cluster: Omega Centauri at top left - the best dark nebula: the Coal Sack beside Crux (at bottom is the long "Dark Doodad" in Musca) - the best emission nebula: the Carina Nebula at right (to the left of it is the Lambda Centauri nebulosity) - the best open star cluster: NGC 3532 or the Football Cluster to the left of the Carina Nebula, with IC 2602, the Southern Pleiades below the nebula a fine runner up. Many other superb star clusters populate this field such as the Jewel Box, NGC 4755, beside Crux. This is a stack of 8 x 4-minute exposures with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 48mm and f/2.8, on the Canon Ra at ISO 800, with an URTH light pollution filter to help increase contrast. All on the MSM Nomad tracker. Taken from Mirrabook Cottage near Coonabarabran, Australia on a superb night March 5, 2024.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/red-green-aurora-panorama-norway-2024-1.jpgRed and Green Aurora Panorama from NorwayA green and red aurora appears amid cloud over the coast of Norway, with Jupiter bright at right. This was from the Hurtigruten ferry ship m/s Nordkapp on November 10, 2024, on a coastal cruise with a Road Scholar tour group. This was November 10, 2024 in the Lofoten Islands. Technical: This is a panorama of 3 segments, with the Nikkor 20mm lens at f/1.8 for 1.6 seconds each with the Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200, with the camera in portrait orientation. Stitched in PTGui with Stereographic projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/perseid-meteor-in-red-aurora-2024-1.jpgPerseid Meteor in Red Aurora (August 11, 2024)The Northern Lights in a superb all-sky Kp6 to 7 display on August 11-12, 2024, here over 70 Mile Butte in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, near Val Marie. This was from the middle of a bright sub-storm outburst with the deep red color visible even to the eye. This was also a peak night for the 2024 Perseid meteor shower, and one bright Perseid meteor shoots away from the radiant point in Perseus, and to the south of the W of Cassiopeia, amid the deep red aurora and converging rays at the magnetic zenith at top. This was one frame from a 280-frame rapid-cadence time-lapse, set for the aurora and its fast pulsating motion. Each exposure was only 2 seconds with a 1-second interval, so I was lucky to catch the meteor in its entirety on this frame. This is a single exposure with the Venus Optics/Laowa 10mm Z lens wide open at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 6400. Adobe DeNoise AI applied.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/partial-lunar-eclipse-selfie-with-eclipse-cu-sept-17-2024.jpgPartial Lunar Eclipse Selfie with Eclipse Close-UpMe at another successful eclipse chase, this time to my backyard to capture the minor partial eclipse of the Moon on September 17, 2024. The Moon is coming up in the southeast in the early evening. The closeup inset shows one of the image I was taking through the refractor telescope. I am shooting it with the Askar APO120 refractor with 840mm of focal length, on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount which has been to several eclipses now. This selfe is with the Nikon Z6III and Viltrox 16mm lens. I have a pair of Maven 9x45 binoculars for views of the eclipse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/partial-lunar-eclipse-montage-sept.-17-2024.jpgPartial Lunar Eclipse Sequence (Sept. 17, 2024)This is a montage of the minor partial eclipse of the Moon of September 17, 2024, showing the sequence from the start of the umbral phase, at left, to the end, at right. The two images in between on either side of mid-eclipse were shot at roughly equal time intervals, to show the progress of the Moon along the edge of the umbral shadow. The middle image was taken at mid-eclipse when only 8% of the lunar disk was immersed in the Earth's umbral shadow, taking a dark bite out of the northern edge of the Full Moon. This is not enough of an eclipse to show any reddening of the umbra, unlike at a total eclipse or even a major partial eclipse. Throughout most of the eclipse the rest of the Moon was within the lighter penumbral shadow, creating the gradient of brightness across the disk with the southern region brighter than the north. However, more obvious is the change in colour of the lunar disk as the eclipse progresses, from yellow to whiter. That is not due to the eclipse or effect of the Earth's shadow, but is from the Moon climbing higher in the southeast over the roughly hour-long umbral phase, decreasing the amount of atmospheric absorption that yellows the disk of a low Moon. Indeed, for the first part of the eclipse the Moon was in light cloud. Technical: This middle mid-eclipse image is a blend of two exposures: a short 1/40-second exposure for the main disk and a longer 1/10-second exposure taken immediately after, to bring out the area at top in the umbral shadow. The others are single 1/40-second exposures. All through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 with the Canon R5 at ISO 100. On the AP400 mount.2024-12-22T15:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/about/2024-12-21T17:40:58+00:00weekly0.6https://amazingsky.net/about-my-blog/2024-12-21T17:38:55+00:00weekly0.6https://amazingsky.net/equipment/2024-12-21T17:36:09+00:00weekly0.6https://amazingsky.net/2024/12/18/under-the-great-southern-sky-2024/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-scope-setup-2.jpegOzSky Scope Setuphttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-group-photo-2024.jpgOzSky Group Photo (2024)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sirius-to-alpha-centauri-panorama-1.jpgMilky Way Panorama from Alpha Centauri to SiriusThis is a panorama of the southernmost portion of the Milky Way, from the stars Alpha and Beta Centauri at far left, to Sirius, the brightest nighttime star, at far right. The second brightest star, Canopus, is included at lower right. Above Canopus, the major feature is the vast Gum Nebula (Gum 12), a nearby (1470 light years away) supernova remnant (possibly!), named for its discoverer Australian astronomer Colin Gum. The panorama illustrates the variety of colours along the Milky Way, from the dust-dimmed yellow tints in Centaurus and Carina at left, with some yellow-brown dust clouds, contrasting with the bluer tints to the right away from the dusty Carina spiral arm. The panorama also illustrates how bright the Milky Way is in Carina at left of centre, compared to farther north (right) in Vela and Puppis. The Carina area is the southernmost region of the Milky Way. To the right of Alpha and Beta Centauri are the stars of Crux, the Southern Cross, beside the dark Coal Sack dust cloud. To the right of them are the red patches of the Lambda Centauri and Carina Nebulas. At centre are the stars of the False Cross. This is a panorama of 3 segments, each a stack of 10 to 20 sub-frames, each 4 minutes at ISO 800 with the Canon Ra and Canon RF28-70mm lens at f/2. The lens had an URTH broadband light pollution filter on it to help bring out the nebulosity. The camera was on the MSM Nomad tracker. I stitched the flattened segments using PTGui for more control of the blend and seams. Taken on a perfect night March 4, 2024 from the Mirrabook Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Moonrise prevented more segments to the left toward Scorpius.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/view-from-aat-2-1.jpegView from AAT 2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/view-from-aat-1-1.jpegView from AAT 1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-twilight-1.jpegOzSky Twilighthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-scopes-1.jpegOzSky Scopeshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-scope-setup-1.jpegOzSky Scope Setuphttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-bbq-1.jpegOzSky BBQhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ozsky-astrophoto-scopes-1.jpegOzSky Astrophoto Scopes2024-12-22T02:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/12/09/the-great-comet-chase-of-2024/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimageirpj92.jpgtempImageirPJ92https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sunrise-panorama-at-monument-valley.jpgSunrise Panorama at Monument ValleyThis is a panorama of the sunrise scene at the Navaho Tribal Park, Monument Valley, Arizona, taken just after sunrise with the low Sun lighting the iconic buttes and mesas of the Valley. The West and East Mittens are at left; the Sun was behind Merrick Butte at centre, and lighting Mitchell Mesa at right. This was September 29, 2024, from the main viewpoint near The View Hotel overlooking Monument Valley, on the Arizona/Utah border. Technical: This is a panorama of 5 segments, each 1/125-second exposures at f/3.5, with the RF15-35mm lens at 15mm handheld on the Canon R5 at ISO 100. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw. Further noise reduction and sharpening with ON1 NoNoise AI 2024. Nik Color EFX Classical Soft Focus and Pro Contrast filters added as finishing touches, as well a mild application of filters from Luminar Neo. The original is 11,600 x 4,500 pixels.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/messier-20-to-b86-draco62-rmod.jpgThe Trifid, Lagoon, and Ink Spot NebulasThis frames the spectacular region of the Milky Way near the direction of the galactic centre in Sagittarius. At top is the pink (emission) and blue (reflection) nebula Messier 20, aka the Trifid Nebula. Below it is the large bright emission nebula, Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula. At bottom amid the rich star field of the Sagittarius Starcloud is the small dense black Ink Spot Nebula, Barnard 86, next to the small star cluster NGC 6520. The Starcloud is yellowed by absorption of blue wavelengths by intervening interstellar dust. The fainter nebula complex to the east (left) of M8 is IC 4685, aka Sharpless 2-29. The very faint red patch at the right edge is Sharpless 2-22. Above M20 is the star cluster Messier 21. The field of view is about 8.2° x 5.5°. Technical: This is a stack of just 10 x 3 minute exposures with the Founder Optics Draco 62 astrograph with its fast f/4 Reducer lens, and the astro-modified Canon R camera at ISO 800. It was on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi equatorial mount and autoguided with the ASIAir and ZWO guidescope and camera. Taken October 5, 2024 from the Quailway Cottage near Rodeo, New Mexico but just over the line in Arizona. The field was getting low in the southwest on an autumn night. So exposures were kept short for just 30 minutes in total.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b86-ink-spot-nebula-apo120-ra.jpgB86, the Ink Spot Nebula in SagittariusThis is the small but dense dark nebula known as the Ink Spot Nebula, or Barnard 86, sitting beside the small bright star cluster NGC 6520, all in Sagittarius. B86 was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard. It sits in the rich Sagittarius Starcloud below the M8 and M20 nebulas. A loose and not obvious star cluster Trumpler 31 is at lower right. A very tiny green planetary nebula IC 4673 sits at top centre. A small and very yellowed globular cluster, Djorgovski 2, sits just to the right of B86. The field of view is about 3° by 2°. Technical: This is a stack of 18 x 4-minute exposures, unfiltered, through the Askar APO120 refractor with its 0.8x Reducer/Flattener for f/5.6 and 670mm focal length, and the Canon Ra camera at ISO 800. Taken October 2, 2024 from the Quailway Cottage near Rodeo, New Mexico, but in Arizona, at 32° N latitude. On the Astro-Physics AP400 mount, autoguided with the Lacerta MGEN3 stand-alone auto-guider. The field was setting into the southwest sky in the early evening but was still high enough to provide good sky quality for 80 minutes of shooting.2024-12-20T17:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/12/15/the-great-auroras-of-2024/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/steve-and-picket-fence-fingers-aug-1-2024.jpgSTEVE and the Picket Fence Fingers (Aug 1, 2024)This is a capture of a brief appearance of the STEVE arc during the Kp5 aurora display of July31/Aug 1, 2024. This was at 1:10 a.m. MDT, so on Aug 1. The mauve STEVE arc was visible for about 15 minutes before it gradually faded. The green picket fence fingers, which were visible to the eye but colorless, appeared only a minute or so before this image and were gone no more than 2 mnutes later. So they were very short-lived. STEVE = Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. STEVE is not a nomal aurora but is a horizontally flowing region of hot gas, usually white or pink, and often accompanied by green rays, dubbed the "picket fence." This is looking west and northwest. The Big Dipper is at centre. The main arc of aurora is to the right in the northwest and north. This is a single 20-second exposure with the 15mm Laowa lens at f/2 and on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Taken from home in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sar-arc-all-sky-panorama-oct-11-2024-spherical-1.jpgAll-Sky Panorama of a SAR Arc and the Milky WayThis is a 360° panorama covering the entire sky and extending up to the zenith at centre, capturing a rare SAR (Stable Auroral Red) arc across the Arizona sky in the pre-dawn hours of October 11, 2024. The SAR arc was generated in the high atmosphere as part of the global geomagnetic storm of October 10/11, 2024 with a Kp8 rating that night. This is rare in that from this latitude of 32° N in southern Arizona it is unusual to get any activity from an aurora storm. But this was a very active night with auroras widely seen around the world. While a SAR arc is not aurora as such, it is created by highly energized "ring currents" in the magnetosphere generated during an auroral storm, creating a horizontal band of glowing oxyen that is fairly featureless and long-lasting. It was present early in the evening and was still there at 4 am this morning. North is at bottom with Polaris and the two Dippers above the nortnern horizon, so the SAR arc is across the northern sky. West is at left, east at right, and south is at top, with Orion . Also in the panorama are two other intersecting bands of light crossing the sky: - Zodiacal Band and Light: At left to the west is a subtle vertical band of light, the Zodiacal band, with a bright region called the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust particles opposite the Sun in the outer solar system. It extends across the sky horizontally here from west to east, to meet up with the pre-dawn Zodiacal Light in the east at right. - The Milky Way: It is crossing the sky, from Cassiopeia and Perseus from bottom left, passing high overhead at centre, and descending down past Orion and Canis Major at upper right in the southeast. Sirius is the bright star at upper right, with Canopus just peaking above the horizon at top. At centre at the zenith we are looking toward the outer edge of our Galaxy in Perseus and Taurus. - In addition, at right in the east near the SAR arc's intersection with the horihttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/red-aurora-from-arizona-1-oct-10-2024.jpgRed Aurora from Arizona #1 (Oct 10, 2024)A rare red aurora seen from latitude +32º N from southeast Arizona during the major Kp8-level storm of October 10, 2024. This is looking north from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona and Rodeo, New Mexico not far from the Mexican border. This demonstrates how during a large storm the red tops of auroral curtains can be seen from latitudes quite far south. The reds were visible to the unaided eye — this was not just a photographic aurora. The camera did pick up some greens close to the horizon. The waxing quarter Moon provided the illumination. This is a single 15-second exposure with the RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600. Taken as part of a time-lapse sequence. It is one of 3 images I published taken close together in time, showing slight changes in the structure.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/red-green-aurora-panorama-norway-2024.jpgRed and Green Aurora Panorama from NorwayA green and red aurora appears amid cloud over the coast of Norway, with Jupiter bright at right. This was from the Hurtigruten ferry ship m/s Nordkapp on November 10, 2024, on a coastal cruise with a Road Scholar tour group. This was November 10, 2024 in the Lofoten Islands. Technical: This is a panorama of 3 segments, with the Nikkor 20mm lens at f/1.8 for 1.6 seconds each with the Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200, with the camera in portrait orientation. Stitched in PTGui with Stereographic projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/predictssn_23_24_25.pngPredictSSN_23_24_25https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/perseid-meteor-in-red-aurora-2024.jpgPerseid Meteor in Red Aurora (August 11, 2024)The Northern Lights in a superb all-sky Kp6 to 7 display on August 11-12, 2024, here over 70 Mile Butte in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, near Val Marie. This was from the middle of a bright sub-storm outburst with the deep red color visible even to the eye. This was also a peak night for the 2024 Perseid meteor shower, and one bright Perseid meteor shoots away from the radiant point in Perseus, and to the south of the W of Cassiopeia, amid the deep red aurora and converging rays at the magnetic zenith at top. This was one frame from a 280-frame rapid-cadence time-lapse, set for the aurora and its fast pulsating motion. Each exposure was only 2 seconds with a 1-second interval, so I was lucky to catch the meteor in its entirety on this frame. This is a single exposure with the Venus Optics/Laowa 10mm Z lens wide open at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 6400. Adobe DeNoise AI applied.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/perseid-meteor-and-aurora-2024.jpgPerseid Meteor Overhead Amid Aurora (August 11, 2024)The Northern Lights in a superb all-sky Kp6 to 7 display on August 11-12, 2024, here over 70 Mile Butte in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, near Val Marie. This was also a peak night for the 2024 Perseid meteor shower, and one bright Perseid meteor shoots down the Milky Way in Cygnus at top, amid the converging rays of the aurora at the magnetic zenith. This was one frame from a 730-frame rapid-cadence time-lapse, set for the aurora and its fast pulsating motion. Each exposure was only 2 seconds with a 1-second interval, so I was lucky to catch the meteor in its entirety on this frame. This is a single exposure with the Venus Optics/Laowa 10mm Z lens wide open at f/2.8 on the Nikon Z6III at ISO 6400. Adobe DeNoise AI applied.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/noctilucent-clouds-at-moonset-panorama-july-9-2024.jpgNoctilucent Clouds at Moonset Panorama (July 9, 2024)A panorama of glowing noctilucent clouds in the northwest in the darkening twilight and as the waxing crescent Moon sets at left. They appear over a ripening field of yellow canola. Some forest fire smoke was reddening the sky and Moon. This was July 9, 2024, at 11:45 pm MDT. This was only the second display of NLCs I had captured to date this season. This was from home in southern Alberta, latitude 51° N. This is a panorama of 5 segments, each 30-second exposure with the Canon RF24-105mm lens at f/4 and 58mm on the Canon R5 at ISO 400. While the sky was quite dark at this point, the long exposure brings out the remaining twilight colours. However, I added enhancement effects (Accent AI, Structure AI, and Glow) with Luminar Neo. Pano stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/multi-coloured-aurora-to-the-south-may-10-2024.jpgMulti-Colored Aurora to the South (May 10, 2024)This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the aurora borealis and australis to wide areas of the planet including the tropics. This was from home in southern Alberta at latitude 51° North, where the aurora filled the sky but, as here, was often best and brightest to the south. The colours come from oxygen, nitrogen and sunlight creating the shades of green, red, pink, and blue. This is a single 10-second exposure with the Laowa 15mm lens at f/2.8 on the Canon Ra at ISO 1600. Processed through Adobe DeNoise AI.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/milky-way-zodiacal-light-and-sar-arc-1.jpgThe Milky Way, Morning Zodiacal Light, and a SAR ArcA convergence of several bands of light in the dawn sky on October 11, 2024, over Arizona and New Mexico, at a latitude of 32° N. – A pinkish SAR (Stable Auroral Red) arc from the massive Kp8 geomagnetic storm that night, high (~400km) up in our atmosphere. SARs are not auroras per se but are horizontally flowing currents generated by the intense magnetic storms that also create auroras. – A bluish-white pyramid of light rising up from the eastern sunrise point, the Zodiacal Light, from sunlight reflecting off dust in the inner solar system (so not in our atmosphere). Leo is rising amid the Zodiacal Light. – And the winter Milky Way at right through Canis Major and Puppis. Sirius is the bright star at upper right. – Mysteriously, there is also a subtle streak to the right of the Zodiacal Light that is in the right location and angle to be the long dust tail of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3). But it is mixed in with some other airglow tints or what might be aurora fragments, so is hard to say if this is the tail of the comet. Maybe! Technical: This is a stack of 4 x 1 minute exposures with the RF15-35mm lens at 15mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 1600. It was tracking the sky on the MSM Nomad tracker, thus the blurred ground. Taken October 11, 2024 at about 6 am MDT (5 am MST Arizona time), from the Quailway Cottage between Rodeo, New Mexico and Portal, Arizona. This is looking east toward New Mexico.2024-12-17T05:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/12/02/my-2025-sky-calendar/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimagejfj4lt.jpgtempImagejFJ4LThttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimage8z6xps.jpgtempImage8z6Xpshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tempimaget7z4uv.jpgtempImaget7z4uV2024-12-02T22:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/06/27/testing-the-msm-nomad-tracker/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/21-msm-on-benro-alternative-mounting.png21-MSM on Benro (Alternative Mounting)2024-10-18T08:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/06/17/nights-at-world-heritage-sites/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/canon-eos-ra-with-filters.pngCanon EOS Ra with Filtershttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/with-and-without-lenr-demo-at-red-rock-canyon.jpgWith and Without LENR Demo at Red Rock Canyonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/twlight-moon-focus-stack.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dino-park-pano-assembly.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dino-park-h-alpha-pano.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/panorama-and-leveling-heads.pngPanorama and Leveling Headshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pano-head-cu-2.pngPano Head CU 2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/msm-nomad-with-v-plate-for-panos.pngMSM Nomad with V-Plate for Panoshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/waxing-crescent-moon-in-sunset-clouds.jpgWaxing Moon in Sunset CloudsThe waxing two-day-old crescent Moon amid pink sunset clouds and in a twilight blue evening sky, on June 8, 2024. Taken from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta. This is a single exposure with the Canon RF 70-200mm lens at 200mm on the Canon R5.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/twilight-panorama-at-writing-on-stone-june-8-2024.jpgTwilight Panorama at Writing-on-StoneA panorama of the sandstone landscape in blue-hour twilight at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (Áísínai'pi) in Alberta, with the Milk River below winding amid the sandstone rock formations, and the Sweetgrass Hills in the distance in Montana. In the valley at centre are the preserved historic buildings of the North West Mounted Police outpost in Police Coulee. This is a panorama of 13 segments, each 0.6-seconds, with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 70mm and f/8 on the Canon R5 at ISO 100, and in portrait orientation. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. Taken June 8, 2024. The original is 34,900 pixels wide by 5,300 pixels high.2024-06-25T19:49:12+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/05/29/testing-ai-noise-reduction-software-for-astrophotography/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/comparison-of-6-programs.jpgComparison of 6 Programshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/33-acr-noisex-graxpert-crab-nebula.jpg33-ACR-NoiseX-GraXpert (Crab Nebula)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/32-acr-noisex-graxpert-vela-snr.jpg32-ACR-NoiseX-GraXpert (Vela SNR)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31-acr-noise-x-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-lmc.jpg31-ACR-Noise X-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (LMC)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/30-acr-noise-x-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-crab-nebula.jpg30-ACR-Noise X-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (Crab Nebula)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/29-topaz-banding-illustration-solar-eclipse.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/28-acr-luminar-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-solar-eclipse.jpg28-ACR-Luminar-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (Solar Eclipse)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/27-acr-luminar-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-cygnus.jpg27-ACR-Luminar-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (Cygnus)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/26-acr-luminar-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-vela-snr.jpg26-ACR-Luminar-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (Vela SNR)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/25-acr-luminar-on1-topaz-as-plug-ins-aurora.jpg25-ACR-Luminar-ON1-Topaz as Plug-Ins (Aurora)2024-10-27T23:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/05/18/the-great-aurora-show-of-may-10-2024/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hmi1898.jpghmi1898https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_7335-1.pngimg_7335-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_9541.jpgIMG_9541https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_7335.pngIMG_7335https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0132.pngIMG_0132https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hmi1898.gifhmi1898https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0176.jpgIMG_0176https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_0190.jpgIMG_0190https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/auroralovalmay10.jpgAuroralOvalMay10https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/selfie-with-twilight-aurora-may-10-2024.jpgSelfie with Twilight Aurora (May 10, 2024)A selfie of me at the start of the great aurora show of May 10, 2024, with the aurora curtains still in the early evening twilight sky and looking very purple. Despite the clouds about. A single 10-second exposure with the Laowa 15mm lens at f/2.8 on the Canon Ra at ISO 1600.2024-10-04T03:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/04/29/the-great-april-aurora/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-selfie-with-camera-april-23-2023.jpgAurora Selfie with Camera (April 23, 2023)An aurora selfie with the great all-sky Kp6 to 8 level aurora of April 23, 2023. This is looking east toward Vega and Arcturus. The other camera is shootng a time-lapse. Shot from home with the Canon Ra and 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 for 20 seconds at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-selfie-with-all-sky-aurora-april-23-2023.jpgAurora Selfie with All-Sky Aurora (April 23, 2023)An aurora selfie with the great all-sky Kp6 to 8 level aurora of April 23, 2023. This is looking south toward Arcturus and Spica. The Coma Berenices cluster is at top near the convergence point for the auroral curtains. Shot from home with the Canon Ra and 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-ribbons-overhead-april-23-2023.jpgAurora Ribbons Overhead (April 23, 2023)A view of the great April aurora show of April 23, 2023, looking up to the zenith near the top, with a set of finely-structured parallel ribbons of aurora crossing the sky from east (left) to west (right). This is looking south. The Big Dipper is at top. Taken from home in southern Alberta, Canada. This is a single 10-second exposure with the Canon Ra at ISO 1600 and 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-panorama-from-home-april-23-2023-15mm.jpgPanorama of the Great Aurora of April 23, 2023A 330° panorama of the great April aurora show on April 23, 2023, taken from home in southern Alberta. One other camera is in the scene, taking a time-lapse. North is left of centre; east right of centre; south is at right; . The crescent Moon and Venus are setting in the west at far left in clouds. This is a stitch of 14 segments, each with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2, and the Canon R5 at ISO 800 for 5 seconds each. The camera was in landscape orientation. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw in spherical projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-corona-at-zenith-2-april-23-2023.jpgAuroral Corona at the Zenith #2 (April 23, 2023)The aurora of April 23, 2023, looking straight up to the zenith to capture the converging curtains in a coronal display. The Big Dipper is at top. A single 3.2-second exposure with the Canon R5 at ISO 800 and Laowa 15mm lens at f/2.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/all-sky-aurora-with-fish-eye-lens-5-april-23-2023.jpgAll-Sky Aurora with Fish-Eye Lens #5 (April 23, 2023)A fish-eye 360° view of the Great April Aurora of April 23, 2023, from home in southern Alberta, Canada. The Kp level reached 7 to 8 this day. The Big Dipper is above centre. This is looking south. A single 5-second exposure with the TTArtisan 7.5mm circular fish-eye lens at f/2 and Canon R6 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/all-sky-aurora-with-fish-eye-lens-3-april-23-2023.jpgAll-Sky Aurora with Fish-Eye Lens #3 (April 23, 2023)A fish-eye 360° view of the Great April Aurora of April 23, 2023, from home in southern Alberta, Canada. The Kp level reached 7 to 8 this day. The Big Dipper is above centre. This is looking south. A single 5-second exposure with the TTArtisan 7.5mm circular fish-eye lens at f/2 and Canon R6 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/all-sky-aurora-with-fish-eye-lens-2-april-23-2023.jpgAll-Sky Aurora with Fish-Eye Lens #2 (April 23, 2023)A fish-eye 360° view of the Great April Aurora of April 23, 2023, from home in southern Alberta, Canada. The Kp level reached 7 to 8 this day. The Big Dipper is above centre. This is looking south. A single 5-second exposure with the TTArtisan 7.5mm circular fish-eye lens at f/2 and Canon R6 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/all-sky-aurora-with-fish-eye-lens-1-april-23-2023.jpgAll-Sky Aurora with Fish-Eye Lens #1 (April 23, 2023)A fish-eye 360° view of the Great April Aurora of April 23, 2023, from home in southern Alberta, Canada. The Kp level reached 7 to 8 this day. The Big Dipper is above centre. This is looking north. A single 5-second exposure with the TTArtisan 7.5mm circular fish-eye lens at f/2 and Canon R6 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/all-sky-aurora-5-11mm-lens-april-23-2023.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #5 (11mm Lens April 23, 2023)A view of the great April aurora show of April 23, 2023, looking to the south, with diffuse curtains across the sky forming a dark gap at the zenith. Taken from home in southern Alberta, Canada. This is a single 1.6-second exposure with the Canon Ra at ISO 5000 and 11mm TTArtisan full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8.2024-05-19T00:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/08/11/a-showing-of-steve/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/showing-of-steve-title-image.jpgShowing of STEVE Title Imagehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/steve-arc-with-green-fingers-aug-7-2022.jpgSTEVE Arc with Green Fingers (Aug 7, 2022)A portrait of the infamous STEVE arc of hot flowing gas associated with an active aurora, here showing his distinctive pink colour and the fleeting appearance of the green picket fence fingers that often show up hanging down from the main arc. On this night the green fingers lasted no more than two minutes. STEVE = Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, and is a river of hot gas flowing east to west equatorward of the main aurora band. This is a tracked single image looking straight up, and framing the Summer Triangle stars at right and the Milky Way. Moonlight from the setting waxing gibbous Moon lights the sky, as does the bright aurora to the north. This is a 30-second exposure with the Canon R5 at ISO 1250 and the RF15-35mm lens at f/3.2, with the camera on a Star Adventurer Mini tracker. The focus is a little soft but the image serves to illustrate the phenomenon. The frame is part of a short time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/steve-arc-wide-angle-with-green-fingers-aug-7-2022.jpgSTEVE Arc Wide-Angle with Green Fingers (Aug 7, 2022)A portrait of the infamous STEVE arc of hot flowing gas associated with an active aurora, here showing his distinctive pink colour and the fleeting appearance of the green picket fence fingers that often show up hanging down from the main arc. On this night the green fingers lasted no more than two minutes. STEVE = Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, and is a river of hot gas flowing east to west equatorward of the main aurora band. STEVE appeared after the main Kp5-level aurora died down in activity to the north, typical behaviour for STEVE. He was visible for only 35 to 40 minutes, again typical. This is a single untracked image looking high in the south, and taking in most of the summer sky using a full-frame fish-eye lens. Moonlight from the setting waxing gibbous Moon in the southwest lights the sky, as does the bright aurora to the north, just visible at upper left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centre at the zenith; Jupiter is the bright object rising at lower left in the southeast. This is a single 25-second exposure with the Canon R6 at ISO 1250 and the TTArtisan 11mm lens at f/2.8. The frame is part of a short time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/steve-arc-all-sky-with-green-fingers-aug-7-2022.jpgSTEVE Arc All-Sky with Green Fingers (Aug 7, 2022)A portrait of the infamous STEVE arc of hot flowing gas associated with an active aurora, here showing his distinctive pink colour and the fleeting appearance of the green picket fence fingers that often show up hanging down from the main arc. On this night the green fingers lasted no more than two minutes. STEVE = Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, and is a river of hot gas flowing east to west equatorward of the main aurora band. STEVE appeared after the main Kp5-level aurora died down in activity to the north, typical behaviour for STEVE. He was visible for only 35 to 40 minutes, again typical. This is a single untracked image looking straight up, and taking in most of the summer sky using a fish-eye lens. Moonlight from the setting waxing gibbous Moon lights the sky, as does the bright aurora to the north, visible at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centre at the zenith; Jupiter is the bright object rising at lower left in the southeast. This is a 20-second exposure with the Canon Ra at ISO 1600 and the TTArtisan 7.5mm lens at f/2. The frame is part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/late-season-noctilucent-clouds-aug-7-2022.jpgLate Season Noctilucent Clouds (Aug 7, 2022)This is a telephoto lens panorama of a low and late-season display of noctilucent clouds in the north on August 7, 2022. This was the latest I had seen NLCs from my latitude of 51° N. This was taken from home in southern Alberta on a night which also featured a Kp5-level aurora show that included STEVE. Light from the waxing gibbous Moon illuminates the scene. Capella is at far right. This is a panorama of 5 segments, each 30 seconds with the Canon R5 at ISO 200, and RF70-20mm lens at f/4 and 100mm. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cygnus-and-cepheus-nebulosity-28-70mm-eos-ra.jpgCygnus and Cepheus Nebulosity and StarcloudsA framing of the major areas of bright and dark nebulosity in Cygnus and Cepheus, showing pink emission nebulas contrasting with dark dusty regions in the Cygnus and into the Perseus arms of the Milky Way. Cepheus is at upper left; northern Cygnus is at right, with the bright Cygnus starcloud right of centre. The reddening (or yellowing) effects of interstellar dust in the spiral arms of the Milky Way is apparent. The bright blue star Deneb is left of centre. Just below it and at centre is the North America Nebula, NGC 7000, and its adjacent companion Pelican Nebula, IC 5070. The Gamma Cygni nebulosity complex, IC 1318, is right of centre. The dark Funnel Cloud Nebula in northern Cygnus is at centre. The Veil Nebula supernova remnant, NGC 6960 and 6992-5, is at lower right. The small Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, is below and left of centre. The Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC 1396, with the adjacent orange "Garnet Star" (aka Mu Cephei) in Cepheus is at upper left. The area is dotted with other smaller emission nebulas in southern Cepheus. This is a blend of: 14 x 4-minute exposures with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 43mm and f/2.8 and with the camera at ISO 1600 -- blended with 14 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 3200 with the lens at f/2, with the set taken just prior with the Moon still up, but with an Astronomik 12nm H-Alpha clip-in filter in place, to pick up just the red H-Alpha nebulosity. The camera was the red-sensitive Canon EOS Ra. For the normal "non-H-Alpha" images, the lens was equipped with the 95mm URTH Night light pollution rejecton filter to help enhance the nebulosity even in the broadband images. The H-Alpha set brought out the faintest areas of nebulosity. I shot this from home August 5, 2022 on a very fine dark transparent night with the field straight overhead. The camera was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. All stacking, alignment, blending and processing done in Photoshop. The H-Alpha set was processed to be monochrome but was blended into the colouhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/auroral-arc-panorama-aug-7-2022.jpgAuroral Arc over Wheatfield (Aug 7, 2022)An arc of a Kp-5 aurora over a wheatfield from home in southern Alberta. The panorama takes in the northern stars, from the Big Dipper and Ursa Major at left, to the W of Cassiopeia at top right of centre, with Perseus below Cassiopeia, and Andromeda and Pegasus at right. Moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon low in the southwest illuminates the scene. Jupiter is rising at far right low in the southeast. This was taken when the display was at its most active. An hour later as it was fading STEVE appeared in a fabulous show. This is a panorama of 7 segments with the Canon R5 at ISO 800, and Canon RF15-35mm lens at 18mm and f/2.8 for 25 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/auroral-arc-and-noctilucent-clouds-aug-7-2022.jpgAuroral Arc and Noctilucent Clouds (Aug 7, 2022)An arc of a Kp-5 aurora early in the evening just starting a show, but with a fading display of noctilucent clouds low in the north as well. An unusual combination to get them both, and this was the latest sighting of NLCs for me from my latitude of 51° N. Capella is low at centre, with the stars of Perseus above. Moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon low in the southwest illuminates the scene. Taken from home in southern Alberta, Canada. This is a panorama of 9 segments with the Canon R5 at ISO 400, and Canon RF15-35mm lens at 35mm and f/2.8 for 25 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/aurora-over-wheatfield-aug-7-2022.jpgAurora over Wheatfield (Aug 7, 2022)A display of a Kp-5 aurora near its peak of activity on August 7, 2022, taken from home in southern Alberta, over the wheatfield next to my acreage. STEVE appeared later this night. Moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon low in the southwest illuminates the scene. The stars of Perseus are at centre. Capella is at lower left. Andromeda and Messier 31 are at upper right. Alas, no Perseid meteor appeared on cue for this image, though the meteor shower was underway. This is a single exposure with the Canon R5 at ISO 800, and Canon RF15-35mm lens at 23mm and f/2.8 for 8 seconds.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/post-sub-storm-aurora-v2-aug-8-2022.jpgPost Sub-Storm Aurora v2 (Aug 8, 2022)The Kp5 aurora of August 7-8, 2022 in its post sub-storm phase after an appearance of STEVE. The aurora was flickering and pulsating to the north and east at this time. A red pillar appeared for a while at right. At left are dim blue pillars. This is a single 13-second exposure with the Canon R6 and TTArtisan 21mm lens at f/2.8. Taken from home in southern Alberta.2024-05-19T00:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/04/28/the-total-eclipse-of-2024-the-video/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-total-eclipse-of-2024.jpgthe-total-eclipse-of-20242024-05-10T08:27:23+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/04/21/chasing-the-cross-continental-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fb-post.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iss-image-of-lunar-shadow.jpgGMT099_19_44__1026_Eclipse from CupolaGMT099_19_44__1026_Eclipse from Cupolahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1979-manitoba.jpg1979 Total Eclipse from ManitobaFebruary 26, 1979 total solar eclipse Questar 3.5-inch f/16 Maksutov-Cassegrain Kodachrome 64 film 1/8th second exposure Tracked at sidereal rate. Taken from site on Highway 1, near Carberry, Manitoba between Brandon and Winnipeg. A mid-range exposure showing prominences and some inner corona. Image is slightly soft from mis-focus (likely caused by temperature shift after initial focusing). Radial blur mask helped sharpen it up. A black hole mask was added in Photoshop over the Moon's disk to darken lunar disk separate from sky, which was made slightly blue for contrast.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1979-group-shot.jpg1979 Group Shothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/post-eclipse-selfie-tse-2024.jpgPost-Eclipse Selfie (April 8, 2024)My post-eclipse selfie at the Lac Brome site in Quebec for the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the Sun.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eclipse-2024-totality-and-partial-phases-collage-r5-traveler.jpgEclipse 2024 - Totality with Pre- and Post-Partial PhasesThis is a composite showing the complete sequence of the April 8, 2024 eclipse of the Sun, from first contact (at upper left) to last contact (at lower right), with totality at mid-eclipse in the middle. Time runs from left to right here, with the positioning of the Suns similar to its actual motion in the sky during the mid-afternoon eclipse at my site at Lac Brome in Quebec, Canada. The Sun traveled from east to west (left to right) of course, but also down the western sky. However, the size of the Suns vs. the amount of motion shown here are not to the same scale. They are only "representative" to illustrate the sequence of the eclipse and progression of the partial phases. At left are the partial phases before totality, from the start of the eclipse with the Moon taking the first bite out of the Sun at First Contact, C1, at top, to the thin crescent Sun just before Second Contact, C2 before totality. At right are the partial phases post-totality from the thin crescent just after Third Contact, C3, to the end of the eclipse at Fourth Contact, C4, at bottom. The partial phase images were from a complete set of bracketed exposures taken at 1-minute intervals, but here with images selected that were taken 5 minutes apart, with the exception of the three on either side of totality when the crescent Sun changes very rapidly – those are at 2-minute intervals. The sequence shows the progression of the Moon across the solar disk, moving from right to left (west to east) across the Sun due to the Moon's orbital motion around Earth. So the Moon first contacted the Sun at the 4 o'clock position on the solar disk, and departed it at the 10 o'clock position in these images which have celestial north roughly at top. I shot all the images with the Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm refractor at 600mm focal length and f/6, with the Canon R5 at ISO 100. The partial phases are 1/800 or 1/400 second exposures through a Kendrick/Baader solar filter. I colorized them a pale yellohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eclipse-2024-totality-and-contact-collage-r5-traveler.jpgEclipse 2024 - Totality with Diamond Ring Contact SequencesThis is a composite showing the sequence of events surrounding totality at the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the Sun, from just before totality (at upper left) to just after totality (at lower right), with totality in the middle. Or, in eclipse terms, from just before second contact (C2) to just after third contact (C3). Time runs from left to right here, with the last bit of the Sun's photosphere about to disappear behind the advancing dark disk of the Moon at top left, creating the diamond ring effect. As the sunlight disappears it breaks up into smaller bright bits, the Baily's Beads effect, created by sunlight shining through low craters and valleys on the edge of the Moon. What remains briefly, before the advancing edge of the Moon covers them, is a thin edge of pink light, the chromosphere, and at this eclipse, several pink prominences leaping off the surface of the Sun. At lower right the reverse occurs, with a pink rim of the chromosphere appearing from behind the Moon first, followed by another show of beads of bright sunlight from the photosphere bursting through valleys on the lunar limb, until they merge to form the large bright final diamond ring. At the end of totality at this eclpse, a set of particularly large and detailed prominences appeared. The prominences are pink from a combination of wavelengths, mostly from hydrogen, but also helium and magnesium emission lines. The two time-lapse C2 and C3 sequences flank a central blend of exposures for the totally eclipsed Sun and its pearly corona, its outer atmosphere. I have chosen exposures to show just the brighter inner corona so as not to overpower the flanking images of the prominences and chromosphere. The actual official start of totality at C2 and end of totality at C3 occur about halfway through each sequence. The glows around the diamond ring bursts of sunlight at either end are from the high cirrus clouds the Sun was embedded in at my site on eclipse afternoon. The angle of the imaghttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/moon-jupiter-and-comet-12p-april-10-2024-with-labels.jpgThe Moon, Jupiter and Comet 12P (April 10, 2024) with LabelsThis is the waxing crescent Moon on April 10, 2024, two days after it eclipsed the Sun, and with it above the bright planet Jupiter, with its moons also visible. Below the pair of solar system worlds is the faint Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, visible here as a fuzzy star with a stubby tail. It was making its first appearance in its 71-year orbit this year, 2024, since 1954. It was discovered by Jean-Louis Pons in 1812 and re-discovered by William Brooks in 1883. The comet was between 4th and 5th magnitude at this time, so technically naked eye, but in practice requriing binoculars to sight in the bright twilight. Nor was it visible two days earlier in the eclipse sky. The planet Uranus is also in the field as the brightest "star" above Jupiter. They were all in Aries this season. The Moon's disk is lit by Earthshine, with its sunlit crescent overexposed. Taken from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada from a spot on the east end of Ramsey Lake. I used the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 70mm, in a 5-second exposure at ISO 400 with the Canon R camera, untracked on a tripod. I blended in a shorter exposure for the Moon which helped reduce the overexposed crescent.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tpe-lacbromecu.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tpe-lacbrome.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-04-29T18:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2024/02/21/tutorials-and-tips-for-the-solar-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/11-ebook-checklist-page.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/alandyer-2017-eclipse-over-the-tetons-second-contact.jpgEclipse over the Tetons - Totality StartsThe August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse over the Grand Tetons as seen from the Teton Valley in Idaho, near Driggs. This is from a 700-frame time-lapse and is of second contact just as the diamond ring is ending and the dark shadow of the Moon is approaching from the west at right, darkening the sky at right, and beginning to touch the Sun. The peaks of the Tetons are not yet in the umbral shadow and are still lit by the partially eclipsed Sun. With the Canon 6D and 14mm SP Rokinon lens at f/2.5 for 1/10 second at ISO 100.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/blog-title-image.jpg2017 Total Solar Eclipse – Contacts and TotalityA composite of the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the Sun, showing the second and third contact diamond rings (far left and far right) and Baily’s Beads at the start (left) and end (right) of totality, flanking a composite image of totality itself. The diamond ring and Baily’s Beads images are single images. The totality images is a blend of 12 exposures from 1/1600 sec to 1 second, stacked as a smart object and combined using the Mean stack mode to blend the images. Several High Pass filter layers were added to sharpen and increase the contrast in the coronal structures. Regulus is the star at lower left. Placement of the images only roughly matches the actual position and path of the Sun across the sky. However, the time sequence runs from left to right. All taken through the 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler refractor with a 0.85x reducer/flattener, yielding f/5 at 500mm focal length, wide enough to capture Regulus at left. All with the Canon 6D MkII camera at ISO 100. Shot from a site in the Teton Valley, Idaho, north of Driggs.2024-02-22T01:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/11/25/exploring-the-dusty-realms-of-the-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4-m78-barnards-loop-at90-rmod.jpgMessier 78 and Barnard's Loop in OrionThis is the bright reflection nebula complex that includes Messier 78 (the largest blue-white nebula) and NGC 2071 above it. They are set in a region of dark clouds of interstellar dust, and framed by the red-magenta arc of the emission nebula known as Barnard's Loop, aka Sharpless 2-276. The small reflection nebula at upper left on the edge of another dark cloud is van den Bergh 62. The large star cluster left of centre on the edge of the Loop is NGC 2112. This is a stack of 30 x 4-minute exposures through the Astro-Tech AT90CFT refractor with its 0.8x Reducer for f/4.8, and with the filter-modified Canon R camera at ISO 1600. No filter was employed here. Taken from home on November 13, 2023. Autoguided with the MGEN III guider on the AP Mach 1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks from Lumenzia, a PhotoKemi Nebula Filter action, and a Detail Extractor filter from the Nik Collection 6 Color EFX (the latter two applied to a starless layer created with RC-Astro Star XTerminator) brought out the faint background nebulosity and dark nebulas in this dusty region of sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4-ic-2118-witchhead-nebula-rigel-at90-rmod.jpgIC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula in EridanusThis is the reflection nebula called the Witch Head Nebula, but officially IC 2118 (also with the catalogue number NGC 1909), near the very bright star Rigel, at lower left in Orion. But the nebula is over the border in Eridanus the River. Hot blue-white Rigel is the source of illumination lighting this dusty nebula. Some faint magenta emission nebulosity also populates the field in Orion. This is a stack of 29 x 6-minute exposures through the Astro-Tech AT90CFT refractor with its 0.8x Reducer for f/4.8, and with the filter-modified Canon R camera at ISO 800. No filter was employed here. Taken from home on a very clear night November 17/18, 2023, though with the field getting low in the southwest for the final frames in the set. Autoguided with the MGEN3 guider on the AP Mach 1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks from Lumenzia, a PhotoKemi Nebula Filter action, a Detail Extractor filter from the Nik Collection 6 Color EFX, and a mild glow enhancement with a Radiant Photo filter (the latter two applied to a starless layer created with RC-Astro Star XTerminator) brought out the nebulosity in this rich region of sky. Being so bright, Rigel is creating some glow and flaring in the optics. I should also have aimed the scope a little lower to compose the scene with Rigel and the Witch Head a little higher in the frame.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/3-ngc-1555-and-sh2-239-in-taurus-at90-rmod.jpgDust Clouds in the Hyades Star ClusterThis is a framing of dust clouds among the stars of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus. At lower left is the emission nebula Sharpless 2-239 embedded in the dense and brownish dust cloud LDN 1551. At upper right is the bright reflection nebula NGC 1555, called Hind's Variable Nebula, aka Sharpless 2-238. It is embedded in another dark swirling cloud that does not appear to have a separate entry in dark nebula catalogues. The bright star above centre is Ain, or Epsilon Tauri; the blue star at bottom is Delta3 Tauri. The stars in the image lie along the upper edge of the V-shaped Hyades star cluster. The field of view is 4.7° by 3.2°. The odd nebula NGC 1555 was discovered by John Russell Hind in 1852 and seems to be variable in brightness due to changes in the brightness of its embedded source star T Tauri, a prototype of a class of young, newly formed stars that vary in brightness. An adjacent object, NGC 1554, was catalogued by Otto Struve, but has faded from view; thus it is called Struve's Lost Nebula. This is a stack of 30 x 6-minute exposures (= 3 hours) with the Astro-Tech AT90CFT refractor at f/4.8 and the filter-modified Canon EOS R camera at ISO 800, though no filter was used in taking the images. I shot this on a very clear night from home November 17/18, 2023. Autoguided with the MGEN3 stand-alone guider on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks created with Lumenzia, plus the nebula filter action from the PhotoKemi action set and the Detail Extractor filter from the Nik Collection 6 Color EFX plug-in brought out the faint nebulosity. An application of AI Generative Fill eliminated an unsightly lens flare from nearby Aldebaran, though I defy you to see any trace of the GenFill!https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-ngc-1499-california-nebula-apo120-rmod.jpgNGC 1499 The California Nebula in PerseusThis is the California Nebula, aka NGC 1499, in Perseus near the star Menkib, or Xi Persei, at bottom. While this is primarly an emission nebula, there is dust in the periphery forming some faint reflection nebulosity. The main nebula emits strongly in not only the red H-Alpha wavelength but also the blue-green H-Beta wavelength, thus the pink or magenta colour. This is a stack of 12 x 6-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon R (though no filter per se was used to take this image), at ISO 800, on the Askar APO120 refractor with its 0.8x Reducer/Flattener for f/5.6 and 670mm focal length. Taken from home on a very clear night October 19/20, 2023.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-m45-the-pleiades-in-dust-at90-rmod.jpgThe Pleiades in DustThis frames the famous Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster (aka Messier or M45) set amid a dusty starfield in Taurus. The blue stars of the Pleiades are surrounded by bright blue reflection nebulosity, most prominent below the lower star Merope, a bit of nebula catalogued separately as NGC 1435. The odd horizontal spike above Merope is real and is catalogued as van den Bergh 20. While the Pleiades light up the core of the dust clouds bright blue, the dust clouds extend much wider and permeate the entire constellation of Taurus. However, the outlying clouds are very faint as they have no nearby source of illumination. As such, they show up only in long-exposure photos processed to enhance their appearance, as here. The arc of nebulosity at top is most obvious. It was found by E.E. Barnard in the early 20th century and is catalogued as IC 353. I framed the field to include it, placing M45 at lower right, at the intersection of Rule of Thirds composition lines. The field is about 4.7° by 3.2°. This is a stack of 30 x 6-minute exposures with the Astro-Tech AT90CFT refractor at f/4.8 (using its 0.8x Reducer) and the filter-modified Canon R camera at ISO 800, though no filter was used for these frames. Taken on a very clear night from home on November 18, 2023. Autoguided with the MGEN3 stand-alone guider on the Mach1 mount. Applications in Photoshop of luminosity masks created with Lumenzia, and the Nebula Filter action in the PhotoKemi action set, and the Detail Extractor filter in the Color EFX module of the Nik Collection 6 extensions helped bring out the nebulosity. Mild applications of the Orton Sharp and Dynamic Stretch actions from the AstroPanel X extension panel added a touch of additional glow.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2-ic-348-in-perseus-apo120-rmod.jpgIC 348 Reflection Nebula in PerseusThis is the bright blue reflection nebula complex, IC 348, in Perseus, amid a region of dark and faintly glowing clouds of interstellar dust. The bright star above the nebulosity is Omicron Persei. The loose star cluster in the bright reflection nebulosity is also labeled IC 348. The dark nebulas in the area were catalogued by E.E. Barnard as B3 (at right), B4 (bottom) and B5 (top left). This is a stack of 18 x 8-minute exposures (= 2h20m) through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 with the 1X Flattener, and with the filter-modified Canon R camera at ISO 1600. No filter was employed here. Taken from home on November 10, 2023. High clouds moving in prevented more exposures. Autoguided with the MGEN III guider on the AP Mach 1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks from Lumenzia, a PhotoKemi Nebula Filter action, and a Detail Extractor filter from the Nik Collection 6 Color EFX (the latter two applied to a starless layer created with RC-Astro Star XTerminator) brought out the faint background nebulosity and dark nebulas in this dusty region of sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1-vdb150-152-nebulas-in-cepheus-at90-rmod.jpgDusty Nebulas in CepheusThis is a portrait of a field of dusty nebulas in northern Cepheus, well off the Milky Way but still rich in faint nebulas. At top is an object popularly called the Dark Shark Nebula for its resemblance to a menacing shark. The dark "head" of the Shark is the dark nebula LDN 1235, from the Lynds catalogue. The blue nebula on top of the Shark is the reflection nebula van den Bergh (vdB) 150. Another reflection nebula, vdB 149 sits below the Shark near a very orange star. At the bottom of the frame is a long, snake-like dark nebula Barnard 175, with the blue reflection nebula vdB152 at its tip. This has been dubbed the Wolf's Cave Nebula. To the left of the Wolf's Cave is a dim magenta and blue arc catalogued as DeHt5, from the obscure the Dengl-Hartl catalog. It is either a planetary nebula or supernova remnant. The entire field is filled with dark brownish dust. This is a stack of 30 x 6-minute exposures (= 3 hours) with the Astro-Tech AT90CFT refractor at f/4.8 and filter-modified Canon EOS R camera at ISO 800, though no filter was used when taking these frames. Taken from home on a very clear night November 17, 2023. Autoguided with the MGEN3 stand-alone autoguider on the Mach1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks with Lumenzia and the Nebula Filter action from the PhotoKemi action set, and the Detail Extractor filter from the Nik Collection 6 Color EFX plug-in brought out the nebulosity.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1-ngc-7023-iris-nebula-apo120-rmod.jpgThe Iris Nebula, NGC 7023, in CepheusThis is the bright blue reflection nebula, NGC 7023, aka the Iris Nebula, in Cepheus, amid a region of dark and faintly glowing clouds of interstellar dust. The bright red star at upper left is the variable star T Cephei. This is a stack of 25 x 8-minute exposures through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 with the 1X Flattener, and with the filter-modified Canon R camera at ISO 1600. No filter was employed here. Taken from home on a very clear night November 10, 2023. Autoguided with the MGEN III guider on the AP Mach 1 mount. Applications of luminosity masks from Lumenzia, a PhotoKemi Actions Nebula Filter action, and a Detail Extractor filter from Nik Collection 6 Color EFX (the latter two applied to a starless layer created with RC-Astro Star XTerminator) brought out the faint background nebulosity and dark nebulas in this dusty region of sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4-orion-nebulas-labeled.jpgOrion NebulasThis is a portrait of Orion the Hunter with exposures and processing to emphasize the complex and colourful array of bright and dark nebulas within its boundaries. The largest feature is the arc of Barnard's Loop, a possible supernova remnant or stellar wind-blown bubble that encircles Orion. It is officially catalogued as Sharpless 2-276, and is usually plotted as just the easternmost arc, though it extends down and below Orion, all the way over to blue Rigel at bottom right. To the right of Rigel is the blue Witch Head Nebula, IC 2118, a reflection nebula lit by Rigel. Fainter blue nebulosity extends above it. Below the three stars of the Belt of Orion just below centre is the nebulosity in the Sword of Orion that includes the dark Horsehead Nebula and below that the very bright Orion Nebula complex, Messier 42/M43, plus the bluish Running Man Nebula, above it, catalogued as NGC 1973-5-7. The Belt and Sword are wrapped in other fainter red emission nebulas, patches of blue reflection nebulas, all amid a backround of dark yellow-brown dust clouds. The latter are densest above the left star of the Belt, Alnitak, with a dark lane containing the small but bright reflection nebula Messier 78. Just above Alnitak is the orange Flame Nebula. At top is the large circular emission nebula Sharpless 2-264, surrounding the head of Orion and the star Meissa and a loose open star cluster Collinder 69. The nebula has become known as the Angelfish Nebula. It sits above orange Betelgeuse (at left) and blue-white Bellatrix (at right), marking the shoulders of Orion. This is a stack of 42 x 2-minute exposures with the rare Samyang RF85mm f/1.4 lens stopped down to f/2.8, on the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800. The lens was equipped with a 77mm Nisi Clear Night broadband light pollution reduction filter which helps improve contrast and reduce sky gradients. The camera was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker for tracked but unguided exposures over 84 minutes. Taken from home on ahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/3-hyades-pleiades-taurus-dark-clouds-labeled.jpgHyades, Pleiades and the Taurus Dark CloudsThis is a portrait of the dust-filled region of sky in Taurus that frames the Hyades star cluster (at bottom) with bright yellow Aldebaran, up to the blue Pleiades star cluster (M45) at top. At left are the dense, dark brown Taurus Molecular Clouds catalogued by E.E. Barnard in the early 20th century with various B numbers such as B209 and B19. This is a stack of 48 x 2-minute exposures with the rare Samyang RF85mm f/1.4 lens stopped down to f/2.8, on the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800. The lens was equipped with a 77mm Nisi Clear Night broadband light pollution reduction filter which helps improve contrast and reduce sky gradients. The camera was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker for tracked but unguided exposures over 100 minutes. Taken from home on a very clear night November 17/18, 2023. All frames stacked, registered and processed in Photoshop, with luminosity masks and filters applied to bring out the fainter nebulosity such as the brown dark clouds and faint wisps of blue reflection nebulosity. Plus the blending in of a "starless layer" helped emphasize the nebulosity over the starry background.2024-03-28T09:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/07/12/arc-of-the-low-summer-moon/2023-11-15T06:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/10/31/chasing-the-annular-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/us89-sign.jpgus89-signhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-annular-eclipse-sunspot-covering-composite.jpg2023 Annular Eclipse – Covering a Sunspot SequenceThis is a composite of the October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse with a sequence of six images showing the Moon advancing across a sunspot, the largest one visible on the Sun that day. The images are placed for a photogenic spacing, with time running forward from lower left to upper right, to reflect the Sun's motion up across the morning sky. However, the Moon advances down across the sunspot, in this set taken between first and second contacts, starting at about 10:10 a.m. MDT. The set spans an interval of just under 2 minutes. The camera was on the telescope oriented to place celestial north up in the frame. All are 1/640 second exposures at ISO 100 and through the Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm refractor with a 2X Barlow lens for an effective focal length of 1200mm and at f/12. The filter was the Kendrick/Baader Solar Film filter, with the solar disk colourized a pale yellow in processing. The site was Ruby's Inn Overlook at Bryce Canyon City, Utah, a site well south of the eclipse centreline.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch4-revised7.jpgch4-revised7https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch4-revised-pg5.jpgch4-revised-pg5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/eclipse-at-the-eclipse-1994.jpgOriginal slide scan from Magnasonic scannerOriginal slide scan from Magnasonic scannerhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch11-revised2.jpgch11-revised2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch11-revised1.jpgch11-revised1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch11-revised3.jpgch11-revised3https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ch4-revised-pg4.jpgch4-revised-pg4https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/celebratory-beer.jpegcelebratory-beer2023-11-04T00:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/09/04/testing-for-the-annular-solar-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/12-partial-solar-eclipse-sunspot-oct-23-2014.jpgPartial Solar Eclipse & Sunspot #1 (Oct 23, 2014)The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, shot under clear skies through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/8000 (!) sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral “white light” image. The big sunspot on the Sun that day is just beginning to disappear behind the Moon’s limb. The mylar filter gave a white Sun, its natural colour, but I have tinted the Sun’s disk yellow for a more pleasing view that is not just white Sun/black sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/11-partial-solar-eclipse-wide-angle-oct-23-2014.jpgPartial Solar Eclipse Wide-Angle (Oct 23, 2014)The partial solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 as seen from Jasper, Alberta, at a public event in Centennial Park as part of the annual Dark Sky Festival. This is a single-exposure image showing the scene near mid-eclipse with telescopes from volunteers from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and the mostly clear skies above with the crescent Sun visible through the handheld polymer solar filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/10-test-with-eos-ra.jpg10-Test with EOS Rahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9-1994-annular-composite-with-camera.jpg1994 Annular Eclipse CompositeMay 10, 1994 annular eclipse, from a site east of Douglas, in southeast Arizona, off the centreline, so Moon's disk is not centred on solar disk. Series of multiple exposures every 10 minutes (at 1/250th sec?), with 28mm lens at f/16? with Thousands Oaks 52mm solar filter in place, plus initial exposure of twilight without filter (roughly 2 seconds) before sunrise. On Ektachrome 100 slide film. In Photoshop some sun images that were out of alignment due to tripod slipping or sinking in sand were realigned.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8-exposure-bracket-sequence.jpgExposure Bracket SequenceA series of exppsures with the Askar V80 and Kendrick 80mm Mylar filter with the Canon R5.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/7-solar-finder-2.jpg7-Solar Finder 2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/7-solar-finder-1.jpg7-Solar FInder 1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/6-photo-and-visual-scopes-testing.jpgPhoto and Visual Scopes Being TestedThe AP Traveler and WO 66mm in a test session aimed at the Sun. Shot with the iPhone11. The image on screen is the actual image on the Canon R5.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5-filter-type-comparison.jpg5-Filter Type Comparisonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/4-filter-array.png4-Filter Array2023-10-02T15:38:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/06/11/how-to-photograph-the-solar-eclipses/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ch10-pg231.jpgch10-pg231https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2017-eclipse-composite-photomatix.jpg2017 Eclipse Composite (Photomatix)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1994-annular-arizona-1.jpg1994 Annular Eclipse from ArizonaMay 10, 1994 Annular Eclipse taken from a site east of Douglas Arizona Showing "reverse" Bailey's Beads -- lunar mountains just touching Sun's limb 4-inch f/6 apo refractor at f/15 with Barlow lens Ektachrome 100 slide film.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ch3-pg60.jpgCh3 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Tablehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/50-lrtimelapse.jpg50-LRTimelapsehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/49-blend-of-2-captureone-images-in-affinity.jpg49-Blend of 2 CaptureOne Images in Affinityhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/48-dxo-or-capture-one-to-affinity.png48-DxO or Capture One to Affinityhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/47-other-app-icons.png47-Other App Iconshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/46-r5_5397-from-on1.jpg46-R5_5397 from ON1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/45-r5_5397-from-luminar.jpg45-R5_5397 from Luminarhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/44-r5_5397-exposure.jpg44-R5_5397-Exposurehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/43-r5_5397_dxo-primenr.jpg43-R5_5397_DxO-PrimeNR2023-05-29T20:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2023/01/15/the-best-sky-sights-of-2023/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/calender-cover.jpgcalender-coverhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023skysightstitle-1.jpg1994 Annular Eclipse from ArizonaMay 10, 1994 Annular Eclipse taken from a site east of Douglas Arizona Showing "reverse" Bailey's Beads -- lunar mountains just touching Sun's limb 4-inch f/6 apo refractor at f/15 with Barlow lens Ektachrome 100 slide film.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023skysightstitle.jpg1994 Annular Eclipse from ArizonaMay 10, 1994 Annular Eclipse taken from a site east of Douglas Arizona Showing "reverse" Bailey's Beads -- lunar mountains just touching Sun's limb 4-inch f/6 apo refractor at f/15 with Barlow lens Ektachrome 100 slide film.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/annular-eclipse-path-eclipsewise.com_.jpgAnnular Eclipse Path (EclipseWise.com)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11-nov-9-moon-and-venus-at-dawn.jpg11-Nov 9 Moon and Venus at Dawnhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/10-oct-14-annular-from-albuquerque.jpg10-Oct 14 Annular from Albuquerquehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/9-sept-22-mercury-at-gew.jpg9-Sept 22 Mercury at GEWhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8-august-12-perseid-sky.jpg8-August 12 Perseid Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7-july-7-venus-at-gb.jpg7-July 7 Venus at GBhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6-june-2-mars-in-beehive.jpg6-June 2 Mars in Beehive2023-01-16T12:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/11/17/marvelous-nights-in-the-mountains/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sa-mini-with-alyn-wallace-v-plate-looking-left.pngsa-mini-with-alyn-wallace-v-plate-looking-lefthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10-with-finishing-effects.jpg10-With Finishing Effectshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/9-with-local-adjustments.jpg9-With Local Adjustmentshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/8-combined-panorama-in-photoshop.jpg8-Combined Panorama in Photoshophttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7-masked-ground-panorama-in-photoshop.jpg7-Masked Ground Panorama in Photoshophttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6-ground-panorama-in-photoshop.jpg6-Ground Panorama in Photoshophttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5-sky-panorama-in-photoshop.jpg5-Sky Panorama in Photoshophttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4-acr-stitched-sky.jpg4-ACR Stitched Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3-acr-stitched-ground.jpg3-ACR Stitched Groundhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2-acr-stitching.jpg2-ACR Stitching2022-12-20T04:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/11/09/the-snowbound-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/total-lunar-eclipse-in-starfield-nov-8-2022.jpgEclipsed Moon in Starfield with Uranus (Nov 8, 2022)This is the totally eclipsed Moon of November 8, 2022 set in the stars of Aries, with the planet Uranus nearby, visible as the greenish star about three Moon diameters away from the Moon at the 10 o'clock position. Uranus was at oppostion the next night, November 9, at magnitude 5.6. I shot the set of images for this scene at about 3:28 a.m. MST, about 20 minutes after the start of this long totality, so the right (lunar eastern) limb of the Moon was still fairly bright. The field of view is about 7.6° by 5°. This is a blend of four exposures to compress the dynamic range and record the stars while maintaining the Moon more as the eye saw it. I blended a 5-second exposure at ISO 1600 for the stars, with 1-, 2-, and 5-second exposures at ISO 200 for the lunar disk, all with the Canon Ra on the SharpStar 61mm EDPH refractor with the Reducer/Flattener for f/4.6. The scope and camera were on the Star Adventurer tracker, turning at the sidereal rate for the long exposure for the stars but at the slower lunar rate for the shorter, lower ISO exposures for the Moon. Blending was with old-fashioned manual masking, not HDR routines or even luminosity masks. It was -25° C this night, and with several inches of snow having just fallen that day, so I kept the gear complexity to a minimum. However, using a 280mm focal length scope on the tracker was pushing it. Most long exposures for the starfield were trailed. I shot several sets of "HDR" exposures to be sure I got one that worked.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/selfie-observing-nov-8-2022-tle.jpgObserving the November 2022 Total Eclipse of the MoonA self-portrait of me observing the total eclipse of the Moon on November 8, 2022, on a very cold (-25° C) morning at 4 am. Above the red Moon are the stars of Taurus including the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. This is a single 15-second exposure with the Canon R6 at ISO 3200 and 21mm TTArtisan lens at f/2.8. The camera gear in frame was the Star Adventurer tracker and the Canon R5 and RF15-35mm lens I used to take tracked images of the winter sky scene with the Milky Way.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aurora-during-eclipse-nov-8-2022.jpgAurora During the November 2022 Lunar EclipseA view of the aurora that appeared during the November 8, 2022 total eclipse of the Moon, as the sky darkened to reveal a show of Northern Lights on this very cold and icy night at 4 am. This is a single 20-second exposure with the Canon R6 at ISO 1600, and TTArtisan 21mm lens at f/2.8. Taken from home in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/total-lunar-eclipse-wide-view-nov-8-2022.jpgRed Moon in the Winter Sky (Nov. 8, 2022)A wide-angle view of the total eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, with the red Moon at right amid the stars of the northern winter sky and Milky Way, plus with bright red Mars at top. Above and left of the Moon is the blue Pleiades star cluster, while below it and to the left is the larger Hyades cluster with reddish Aldebaran in Taurus. The stars of Orion are left of centre, including reddish Betelgeuse, while at far left are the two Dog Stars: Procyon, at top, in Canis Minor, and Sirius, at bottom, in Canis Major. So this is a gathering of many red stars, planets and the rare red Moon. I shot the frames for this scene beginning at 3:50 am MST, 10 minutes before mid-totality during this 1h25m-long total eclipse. Some ice haze this night added the natural star glows. Either bands of airglow, or perhaps just reflected lights off the icy haze add the reddish bands to the sky. The sky scene appears over the old abandoned pioneer house on my property. This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute tracked exposures at ISO 1600 for the sky, blended with a single 1-minute tracked exposure at ISO 1600 for the ground to minimize blurring (I left the tracker running at the sidereal rate for all frames), plus a 5-second exposure for the Moon itself at ISO 400 to preserve the colouration of the disk and not overexpose it. However, I enlarged this short exposure Moon by 1.5x to cover up the overexposed Moon better and to better simulate the naked eye view where the eye and brain always thinks the Moon is much larger than the 0.5° it really is in the sky. A mild Orton glow added to the entire scene with Luminar Neo. All frames the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5, and on the Star Adventurer tracker. Shot from home in southern Alberta on a night that we were lucky to have clear at all, as it had been snowing heavily all day. It cleared at night as predicted, but the temperature dropped to -25° C, so just operating gear was a chore, limiting my ambitions thttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/eclipsed-moon-down-driveway.jpgEclipsed Moon Setting over DrivewayA parting shot of the now partially eclipsed Moon setting in the west down my driveway, early in the morning of November 8, 2022. With the Canon R6 and TTArtisan 21mm lens at f/2.8.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_7985.jpgIMG_7985https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_7981.jpgIMG_7981https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/img_7980.jpgIMG_7980https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/total-lunar-eclipse-blog-title.jpgRed Moon in the Winter Sky (Nov. 8, 2022)A wide-angle view of the total eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, with the red Moon at right amid the stars of the northern winter sky and Milky Way, plus with bright red Mars at top. Above and left of the Moon is the blue Pleiades star cluster, while below it and to the left is the larger Hyades cluster with reddish Aldebaran in Taurus. The stars of Orion are left of centre, including reddish Betelgeuse, while at far left are the two Dog Stars: Procyon, at top, in Canis Minor, and Sirius, at bottom, in Canis Major. So this is a gathering of many red stars, planets and the rare red Moon. I shot the frames for this scene beginning at 3:50 am MST, 10 minutes before mid-totality during this 1h25m-long total eclipse. Some ice haze this night added the natural star glows. Either bands of airglow, or perhaps just reflected lights off the icy haze add the reddish bands to the sky. The sky scene appears over the old abandoned pioneer house on my property. This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute tracked exposures at ISO 1600 for the sky, blended with a single 1-minute tracked exposure at ISO 1600 for the ground to minimize blurring (I left the tracker running at the sidereal rate for all frames), plus a 5-second exposure for the Moon itself at ISO 400 to preserve the colouration of the disk and not overexpose it. However, I enlarged this short exposure Moon by 1.5x to cover up the overexposed Moon better and to better simulate the naked eye view where the eye and brain always thinks the Moon is much larger than the 0.5° it really is in the sky. A mild Orton glow added to the entire scene with Luminar Neo. All frames the Canon RF15-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8 on the Canon R5, and on the Star Adventurer tracker. Shot from home in southern Alberta on a night that we were lucky to have clear at all, as it had been snowing heavily all day. It cleared at night as predicted, but the temperature dropped to -25° C, so just operating gear was a chore, limiting my ambitions t2022-11-16T14:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2021/09/23/testing-the-canon-r6-for-astrophotography/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20c-canon-r6-side-ports.png20C-Canon R6 Side Portshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/28c-perseids-2021-untracked-r6-11mm.jpgPerseid Meteor Shower over Dinosaur ParkA composite showing about three dozen Perseid meteors accumulated over 3 hours of time, compressed into one image showing the radiant point of the meteor shower in Perseus. This was August 12, 2021, from The Trail of the Fossil Hunters trailhead lot in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. A dim magenta aurora is visible to the northeast at left. Cassiopeia is at centre above the radiant point; the Andromeda Galaxy is just right of centre. Capella is rising at left. Airglow also tints the sky. This is a blend of: a single 30-second exposure for the background sky, one with the aurora at its most active, such as it was this night, with a stack of 8 x 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise. Then 32 x 30-second exposures for the individual meteors (a couple of frames have two meteors on them) are overlaid with Lighten blend mode onto the base sky image, each with masks to reveal just the meteors. All frames were with the Canon R6 at ISO 6400 and with the TTArtisan 11mm fish-eye lens at f/2.8. The camera was on a static tripod, not tracking the sky, so I hand-rotated all the meteor frames around Polaris at upper left, to bring them into close alignment to the base sky image, so the positions of all the meteors are close to their actual positions in the starfield when they appeared. A couple of exceptions were the meteors at bottom which appeared in Taurus, below the horizon at the time the sky image was taken, so those meteors are moved up artificially. ON1 NoNoise applied to the sky image. Ground illumination is from starlight.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/28b-zodiacal-light-at-dawn-8mm-fish-eye.jpgThe Zodiacal Light at Dawn (Fish-Eye)The Zodiacal Light in the dawn sky, September 14, 2021, from home in Alberta, with the winter sky rising. The Big Dipper is at far left. Orion and the winter stars are at right, with the Milky Way rising vertically across the frame. The Zodiacal Light is the pyramid-shaped glow angled to the right rising out of the eastern sky. Dawn twilight colours the sky. This is a stack of 4 x 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and a single 30-second exposure for the sky, all with the TTArtisan 8mm fish-eye lens at f/2 and on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/28a-aurora-from-dinosaur-park-aug-29-2021.jpgRed Aurora from Dinosaur Park (August 29, 2021)A dim red and green aurora from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on August 29/30, 2021. There were expectations of a bigger display this night, but litte came to pass! Capella is rising at centre; Perseus is at top right. This is a stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky, all 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the Canon 15-35mm RF lens at 25mm and the Canon R6 at ISO 4000.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/27b-asiair-app-screens.jpg27B-ASIair App Screenshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/27a-backyardeos-apt.jpg27A-BackyardEOS & APThttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/26c-canon-lens-trio.png26C-Canon Lens Triohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/26b-hutech-filter-drawer.png26B-Hutech Filter Drawerhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/26a-canon-r6-with-lens-adapter.png26A-Canon R6 with Lens Adapterhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/26a-canon-lens-adapter.png26A-Canon Lens Adapter2024-10-08T01:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/09/20/testing-a-trio-of-canon-rf-zoom-lenses-for-astrophotography/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/34d-lunar-eclipse-2-deep-partial-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022) — Deep PartialThe eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was in the last stages of the partial eclipse, with a portion of the Moon's disk stlll illuminated by direct sunlight, but the rest in the red umbral shadow. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Later, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a single image with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 135mm and f/4 and 0.6 seconds at ISO 100 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/34c-waning-moon-venus-landscape-aug-25-2022.jpgThe Waning Moon and Venus at Dawn (August 25, 2022) (Landscape)The thin waning crescent Moon above Venus in the dawn sky on August 25, 2022, in a landscape oriented version. This is a single shot with the RF70-200mm lens at 70mm on the Canon R6.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/34b-conjunction-of-moon-and-venus-close-up-june-26-2022.jpgConjunction of the Moon and Venus Rising at Dawn (June 26, 2022)The conjunction of the waning crescent Moon with Venus as they were rising low in the northeast dawn sky on June 26, 2022, taken from home in southern Alberta, latitude 51° N. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon. The sky exhibits the wonderful transition of colours from the orange at the horizon through the spectrum to the blues at top. This is a single 1-second exposure with the RF70-200mm lens at 200mm and f/4 on the Canon R5 at ISO 400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/34a-harvest-moonrise-composite-sept-9-2022.jpgRising of the Harvest Moon Sequence (Sept 9, 2022)The rising Full Moon of September 9, 2022, the Harvest Moon for 2022, coming up over a rolling harvested prairie field near home in southern Alberta, on a very clear evening. This is a composite of 11 exposures blended with Lighter Color mode onto the base layer exposure of the Moon just coming up and the sky and ground. The subsequent exposures were shot at increasingly shorter shutter speeds to preserve the colour and brightness of the Moon's disk (ie. exposing for the Moon not the sky or ground). Shot at 1 minute intervals, but exposures taken every 3 minutes were selected for the composite except at the start when atmospheric refraction makes the Moon rise faster than it does later in the sequence. All were shot with the Canon R5 and RF70-200mm lens at 200mm.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/33d-orion-in-ha-rf28-70mm-at-50mm.jpgOrion in Hydrogen Alpha LightA portrait of the constellation of Orion taken in monochrome in the deep red light of the hydrogen-alpha wavelength using a narrowband filter, to emphasize the vast clouds of interstellar gas within and around Orion. The Orion Nebula is the bright object at lower centre; the Horsehead Nebula below the Belt of Orion is near centre; the bright object at upper left is the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The large circular glow at top around the head of Orion is Sharpless 2-264, the Lambda Orionis nebula. The curving arc on our left side of Orion is Sharpless 2-276, aka Barnard's Loop. This is a stack of 24 x 4-minute exposures with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera at ISO 1600 shooting through the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 50mm and wide open at f/2. The filter was the Astronomik 12nm Ha clip-in filter. This was taken Feb 10, 2022 in bright moonlight with the waxing gibbous Moon just off frame at top, creating some challenging gradients.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/33c-cygnus-nebulosity-rf28-70-40-70-with-ra.jpgCygnus Nebulosity at 70mmThe complex of red emission and dark dusty nebulas in Cygnus, with the bright Cygnus starcloud at bottom and the North America Nebula at top. At lower left are the arcs of the Veil Nebula. At centre is the IC 1318 nebula complex, aka the Butterfly. This is a stack of 20 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 70mm and wide open at f/2, taken as part of testing the lens. The lens was shooting though a URTH Night broadband light pollution rejection filter to reduce the green airglow present this night in a shoot from home. The camera was the Canon Ra at ISO 1250, and was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. All stacking, alignment and blending with Photoshop 2021.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/33b-cygnus-nebulosity-rf28-70-40-50-with-ra.jpgCygnus Nebulosity at 50mmThe complex of red emission and dark dusty nebulas in Cygnus, with the bright Cygnus starcloud at bottom and the North America Nebula at top. At the very top is the dark Funnel Cloud Nebula. At lower left are the arcs of the Veil Nebula. Below them is the large star cluster NGC 6940 in Vulpecula. At centre is the IC 1318 nebula, aka the Butterfly. This is a stack of 15 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 50mm and wide open at f/2, taken as part of testing the lens. The lens was shooting though a URTH Night broadband light pollution rejection filter to reduce the green airglow present this night in a shoot from home. The camera was the Canon Ra at ISO 1250, and was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. All stacking, alignment and blending with Photoshop 2021.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/33a-autumn-milky-way-rf28-70mm-40-28-with-ra-1.jpgNebulas of the Northern Milky WayThe bright and dark nebulas along the northernmost segment of the Milky Way, from Perseus at upper left to Cygnus at lower right. At centre is Cassiopeia and Cepheus. The bright nebulas include — from upper left to lower right: the IC 1805/1848 complex known as the Heart and Soul Nebulas, the Ced214/NGC7822 complex, IC 1396 in Cepheus, and the North America Nebula NGC 7000 and the Gamma Cygni IC 1318 complex at lower right. The dark Funnel Cloud Nebula stands out above the North America Nebula. However, the entire field is coloured by subtle streams and bands of interstellar dust adding a yellow hue to the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is at lower left. This is a stack of 35 x 3-minute exposures with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 28mm and at f/2.8, on the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800, on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Shot with an URTH Night light pollution filter. Taken from home October 7, 2021. Luminosity mask adjustments applied with Lumenzia. A mild Orton glow added with Luminar AI.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/32d-milky-way-over-upper-waterton-lake-july-11-2021-1.jpgThe Milky Way over Upper Waterton LakeThe summer Milky Way and galactic core region over Upper Waterton Lake and Waterton Townsite on a July evening. This was from the famous viewpoint of the Prince of Wales Hotel, looking south with Sagittarius and the Galactic Centre positioned over the lake. Scorpius is at right with reddish Antares. The M6 and M7 star clusters are low over the lake. The pinkish Lagoon Nebula, M8, is left of centre, with the M24 Small Sagittarius Starcloud above. Some forest fire smoke dampened the contrast and transparency this night. This is a blend of tracked exposures for the sky and untracked exposures for the ground: a stack of 4 x 2-minute tracked at ISO 1600 and f/2.8 for the sky and a stack of 3 x 4-minute untracked at ISO 800 and f/4 for the ground. LENR noise reduction applied in-camera to the ground images to reduce thermal speckling on this warm night. An additional short 30-second exposure at ISO 400 and f/5.6 masked in is for the town lights to subdue their brightness, though the result does better resemble the naked eye view, as the lighting has been reduced and shielded recently to make it much less glaring than before. An additional 2-minute tracked exposure at the end of the sequence taken through a Kase/Alyn Wallace Starglow filter blended in add the star glows! The tracker was the Star Adventurer Mini which worked perfectly and consistently. The camera was the Canon EOS Ra with the 15-35mm RF lens at 24mm.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/32c-milky-way-at-elbow-falls-sept-26-2021-1.jpgThe Milky Way at Elbow FallsA nightscape scene of the summer Milky Way over the Elbow River and Elbow Falls in the Kananaskis Country in southern Alberta, on a superb autumn evening, with the rising waning Moon beginning to light the hills. Illumination is from starlight and moonlight. This is a blend of a single long 6-minute exposure at ISO 800 for the ground with a single short 30-second untracked exposure at ISO 6400 for the sky, all with the 15-35mm RF lens at 15mm and at f/2.8 on the Canon Ra camera. Luminosity masks and dodge & burn layers applied with TK8 Actions. ON1 No Noise AI applied to the sky. A mild Orton Glow added with Luminar AI. Taken September 26, 2021.2022-09-21T20:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/06/22/testing-the-canon-r5-for-astrophotography/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/aurora-steve-panorama-may-27-2022.jpgAuroral Arc with Purple Pillars and STEVEA panorama of the Kp5-level aurora on May 27, 2022, from home, with the aurora displaying prominent magenta rays, created by the red oxygen emission blending with illumination from blue scattered sunlight at high altitudes, common around the summer solstice when the high atmosphere is lit all night long. As a bonus, a dim STEVE arc is forming at far right, to the south of the main auroral oval where STEVE normally appears. STEVE faded, then returned to become more strong and visible across the sky from east to west as the main aurora to the north faded. Orange Antares in Scorpius is rising at far right low in the southeast. The Summer Triangle stars are right of centre. This is a panorama of 9 segments, each 10 seconds with the 21mm TTArtisan lens at f/2 and the Canon R5 at ISO 1600. Stitched with Photoshop's Photomerge. The original is 28,400 pixels wide.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/s-o-double-cluster-and-comet-c2017-k2-panstarrs.jpgS-O Double Cluster and Comet PanSTARRS C/2017 K2A portrait of a dim comet, PanSTARRS C/2017 K2, passing above the Serpens-Ophiuchus (S-O) Double Cluster at bottom, consisting of IC 4756 at lower left and NGC 6633 at lower right. This was the night of May 25-26, 2022. The comet is at top as a fuzzy green star, very small with a stubby tail. It was about 8th magnitude. This is a stack of ten 5-minute exposures with the William Optics RedCat 51 at f/4.9 and the Canon R5 at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/17-canon-r5-vs-r6-movie-resolution-full-frame-1.jpg17-Canon R5 vs R6 Movie Resolution Full Framehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/16-canon-r5-comparison-8k-vs-4k-vs-4k-crop-1.jpg16-Canon R5 Comparison 8K vs 4K vs 4K Crophttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu5-canonr5-moviecropping-1.jpgMENU5-CanonR5-MovieCroppinghttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu4-canonr5-moviesize4khq-1.jpgMENU4-CanonR5-MovieSize4KHQhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu3-canonr5-moviesize8k-1.jpgMENU3-CanonR5-MovieSize8Khttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu2-canonr5-lenr-1.jpgMENU2-CanonR5-LENRhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu1-canonr5-focusguide-1.jpgMENU1-CanonR5-FocusGuidehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/menu11-canonr5-releaseshutter.jpgMENU11-CanonR5-ReleaseShutter2024-01-15T11:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/05/19/chasing-the-shadowed-moon-2022/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2003-total-lunar-eclipse-05-15-03-6x7-1.jpgLunar Eclipse May 15 2003Total Eclipse of the Moon seen May 15, 2003 from southern Alberta (from a site west of Nanton). Moon rose as totality started so was deep into totality by the time it was high enough to see and sky dark enough to make it stand out. Pentax 67 camera with 165mm lens at f/2.8 with Fujicjrome 100f slide film. Fixed tripod. Scanned with Nikon 8000ED with Digital ICE and SuperFine Scan on for band and dust elimination.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2003-post-eclipse-portrait.jpg2003-Post Eclipse Portraithttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-trophy-shot-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse Trophy Shot (May 15, 2022)Me at Reesor Lake after shooting the lunar eclipse of May 15, 2022, though with the Moon now in clouds behind me.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-panorama-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse Panorama at Reesor LakeA panorama of the eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was the much-publicized "Super Flower Blood Moon" eclipse. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse shown here, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Shortly after this, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a stitch of three segments with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 86mm and f/5 and 0.8 seconds at ISO 100 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw with most processing in ACR with sky and ground masks. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-3-near-totality-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022) — Near TotalityThe eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was just before totality, with just a thin sliver of the Moon stlll illuminated by direct sunlight. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Shortly after this image, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a single image with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 124mm and f/4 and 0.3 seconds at ISO 200 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-2-deep-partial-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022) — Deep PartialThe eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was in the last stages of the partial eclipse, with a portion of the Moon's disk stlll illuminated by direct sunlight, but the rest in the red umbral shadow. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Later, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a single image with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 135mm and f/4 and 0.6 seconds at ISO 100 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-1-moonrise-in-partial-may-15-2022.jpgLunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022) — Rising PartialThe eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was in the last stages of the partial eclipse, with a portion of the Moon's disk stlll illuminated by direct sunlight, but the rest in the red umbral shadow. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Later, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a single image with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 141mm and f/5 and 0.6 seconds at ISO 100 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lunar-eclipse-blog-title.jpgLunar Eclipse (May 15, 2022) — Near TotalityThe eclipsed Full Moon rising over Reesor Lake in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, on May 15, 2022. This was just before totality, with just a thin sliver of the Moon stlll illuminated by direct sunlight. From my location and longitude, the Moon rose in the late stages of the initial partial eclipse, but with the portion of the Moon's disk in the umbra glowing a dim red and just visible in the blue twilight sky. Shortly after this image, as totality began with the Moon entirely in the umbra, the Moon had moved up into the increasing clouds at top that were moving eastward, and obscured the Moon for the rest of totality. But for a while at moonrise the band of sky with the Moon low in the southeast was clear. It was a narrow band of photo opportunity, but at the right time for foreground lighting in the still bright twilight. This was from the west end of Reesor Lake near the Saskatchewan border. The lake is home in spring and summer to lots of white American pelicans seen dotting the lake here. It is named for the Reesor family who now in their fifth generation still ranch just up the road from here north of the Park. This is a single image with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 124mm and f/4 and 0.3 seconds at ISO 200 with the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera. Location planning done with the aid of The Photographer's Ephemeris and TPE3D. However, this was a favourite spot that I had shot from several times before, but never a lunar eclipse! I chased here to avoid the worst of the clouds incoming from the west. Cloud cover matched predictions precisely this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_7628.jpgIMG_7628https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_7620.jpgIMG_76202022-08-31T04:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2022/01/03/the-best-sky-sights-of-2022/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/11a-nov-8-tle-cu.jpg11A-Nov 8 TLE CUhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12f-dec-28-mercury-venus.jpg12F-Dec 28 Mercury & Venushttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12e-dec-24-moon-mercury-venus.jpg12E-Dec 24 Moon, Mercury & Venushttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12d-dec-13-geminids.jpg12D-Dec 13 Geminidshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12c-dec-7-mars-occultation.jpg12C-Dec 7 Mars Occultationhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12b-dec-7-mars-opposition-midnight.jpg12B-Dec 7 Mars Opposition Midnighthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12a-dec-7-mars-opposition-rising.jpg12A-Dec 7 Mars Opposition Risinghttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12a-dec-1-mars-in-milky-way.jpg12A-Dec 1 Mars in Milky Wayhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12a-dec-1-mars-closest.jpg12A-Dec 1 Mars Closesthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/11c-nov-17-leonids.jpg11C-Nov 17 Leonids2022-01-08T23:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2021/11/20/chasing-the-earth-shadowed-moon-again/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eclipsed-moon-below-pleiades-nov-19-2021-redcat-r6.jpgRed Moon Below the Blue Pleiades (Nov 19, 2021)The deep partial eclipse of the Moon of November 19, 2021, with the reddened Moon below the Pleiades star cluster, M45, in Taurus, the hallmark feature of this eclipse which at maximum at 2:03 am MST (about 8 minutes after this sequence was taken at 1:55 am MST) was 97% partial, so not quite total. The southern limb of the Moon remained bright and outside the umbra, making this a very challenging scene to capture and process, to bring out the Pleiades and its nebulosity without blowing out the Moon too much and suppressing the bright glow around the Moon from the light haze in the sky. However, inevitably, the long exposures add some glow around the Moon, from the bright portion of its disk still in full sunlight. But this is an authentic scene, not a Moon pasted onto a sky background taken on another night to simulate the scene. Taken from a site near Rowley, Alberta after a chase north to get out from under clouds and haze into clearer skies to allow exposures like this to record the starfield. This is a stack of 2 x 30-second exposures at ISO 3200 for the base sky, blended with 30s, 8s, 2s, and 0.6s exposures at ISO 800, all with the Canon EOS R6 camera on the William Optics RedCat astrograph at f/4.9, and on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracker at the sidereal rate. Images blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Panel Pro/LumiFlow, but with lots of manual manipulation and gradient masks to adjustment layers to smooth the blend.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/wednesday-afternoon-forecast.jpgWednesday Afternoon Forecasthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/thursday-morning-forecast.jpgThursday Morning Forecasthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/satellite-image.jpgSatellite Imagehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/actual-cloud-cover.jpgActual Cloud Coverhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eclipsed-moon-below-pleiades-nov-19-2021-redcat-ra.jpgEclipsed Moon Below the Pleiades (Nov 19, 2021)The partial eclipse of the Moon of November 19, 2021, with the Moon below the Pleiades star cluster, M45, in Taurus, the hallmark feature of this eclipse which at maximum (about 20 minutes before this sequence was taken) was 97% partial, so not quite total. The southern limb of the Moon remained bright and outside the umbra, making this a very challenging scene to capture, to bring out the Pleiades and its nebulosity without blowing out the Moon too much. The long exposures inevitably add the glow around the Moon, from the brright portion of its disk still in full sunlight. But this is an authentic scene, not a Moon pasted onto a sky background taken on another night to simulate the scene. Taken from a site near Rowley, Alberta after a chase north to get out from under clouds and haze into clearer skies to allow exposures like this to record the starfield. This is a stack of 2 x 30-second exposures at ISO 1600 for the base sky, blended with 10s, 4s, 1s, and 0.3s exposures at ISO 800, all with the Canon EOS Ra camera on the William Optics RedCat astrograph at f/4.9. and on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracker at the sidereal rate. Even so the Moon moved enough against the background stars, aligning images was tough. Images blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Panel Pro/LumiFlow, but with lots of manual manipulation to smooth the blend.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/selfie-observing-lunar-eclipse-nov-19-2021.jpgSelfie Observing a Lunar Eclipse (Nov. 19, 2021)A selfie of the successful eclipse hunter observing the eclipse of the Moon, on the morning of November 19, 2021, having chased into clear skies to get the 97% partial lunar eclipse of Nov. 18/19, 2021 from Alberta. I drove 90 minutes north from home to near the town of Rowley, Alberta, to escape the clouds looming on the southern horizon. I shot this at 1:40 am MST with the Moon emtering deeply from the umbral shadow, but still quite bright and overexposed here below the Pleiades in Taurus, and to the west of the Milky Way. Orion and Sirius are at left. I had two cameras on trackers set up to shoot wide-field shots of the eclipsed Moon. This is a single 25-second exposure at f/2.5 with the Rokinon SP 14mm lens on the Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Topaz Sharpen AI applied to the subject.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eclipsed-moon-near-winter-milky-way-nov-19-2021-r6-28mm.jpgEclipsed Moon Near the Winter Milky Way (Nov 19, 2021)The partial eclipse of the Moon of November 19, 2021, with the Moon below the Pleiades star cluster, M45, and near the Hyades cluster and Aldebaran at right, all in Taurus, the hallmark setting of this eclipse, which at maximum (about 30 minutes before this sequence was taken at 2:30 am MST) was 97% partial, so not quite total. Orion and the winter Milky Way are at left. A large portion of the Moon was outside the umbra and bright when this sequence was shot at the end of my shoot for this eclipse. The long exposures inevitably add the glow around the Moon, from the bright portion of its disk still in full sunlight and from some light haze in the sky, which added the sky gradients and star glows. But this is an authentic scene, not a Moon pasted onto a sky background taken on another night to simulate the scene. Taken from a site near Rowley, Alberta after a chase north to get out from under clouds and haze into clearer skies to allow exposures like this to record the starfield. This is a stack of 2 x 30-second exposures at ISO 3200 for the base sky, blended with 15s, 4s, 1s, and 0.25s exposures at ISO 400, all with the Canon EOS R6 camera and Canon RF28-70mm lens at 28mm and f/2.8 and on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Images blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Panel Pro/LumiFlow, but with manual manipulation to smooth the blend.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eclipsed-moon-in-taurus-nov-19-2021-r6-70mm.jpgEclipsed Moon in Taurus (Nov 19, 2021)The partial eclipse of the Moon of November 19, 2021, with the Moon below the Pleiades star cluster, M45, and near the Hyades cluster and Aldebaran at left, all in Taurus, the hallmark setting of this eclipse, which at maximum (about 15 minutes before this sequence was taken) was 97% partial, so not quite total. The southern limb of the Moon remained bright and outside the umbra, making this a very challenging scene to capture, to bring out the star fields without blowing out the Moon too much. The long exposures inevitably add the glow around the Moon, from the brright portion of its disk still in full sunlight and from some light haze in the sky. But this is an authentic scene, not a Moon pasted onto a sky background taken on another night to simulate the scene. Taken from a site near Rowley, Alberta after a chase north to get out from under clouds and haze into clearer skies to allow exposures like this to record the starfield. This is a stack of 2 x 30-second exposures at ISO 1600 for the base sky, blended with 10s, 4s, 1s, and 0.3s exposures at ISO 800, all with the Canon EOS Ra camera and Canon RF28-70mm lens at f/2.8 and on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Images blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Panel Pro/LumiFlow, but with manual manipulation to smooth the blend.2021-12-31T03:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2021/10/24/how-to-photograph-the-lunar-eclipse-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/5-view-from-home.jpg5-View from Homehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/34-success-selfie-with-lunar-eclipse-jan-20-2019.jpgSuccess Selfie with Lunar Eclipse (Jan 20, 2019)A selfie of the successful eclipse chaser bagging his trophy, the total lunar eclipse of January 20, 2019. This was from a site south of Lloydminster on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, but just over into the Saskatchewan side. The area promised the best prospects for clear skies this night and predictions proved accurate, and made the 5-hour drive north from home well worth it. This is an untracked single exposure of 15 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.8 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750. However, I blended in a shorter 1-second exposure for the red eclipsed Moon itself to prevent its disk from overexposing as it would in any exposure long enough to record the Milky Way. The eye can see both eclipsed Moon and Milky Way together in the sky at once, but the camera cannot. So it takes a blend of exposures to show the sky the way the eye saw it. In the picture is my other camera in use that night, the Canon 6D MkII with a 200mm lens on a Fornax tracker for taking tracked close-ups of the Moon near the Beehive star cluster. The green light is from the dew heater in use around the lens to ward off frost over the 4 hour shoot.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/33-looking-at-the-lunar-eclipse-binoculars.jpgLooking at the Lunar Eclipse with BinocularsA selfie of me looking up at the total eclipse of the Moon on January 20, 2019, using binoculars to enjoy the view. The Moon was in Cancer, near the Beehive star cluster and east of the winter Milky Way here at centre. Sirius is the bright star above me; Orion is at right. The object to the left of the Moon is the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. I shot this from an oil well access road south of Lloydminster, just over the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary on the Saskatchewan side, just east of Highway 17 which runs along the border. This is a single untracked exposure of 25 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 20mm Art lens, but with a shorter exposure of 1 second blended in for the Moon itself so it retains its color and appearance to the naked eye. Your eye can see the eclipsed Moon and Milky Way well but the camera cannot in a single exposure. The scene, taken just after the start of totality, just fit into the field of the 20mm lens. A little later in the night it did not. The temperature was about -15° C this night but with little or no wind and little frost to contend with.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/32-eclipse-shadow-processing.jpg32-Eclipse Shadow Processinghttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/31-eclipse-shadow-planning-2.jpg31-Eclipse Shadow Planning 2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/30-eclipse-shadow-planning-1.jpg30-Eclipse Shadow Planning 1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/29-eclipse-shadow-composite.jpg29-Eclipse Shadow Compositehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/28-eclipse-track-planning-2.jpg28-Eclipse Track Planning 2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/27-eclipse-track-planning-1.jpg27-Eclipse Track Planning 1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/26-eclipse-track-composite.jpg26-Eclipse Track Composite2021-10-26T17:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2021/05/28/chasing-the-shadowed-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/november-2021-eclipse.jpgNovember 2021 Eclipsehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tle-2021-title.jpgRed Moon over the Rose Colored RockiesThe total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021, here in the late partial phase about 15 minutes before totality began, with a thin arc of the Full Moon at the top of the disk still in sunlight. The rest is in the red umbral shadow of the Earth. The same pinkish-red light is beginning to light the distant Rocky Mountains in the dawn twilight. A few stars of Scorpius are visible. From my location the Moon disappeared into the brightening twilight sky as totality began — the fully eclipsed Moon was too faint to see, as this was a dark eclipse despite the short 15 minutes of totality, surprising, as I was expecting to be able to capture the fully eclipsed Moon in the morning sky. But not so. It was gone from view not longer after this, despite still being up and in clear sky. I shot this from a location just south of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, chosen to be under clear skies at eclipse time, which proved to be the case. So despite this being a lunar eclipse widely seen over half the world, a chase was still required to see it! In this case, I drove to a site farther north and into a brighter sky at eclipse time, but with much better weather prospects than sites in Alberta to the south where the sky would have been a bit darker and closer to the mountains. But I was happy to get it! This is a single 1.3-second exposure with the 200mm Canon L lens at f/8 and the red-sensitive (helping with the sunrise colours) Canon Ra at ISO 400, untracked on a tripod. I did blend in a short 1/6-second exposure for just the bright part of the Moon to tone down its brightness, using a Lights-Mid1 mask in Lumenzia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/partial-lunar-eclipse-in-clouds-may-26-2021.jpgPartial Lunar Eclipse in Clouds (May 26, 2021)The total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021 here in the initial partial phases with it embedded in some thin cloud and in the brightening dawn twilight. The clouds add a glow of iridescent colours around the Moon, with the part of the Moon's disk in the umbral shadow a very deep, dim red. A subtle blue band appears along the umbral shadow line, usually attributed to ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere. The stars visible here are in the head of Scorpius. This is an exposure blend of two images: a long 0.8-second shot for the sky, clouds and umbral shadow, and a short 1/15-second shot for the still bright portion of the Full Moon not in the umbra. I used a Lights1 mask created with Lumenzia to blend the short exposure into the long one. The eye can see these huge range of brightnesses but the camera cannot and so multiple exposures are needed to record the scene as the eye saw it. Both images with the Canon 60Da camera at ISO 100 and the 200mm Canon L lens at f/4. Not tracked, just on a tripod. Taken from a site near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta at 4:20 am MDT.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/lunar-eclipse-in-morning-twilight-may-26-2021.jpgRed Moon over the Rose Colored RockiesThe total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021, here in the late partial phase about 15 minutes before totality began, with a thin arc of the Full Moon at the top of the disk still in sunlight. The rest is in the red umbral shadow of the Earth. The same pinkish-red light is beginning to light the distant Rocky Mountains in the dawn twilight. A few stars of Scorpius are visible. From my location the Moon disappeared into the brightening twilight sky as totality began — the fully eclipsed Moon was too faint to see, as this was a dark eclipse despite the short 15 minutes of totality, surprising, as I was expecting to be able to capture the fully eclipsed Moon in the morning sky. But not so. It was gone from view not longer after this, despite still being up and in clear sky. I shot this from a location just south of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, chosen to be under clear skies at eclipse time, which proved to be the case. So despite this being a lunar eclipse widely seen over half the world, a chase was still required to see it! In this case, I drove to a site farther north and into a brighter sky at eclipse time, but with much better weather prospects than sites in Alberta to the south where the sky would have been a bit darker and closer to the mountains. But I was happy to get it! This is a single 1.3-second exposure with the 200mm Canon L lens at f/8 and the red-sensitive (helping with the sunrise colours) Canon Ra at ISO 400, untracked on a tripod. I did blend in a short 1/6-second exposure for just the bright part of the Moon to tone down its brightness, using a Lights-Mid1 mask in Lumenzia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/the-disappearing-moon-may-26-2021.jpgThe Disappearing Moon over the Rockies (May 26, 2021)A composite "time-lapse" blend of the setting Full Moon entering the Earth's umbral shadow on the morning of May 26, 2021. I shot the images during the initial partial phases of the total lunar eclipse, pre-dawn as the Moon was setting into the southwest. This shows the Moon moving into Earth's shadow and gradually disappearing in the bright pre-dawn sky. Totality began about 10 minutes after the last image at bottom right was taken, by which time the Moon's disk was too dark and the sky too bright to be able to see the totally eclipsed Moon. I shot this from a location just south of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, chosen to be under clear skies at eclipse time, which proved to be the case. This is a blend of 17 exposures, the last being a 1/4-second exposure with the 85mm Samyang RF lens at f/4 and the Canon R6 at ISO 100, untracked on a tripod. The sky and foreground come from that exposure. The previous images are at shorter shutter speeds (starting at 1/50 second at the start of the eclipse at top left) and generally exposed for the Moon's disk outside the umbra. All are blended onto the base image with a Screen blend mode. Halfway through the sequence some light clouds intervened. I shot images at 1-minute intervals but choose only every 5th image for this blend, so the Moons are spaced at 5-minute intervals. The Moon moves its own diameter from east to west in 2 minutes.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/planning-theodolite-screen.jpgTheodolite_2021.05.25_16.12.59_000500vert_angle_deg=4.3 / horiz_angle_deg=-0.0https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/planning-photopills-ar-screen.jpgPlanning-PhotoPills AR Screenhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/planning-photo-ephemeris-screen.jpgPlanning-Photo Ephemeris Screenhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/planning-astrospheric-screen.jpgPlanning-Astrospheric Screenhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/last-of-the-eclipsed-moon-may-26-2021.jpgLast of the Eclipsed Moon (May 26, 2021)The total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021, taken at 5:01 a.m. MDT, about 10 minutes before the start of totality, with a thin arc of the Full Moon at the top of the disk still in sunlight. The rest is in the red umbral shadow of the Earth but the eclipsed portion of the Moon was so dim it was disappearing into the brightening twilight. About 3 to 4 minutes later, the Moon was gone, into totality and too dim to see. I shot this from a location just south of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, chosen to be under clear skies at eclipse time, which proved to be the case. So despite this being a lunar eclipse widely seen over half the world, a chase was still required to see it! In this case, I drove to a site farther north and into a brighter sky at eclipse time, but with much better weather prospects than sites in Alberta to the south where the sky would have been a bit darker and closer to the mountains. But I was happy to get it! This is a single 0.8-second exposure with the 200mm Canon L lens at f/8 and the red-sensitive (helping with the sunrise colours) Canon Ra at ISO 200, untracked on a tripod.2021-05-29T19:05:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2018/05/31/testing-the-sony-a7iii-for-astrophotography/2022-11-04T13:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2021/01/22/tracks-of-the-geosats/2021-01-25T19:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2020/12/26/the-best-sky-sights-of-2021/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/0-2021-sky-sights-title.jpgLunar Eclipse Closeup with StarsThe total eclipse of the Moon of September 27, 2015, in closeup through a telescope, at mid-totality with the Moon at its darkest and deepest into the umbral shadow, in a long exposure to bring out the stars surrounding the dark red moon. This was also the Harvest Moon for 2015 and was the perigee Full Moon, the closest Full Moon of 2015. This is a single exposure taken through the TMB 92mm refractor at f/5.5 for 500 mm focal length using the Canon 60Da at ISO 400 for 8 seconds, the longest I shot during totality. The telescope was on the SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount tracking at the lunar rate.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/34-dec-31-four-planets.jpg34-Dec 31 Four Planetshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/33-dec-6-moon-venus.jpg33-Dec 6 Moon & Venushttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/32-2003-antarctica-2-digital.jpgAntarctica EclipseNov. 23, 2003 total solar eclipse over Antarctica on Qantas/Croydon Travel charter flight out of Melbourne, Australia. Sony DSC-V1 camera. 1/3 sec, f/2.8, 7mm lens, max wide-angle. ISO100. Tripod mounted. See EXIF data for more info. Softened background layer added to smooth background noise and dithering of digital camera. Moon disk darkened with dark circle.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/31c-le2021-11-19p.jpg31C-LE2021-11-19Phttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/31b-nov-19-partial-lunar-eclipse.jpg31B-Nov 19 Partial Lunar Eclipsehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/31a-2003-november-total-lunar-digital.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse - Nov. 8, 2003Total lunar eclipse November 8, 2003 Taken through Astro-Physics 5" Apo refractor at f/6 with MaxView 40mm eyepiece projection into a Sony DSC-V1 5 megapixel digital camera, mounted afocally. Lens zoomed to 3.8x to fill frame with Moon. Exposure aboout 4s to 6s at f/4 lens setting and ISO 100 speed.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/30-nov-3-mercury-and-moon.jpg30-Nov 3 Mercury and Moonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/29-oct-25-mercury-at-gew.jpg29-Oct 25 Mercury at GEWhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/28-oct-9-venus-moon.jpg28-Oct 9 Venus & 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to the Lights Title2017-12-21T23:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/11/10/the-nordlys-of-norway/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/watching-the-lights.jpgWatching the Northern LightsA participant in the Road Scholar aurora tour in October 2017 watches the Northern Lights from the aft deck of the m/s Nordlys on the Norway coast. The Big Dipper is at centrehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/watching-the-lights-on-deck.jpgWatching the Lights on DeckAurora tourists watch and photograph the Northern Lights from the deck of the m/s Nordlys in October 2017 on the coast of Norway.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-oct-24-5.jpgWatching the Lights on DeckWatching the Northern Lights from the deck of the m/s Nordlys on October 24, 2017 from the coast of Norway. This is a single exposure of 1 second with the 14mm Sigma Art lens at f/1.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-oct-24-2.jpgNordlys Auroral Red Curtains #1The Northern Lights exhibiting the classic red colour in the upper curtains in addition from the main green lower curtains, with both colours from oxygen. Taken from the Hurigruten ship the m/s Nordlys north of Tromsø on October 24, 2017. This is a single 2-second exposure with the Sigma 14mm Art lens at f/1.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Taken as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-oct-24-1.jpgNorway Aurora with Pink CurtainsThe Northern Lights exhibiting the classic pink colour on the lower edge of the curtains from glowing nitrogen molecules, in addition to the main green tint from oxygen. Taken from the Hurigruten ship the m/s Nordlys north of Tromsø on October 24, 2017. This is a single 1-second exposure with the Sigma 14mm Art lens at f/1.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Taken as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-over-bridge.jpgAurora over Norway BridgeThe aurora boralis over a bridge in Norway, as per the legend of “Bifrost,” the bridge between heaven and Earth in Norse mythology. Taken from the Hurtigruten ship the m/s Nordlys on October 23, 2017, on the journey between Svolvaer and Tromsø. Taken with the Sigma 14mm Art lens at f/1.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400 for 1.6 seconds, as part of a 450-frame time-lapse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-over-barents-sea-oct-26-2017-1.jpgAurora over Barents Sea #1The sweep of the auroral oval from a latitude of 70° north in the Barent’s Sea off the north coast of Norway, on October 26, 2017. The curtains exhibit a lower pink fringe from nitrogen. Taken from the forward deck of the m/s Nordlys This is a single 2-second exposure with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-curtains-oct-25-2017-2.jpgNordlys Auroral Curtains #2Auroral curtains from the deck of the m/s Nordlys on October 25, 2017, looking northeast toward the Big Dipper at centre. Arcturus is setting at left.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nordlys-aurora-curtains-oct-25-2017-1.jpgNordlys Auroral Curtains #1Auroral curtains from the deck of the m/s Nordlys on October 25, 2017, looking northeast toward the Big Dipper at right. Arcturus is setting a left of centre.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kong-harold-ship-sailing-to-aurora.jpgKong Harold Ship Sailng to AuroraThe Hurtigruten ship the m/s Kong Harold sailing south and apparently into the aurora, on the Norwegian coast, as we passed the ship as we sailed north.2017-11-30T16:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/10/16/conjunctions-satellites-auroras-oh-my/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/friday-the-13th-aurora-title.jpgFriday the 13th Aurora Titlehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/iss-overhead-pass-oct-5-2017.jpgOverhead Pass of the Space Station in MoonlightAn overhead pass of the ISS on October 5, 2017, with the Full Moon rising in the east at left. The ISS is moving from west (at right) to east (at left), passing nearly overhead at the zenith at centre. North is at the top, south at bottom in this fish-eye lens image with an 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens on the Canon 6D MkII camera. This is a stack of 56 exposures, each 4 seconds long at an interval of 1 second. The increasing apparent speed of the ISS against the background sky as the ISS approaches from the distance out of the west, then decreases as it flies away to the east, creates the dashed trails of different lengths reflecting its change in apparent speed against the star field. The ISS is much closer to us when it is overhead than when it is near the horizon. At left, the ISS fades to deep red as it enters Earth’s shadow. The stars are trailed over the few minutes of exposures, moving in concentric arcs around Polaris at top. Taken from home in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/venus-mars-conjunction-2-oct-5-2017.jpgVenus & Mars in Close Conjunction #2 (Oct 5, 2017)Venus and Mars in close conjunction in the dawn sky on October 5, 2017. Venus is the brightest object; Mars is below it; while the star above Venus is 4th magnitude Sigma Leonis. The foreground is illuminated by light from the setting Full Moon in the west. This is a single 1-second exposure with the 135mm lens at f/2 and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. Compared to the earlier shot with the lens stopped down, Venus did not show diffraction spikes as the lens was wide open at f/2. So I added the diffraction spikes with the Astronomy Tools action set. The sky here is also more coloured from the dawn twilight.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/venus-mars-conjunction-1-oct-5-2017.jpgVenus & Mars in Close Conjunction #1 (Oct 5, 2017)Venus and Mars in close conjunction in the dawn sky on October 5, 2017. Venus is the brightest object; Mars is below it; while the star above Venus is 4th magnitude Sigma Leonis. The foreground is illuminated by light from the setting Full Moon in the west. This is a single 3.2-second exposure with the 135mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. Being stopped down, the lens provided some diffraction spikes on Venus.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/twin-iridium-flares-oct-9-2017.jpgTwin Iridium Satellite Flares (October 9, 2017)A pair of nearly simultaneous and parallel Iridium satellite flares, on October 9, 2017, as they descended into the north. The left or westerly flare was much brighter and with a sharp rise and fall in brightness. While it was predicted to be mag. -4.4 I think it got much brighter, perhaps mag -7, but very briefly. The right flare was predicted to be ,ag. -3.3 which was about correct. These are Iridium 90 (left) and Iridium 50 (right). I used GoSatWatch app to look up the predictions and satellite identities. Several other satellite trails are also in the picture. This is a stack of 40+ exposures each, 2 seconds at 1-second intervals, with the Sigma 24mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/iridium-satellite-trail.jpgIridium Satellite Flare (October 8, 2017)A magnitude -4 Iridium satellite flare descending toward the northern horizon on October 8, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta. There are numerous other satellite trails in the frame and at least one aircraft. While predicted to be -7, this flare was more like -4 at best. But the satellite was visible before and after the flare. This was Iridium #13. This is a series of 60+ stacked 2-second exposures at 1-second intervals, with the 24mm lens and Nkikon D750. The glow in the clouds is from Drumheller to the north.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aurora-from-home-3-oct-13-2017.jpgAurora from October 13, 2013A decent aurora across the north from home in southern Alberta, on Friday the 13th, October, 2017, though these frames were taken after midnight MDT. They are part of a 1000-frame time-lapse. Each frame is 3 seconds at f/2 and ISO 6400 wth the Sigma 14mm lens and Nikon D750. They show the main auroral oval topped by oxygen reds and spires and spikes that moved slowly westward. Diffuse green patches above turned off and on, and these may be from glowing N atoms and O2+ molecules rather than the usual O atoms.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aurora-and-circumpolar-star-trails-oct-13-2017.jpgAurora and Circumpolar Star Trails (Oct, 13, 2017)A circumpolar star trail composite with Northern Lights, on October 13, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at bottom centre; Polaris is at top centre at the axis of the rotation. The bottom edge of the curtains are rimmed with a pink fringe from nitrogen. This is a stack of 200 frames taken mostly when the aurora was a quiescent arc across the north before the substorm hit. An additional single exposure is layered in taken about 1 minute after the main star trail set to add the final end point stars after a gap in the trails. So the aurora is a blend of 201 images. The ground is a mean averaged stack of 5 exposures to smooth noise. Stacking was with the Advanced Stacker Plus actions using the Ultrastreaks mode to add the direction of motion from the tapering trails. All are part of a 1000-frame time-lapse. Each frame is 3 seconds at f/2 and ISO 6400 wth the Sigma 14mm lens and Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aurora-in-clouds-2-oct-14-2017.jpgAurora in Clouds #2 (Oct, 14, 2017)A bright aurora shining through clouds during a brief sub-storm, with red curtains colouring the sky. Taken from home on October 14, 2017, with the Sigma 14mm Art lens at f/2 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200 for 10 seconds.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aurora-in-clouds-1-oct-14-2017.jpgAurora in Clouds #1 (Oct. 14, 2017)A bright aurora shining through clouds during a brief sub-storm, with red curtains colouring the sky. Taken from home on October 14, 2017, with the Sigma 14mm Art lens at f/2 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200 for 10 seconds.2017-12-03T05:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/10/08/my-2018-amazing-sky-calendar/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2018-sky-calendar-cover.png2018 Sky Calendar Cover2017-10-11T12:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/10/07/the-aurora-starring-steve/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/alberta-aurora-title-image.jpgAlberta Aurora Title Imagehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/steve-auroral-arc-e28093-spherical-sept-27-2017.jpg"Steve," the Strange Auroral Arc (Spherical Fish-Eye Projection)A 360° fish-eye panorama of the odd isolated auroral arc that has become known as “Steve,” here across the bottom as a pink and white band, across the south, with the main auroral oval to the north at top, with its more normal oxygen green arc and upper red and magenta tints, also from atomic oxygen. This demonstrates the relationship of the Steve arc to the main auroral oval — he is always equatorward of the main oval, and defines the southern limit of the display. Auroras are not seen south of the Steve arc. The Steve arc seems to be a thermal emission from hot flowing gas rather than from precipitating electrons. But his origin and nature is still mysterious. This night, September 27, 2017, the Steve arc appeared for only about 20 minutes, from 10:45 pm MDT pm, as the main display hit a lull inactivity. The display later grew to cover the sky with a post-sub-storm flickering display at the zenith and to the south. Steve is always well south of the main oval, and usually only when the main aurora is not very active. The 6-day Moon is just setting at the bottom of the summer Milky Way. The Pleiades is rising at upper left. The Milky Way runs from northeast at upper left to southwest at lower right. The zenith is at centre. This is a 360° panorama made of 6 segments, each with the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 lens at f/1.8 in portrait orienation, and at 60° spacings. Each exposure was 10 seconds at f/1.8 and ISO 2500 with the Nikon D750. Shot from home in southern Alberta on a mild September night. Stitched with PTGui with spherical projection.2017-10-08T03:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/09/12/dawn-sky-delights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rocky-planets-at-dawn-with-labels-sept-12-2017.jpgRocky Planets at Dawn with Labels (Sept. 12, 2017)A gathering of the three inner rocky planets (plus Earth is there, too!) in the dawn sky on September 12, 2017, with: • Venus bright at top in the high cirrus • Mars lowest of the trio below Mercury and … • Mercury below Regulus, low, but at its greatest western elongation this morning, at the best dawn apparition of the year for northern latitudes. So this is about as high as Mercury gets. Mercury was very obvious naked eye without any searching required. Mars needed binoculars to readily pick out. This is a single exposure with the Rokinon 85mm lens and Canon 6D MkII.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rocky-planets-at-dawn-sept-12-2017.jpgRocky Planets at Dawn (Sept. 12, 2017)A gathering of the three inner rocky planets (plus Earth is there, too!) in the dawn sky on September 12, 2017, with: • Venus bright at top in the high cirrus • Mars lowest of the trio below Mercury and … • Mercury below Regulus, low, but at its greatest western elongation this morning, at the best dawn apparition of the year for northern latitudes. So this is about as high as Mercury gets. Mercury was very obvious naked eye without any searching required. Mars needed binoculars to readily pick out. This is a single exposure with the Rokinon 85mm lens and Canon 6D MkII.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/aldebaran-occultation-sept-12-2017.jpgOccultation of AldebaranThe waning gibbous Moon approaches the star Aldebaran at an occultation on the morning of September 12, 2017. This is a multiple exposure composite of the ingress phase that occurred before sunrise, with the Moon from the final exposure and the star from exposures taken at 4-minute intervals prior to that last exposure. For the actual ingress I switched to HD movie to shoot a video of the event. Exit at egress occurred after sunrise in a bright sky. Shot from home with the 130mm Astro-Physics apo refractor with the Canon 60Da.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/aldebaran-waning-moon.jpgAldebaran About to be Occulted by the MoonThe bright star Aldebaran about to be occulted by the waning gibbous Moon on the morning of September 12, 2017. The Moon is amid some high cirrus cloud, adding the coloured glow around the Moon. This is an HDR stack of 7 exposures from 1/200th to 0.3 seconds to accomodate the large range in brightness of the scene. The star itself comes from the single longest exposure. The HDR exposures were merged and blended with Photomatix Pro 6 with Contrast Optimizer. Taken with the Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6 and the Canon 60Da.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/aldebaran-moon-in-day-sky-sept-12-2017.jpgAldebaran Near the Moon in Day SkyThe star Aldebaran emerges from behind the dark limb of the Moon after an occultation on the morning of September 12, 2017. The egress ocurred 5 minutes after sunrise, so this scene is in a daytime sky. Shot with the 130mm Astro-Physics apo refractor at f/6 with the Canon 60Da.2017-09-14T02:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/09/07/testing-the-canon-6d-mkii-for-deep-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/6d-mkii-on-cygnus.jpg6D MkII on Cygnus2022-06-10T20:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/09/02/totality-over-the-tetons-the-music-video/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-eclipse-composite-time-sequence.jpg2017 Eclipse Time Sequence CompositeHere’s a variation on creating a time-sequence composite of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse. In this case, time runs from left to right, from the last filtered partial phases I shot, through unfiltered shots of the rapidly changing last glimmer of sunlight disappearing behind the advancing Moon at “Second Contact,” forming “Baily’s Beads, to totality at centre. ] The sequence continues at right with the Sun emerging from behind the Moon in a rapid sequence at “Third Contact,” followed by two post-totality filtered partials to bookend the total eclipse images. The C3 limb had a beautiful array of pink prominences. The Contact 2 and 3 images were taken in rapid-fire continuous mode and so are only fractions of a second apart in real time. Most are 1/4000th second exposures. The totality image is a blend of 7 exposures, from 1/1600 second to 1/15 second to preserve detail in the corona from inner to middle corona. These were aligned, and merged into a smart object and blended with a Mean combine stack mode. It is not an HDR image. I added a couple of layers of High Pass filtering to sharpen structure in the corona. The partials are 1/2500-second exposures through a Thousand Oaks metal-on-glass solar filter for the yellow colour. All were taken through an Astro-Physics 106mm apochromatic refractor with a 0.85x field flattener/reducer for an effective focal length of 500mm at f/5. The flattener added some flares off the diamond rings. The telescope was on an AP Mach One equatorial mount, aligned and tracking the sky, a rare circumstance for me for any total solar eclipse. The placement of the frames here only roughly matches the actual position and motion of the Sun across the sky during the time around totality. Partials and C2 and C3 images layered into Photoshop and blended into the background totality image with a Lighten blend mode, and masked to reveal just the wanted bits of each arc. The site was north of Driggs, Idaho in thttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/totality-over-tetons-title-image.jpgTotality over Tetons Title Image2017-09-14T03:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/08/31/the-great-american-eclipse-from-idaho/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-triumph-wide.jpgEclipse Triumph Selfie (Wide)Me at the 2017 total solar eclipse celebrating post eclipse with four of the camera systems I used, for close-up stills through a telescope, for 4K video through a telephoto lens, and two wide-angle time-lapse DSLRs. A fifth camera used to take this image shot an HD video selfie.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-over-the-tetons-second-contact.jpgEclipse over the Tetons - Totality StartsThe August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse over the Grand Tetons as seen from the Teton Valley in Idaho, near Driggs. This is from a 700-frame time-lapse and is of second contact just as the diamond ring is ending and the dark shadow of the Moon is approaching from the west at right, darkening the sky at right, and beginning to touch the Sun. The peaks of the Tetons are not yet in the umbral shadow and are still lit by the partially eclipsed Sun. With the Canon 6D and 14mm SP Rokinon lens at f/2.5 for 1/10 second at ISO 100.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-eclipse-composite-luminosity-mask.jpgThe Solar Corona at the 2017 Total Solar EclipseHere is my composite image of the 2017 total solar eclipse, from a range of exposures from 1/1000 second to 0.4 second, to retain details in the inner corona while bringing out faint streamers in the outer corona fading off into the sky. The blue sky contains several stars, including first magnitude Regulus at left, a rare sight at any eclipse. The disk of the New Moon illuminated by Earthshine is also faintly visible. As such, the image shows a bit more than the eye saw, as the Earthshine is usually not visible to the eye, as it is overwhelmed by the bright inner corona. However, in other respects I have tried to retain a more “natural” appearance to the merged images, to replicate what the eye did see, both naked eye and through binoculars. I’ve avoided a more garish or overly sharpened image, as interesting and scientificially useful as those can be for revealing the finest structures in the corona. The location was the Teton Valley north of Driggs, Idaho off the West 5000 road on the Wydaho Lane. I shot the images through a 106mm Astro-Physics refractor with a 0.85x Reducer/Flattener for an effective focal ratio of f/5 and focal length of 500mm. The camera was the Canon 6D Mark II, at ISO 100. The telescope was on a polar-aligned equatorial tracking mount. Even so, some manual alignment of images was required, mostly due to the motion of the lunar disk relative to the Sun. This is a composite of 7 images blended with luminosity masks applied using ADP Panel+ Pro extension for Photoshop. Adjustment layers of successively smaller High Pass filters were also added to bring out the coronal structure. I tried both merging images with HDR software (Photomatix Pro 6) and with stacking images as a Smart Object and applying a Mean stack mode. While both methods did produce a good result the HDR image exhibited edge artifacts, as HDRs often do, while the stacked smart object lacked detail in the inner corona, and allowed no control over the relative contrhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-eclipse-composite-contacts-totality.jpg2017 Total Solar Eclipse – Contacts and TotalityA composite of the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the Sun, showing the second and third contact diamond rings and Baily’s Beads at the start (left) and end (right) of totality, flanking a composite image of totality itself. The diamond ring and Baily’s Beads images are single images. The totality images is a blend of 12 exposures from 1/1600 sec to 1 second, stacked as a smart object and combined using the Mean stack mode to blend the images. Several High Pass filter layers were added to sharpen and increase the contrast in the coronal structures. Regulus is the star at lower left. Placement of the images only roughly matches the actual position and path of the Sun across the sky. However, the time sequence runs from left to right. All taken through the 106mm Astro-Physics Traveler refractor with a 0.85x reducer/flattener, yielding f/5 at 500mm focal length, wide enough to capture Regulus at left. All with the Canon 6D MkII camera at ISO 100. Shot from a site in the Teton Valley, Idaho, north of Driggs.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-eclipse-third-contact-composite.jpg2017 Eclipse - Third Contact CompositeA composite of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse showing third contact – the end of totality – with sunlight beginning to reappear and the array of pink prominences along the limb of the Sun. Seconds later the emerging Sun and diamond ring overwhelmed the large prominence. Regulus is at lower left. This is a composite of two images taken seconds apart: a 1/15th second exposure for the corona and a 1/1000 sec exposure for the prominences and chromosphere. Taken with the 106mm Astro-Physics apo refractor at f/5 and Canon 6D MkII camera at ISO 100. On the Mach One equatorial mount, polar aligned and tracking the sky.2017-09-07T23:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/07/27/the-night-shadowed-prairie/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waxing-moon-in-sunset-colours-at-red-rock-coulee.jpgThe Colours of Twilight at Red Rock CouleeA panorama of the sunset colours, with the waxing crescent Moon, over Red Rock Coulee Natural Area near Seven Persons, Alberta. This is a classic prairie “big sky” country sunset. The Moon is just right of centre. The rising Earth’s shadow is darkening the sky above the horizon at far left. This is a 8-segment panorama with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waxing-3-day-moon-at-red-rock-coulee.jpgWaxing Crescent Moon at Red Rock CouleeThe waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon in the evening sky over Red Rock Coulee Natural Area in southeast Alberta. The Sun has set at the point on the horizon at far right, at the edge of the dark cloud of forest fire smoke. This image serves as an illustration of the angle between the sunset point and waxing Moon. This is a 9-exposure high dynamic range blend to preserve details in the bright sky and dark ground. Tone mapped with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/twilight-colours-panorama-from-writing-on-stone.jpgTwilight Colours Panorama at Writing-on-StoneA panorama of the twilight sky and sunset colours in a very clear sky, with the 2-day-old waxing Moon in the southwest, demonstrating the angle between the crescent Moon and sunset point. From Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, July 25, 2017. This is a 3-segment panorama with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750. Stitched with ACR.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sunset-panorama-at-red-rock-coulee.jpgBig Sky Sunset at Red Rock CouleeIn 1873 the explorer and adventurer William Butler wrote of his treks across the Canadian prairie in his book The Great Lone Land. In it, he wrote, “No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets …” This is the sunset on July 26, 2017, from Red Rock Coulee Natural Area in southeast Alberta, in big sky country. The waxing crescent Moon hangs in the west. The Sun is setting to the northwest amid a plume of forest fire smoke from the Rockies, tinting the setting Sun very red. Red Rock Coulee Natural Area contains this odd assortment of sandstone concretions. This is an 8-segment panorama with the 24mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/milky-way-over-red-rock-coulee-20mm-d750.jpgThe Milky Way at Red Rock CouleeThe summer Milky Way towering over the sandstone concretions and badlands at Red Rock Coulee Natural Area, in southeast Alberta. Taken July 26, 2017. Saturn is the bright object amid the Dark Horse dark lanes in the Milky Way at right. Sagittarius is just above the horizon amid some cloud. The bright star at top left is Altair in Aquila. This is a composite of 10 tracked exposures for the sky (mean combined to smooth noise) taken immediately after 4 untracked exposures for the ground (again, mean combined to smooth noise). Each exposure was 1 minute at f/2.2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and ISO 3200 with the Nikon D750. The tracker was the Star Adventurer Mini.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/milky-way-over-milk-river-20mm-d750.jpgThe Night Shadowed PrairieIn 1873 explorer and pioneer William Butler travelling across the then unsettled Canadian Prairies wrote, “No solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie.” This is the Milky Way and night sky on a perfectly clear night, July 25, 2017, on the Canadian Prairies at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in Alberta, near the border looking south to the Sweetgrass Hills (West Butte) of Montana. The Milk River, which flows into the Missouri River, winds below. The site is sacred to the Blackoot First Nations. The wooden buildings below are replicas of the late 1800s North West Mounted Police outpost in Police Coulee. Sagittarius and Scorpius are on the southern horizon, and Saturn is the bright object in the Dark Horse right of centre. The galactic centre is amid the bright star clouds above the horizon. The sky at left is green with natural airglow. The ground is illuminated only by starlight and airglow. This is a composite of a stack of 8 untracked exposures for the ground (mean combined to smooth noise) and 4 tracked exposures for the sky taken immediately afterwards, and again mean combined to smooth noise. All are 2 minutes at f/2 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 1600. The tracker was the Star Adventurer Mini.2017-07-27T22:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/07/21/the-moons-of-lost-sleep/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/smoky-waning-crescent-moon-july-17-2017.jpgSmoky Waning Crescent MoonThe 22-day old waning crescent Moon shot through a pall of forest fire smoke on the morning of July 17, 2017. Shot with the Asrtro-Physics 130mm refractor and 2X Barlow and Canon 60Da.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/iss-and-iridium-pair-at-dawn-july-15-2017.jpgISS and Iridium Pair at DawnThe International Space Station in a dawn pass, as it flies away to the east after passing overhead. This was the morning of July 15, 2017. Blended in are images taken 20 minutes later of a pair of Iridium satellite flares in the dawn, the one below (Iridium 54) being the first to appear, at a predicted magnitude of -7, while the one above (Iridium 90) appeared one minute later at magnitude -3. Venus is the bright object at lower left in the dawn twilight above Aldbaran and below the Pleaides. Capella is at far left. The waning Moon is overexposed at far right. This is a bit of cheat as the Iridiums were taken later than the ISS shots, but with the camera not moved and shooting a time-lapse through the entire sequence, from ISS appearance until the expected Iridium appearances later. The sky for the Iridiums was brighter and bluer than for the ISS set, so that had to be corrected for in brightness and selective colour adjustments. This is a useful image for comparing the ISS and Iridiums to Venus for brightness. However, by the time the ISS got into the east here, it had dimmed quite a bit from its peak in brightness overhead. The set for the Iridiums is a composite of 8 exposures, all 10 second exposures at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm SP and Canon 6D. The set for the ISS trail is a composite stack of 24 exposures for the ISS, masked onto a single background image of the sky taken just before the ISS entered the frame. This kept the stars as points rather than trails, while the ISS trailed across the sky. The gaps are from the 2 second interval between 10-second exposures. All with the Canon 6D and 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.5.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waning-moon-and-earthshine-july-20-2017.jpgWaning Moon and Earthshine (July 20, 2017)The waning 25-day-old Moon, with Earthshine, in the morning sky, with the sky hazy with forest fire smoke lending the yellow cast to the bright crescent and dark side of the Moon. I didn’t attempt to correct this out. This is a 6-exposure “high dynamic range” blend using luminosity masks created with ADP Panel+ Pro in Photoshop. HDR stacking failed to produce a clean result, as it usually does with Moons. Taken with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 prime focus and the Canon 60Da camera.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waning-moon-series-july-2017-with-labels.jpgWaning Moon in the Morning Series (with Labels)A composite of images of the waning Moon in the dawn sky of July 2017, with a series of close-ups taken with the 130mm refractor and Canon 60Da camera, and most with the 2X Barlow lens to further magnify the image. The sequence progresses from a 19-day-old moon (at far right) to a 26-day-old Moon (at far left). In this set, the sequence progresses in time from right to left, reflecting the Moon’s motion from west to east (right to left) across the sky from night to night due to its orbital motion around Earth. Each morning, the Moon appears farther to the left, or east, as seen from the northern hemisphere.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/waning-26-day-old-moon-with-earthshine-130mm-60da.jpgWaning 26-Day Moon with EarthshineThe thin waning 26-day-old Moon low in the dawn sky and reddened from the low altitude and twilight colours, but still showing some Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon. Shot from home with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 and Canon 60Da, as part of a waning Moon series, this being the last morning to capture the Moon. This is a 6-exposure blend with luminosity masks (created with ADP Panel+ Pro) to preserve the detail in the bright crescent while bringing out the Earthshine. However, details are blurred from the atmospheric seeing at such a low altitude.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nlcs-moon-and-venus-july-21-2017.jpgNoctilucent Clouds at Dawn with the Moon and VenusA grand display of noctilucent clouds at dawn on July 21, 2017, looking northeast and east with the 26-day-old thin waning crescent Moon just rising, and Venus bright as a “morning star” at right. This was the best NLC display of the summer to date, though many nights were plagued with cloud to the north or forest fire smoke. But seeing NLCs as high as this in the sky and well to the east, as at right is rare. This is a two-segment panorama (with each panel a single exposure) with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D. Stitched with ACR with Perspective projection.2017-07-22T03:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/06/26/northern-lights-over-a-prairie-lake/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aurora-and-milky-way-arches-at-crawling-lake-14mm-6d1.jpgArcs of the Aurora and Milky WayThe arc of the Northern Lights and auroral oval over Crawling Lake, Alberta, as well as the arch of the summer Milky Way, in a 360° panorama, on the night of June 24/25, 2017. The location was on the causeway on the dam at the south end of the reservoir/lake. The sky is blue from the glow of all-night perpertual twilight at this time of year near solstice. Arcturus and the Big Dipper are at left, with Jupiter just setting amid the clouds at far left. Polaris is just left of the peak of the auroral arc which is centred slightly east of north from my longitude. The Summer Triangle stars are at right over the roadway. The galactic centre is above the south horizon at far right. Saturn is amid the Dark Horse in the Milky Way at far right, low above the horizon. This is a stitch of 8 segments with the 14mm Rokinon SP lens, mounted vertically, each 30 seconds at f/2.5 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Panning and shooting was done automatically with the SYRP Mini Genie in its panorama mode. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aurora-arch-over-crawling-lake-20mm-d750.jpgAuroral Arch over a Prairie LakeThe arch of the auroral oval over Crawling Lake in southern Alberta, on the night of June 24/25 about 1 a.m. MDT as the aurora began to peak during a short-lived sub-storm. Some noctilucent clouds are also visible low in the north just above the horizon. The star Capella is the brightest reflected in the lake waters. The horizon is also tinted with the colours of the all-night twilight at this latitude of 51° North. This is a stitch of 4 segments with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2.5, each 8 seconds at f/2 and ISO 1600 with the Nikon D750. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aurora-and-nlcs-at-crawling-lake-v2.jpgAurora and Noctilucent Clouds over Crawling Lake v2The Northern Lights and a faint display of noctilucent clouds (low on the horizon) over the waters of Crawling Lake in southern Alberta, on June 24/25, 2017. A single exposure taken as part of a time-lapse sequence with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/aurora-and-nlcs-at-crawling-lake-v1.jpgAurora and Noctilucent Clouds over Crawling Lake v1The Northern Lights and a faint display of noctilucent clouds (low on the horizon) over the waters of Crawling Lake in southern Alberta, on June 24/25, 2017. A single exposure taken as part of a time-lapse sequence with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750.2019-09-09T18:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/06/24/top-tips-for-practicing-for-the-eclipse/2017-06-24T20:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/06/23/ten-tips-for-the-solar-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tip0-2006-libya-composite-corona.jpgTotal Eclipse from Libya 2006A composite of the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 from Libya. The composite of totality shows the full extent of the solar corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere. This image is a stack of 7 exposures, from 1/800th second to 0.8 seconds, and blended with luminosity masks to bring out the faintest extent of the outer corona while still preserving detail in the bright inner corona. A high pass filter brought out the structure in the corona. The corona is shaped by brushes emanating away from the solar poles at top right and lower left of the disk, and long tapering plumes from the middle and equatorial latitudes of the Sun. Note the faint image of the Moon’s disk itself is visible here, from the longest exposure. The New Moon’s disk is lit by light from the fully illuminated Earth in the lunar sky. While long exposure photos bring out the earthlit lunar disk, to the eye the Moon looks utterly black during totality. I shot all images with a Canon 20Da camera shooting through a 66mm aperture WIlliam Optics f/6 apo refractor on a alt-az tripod with no tracking. Images were manually aligned in Photoshop. The location was the desert of Libya south of Tubruq. I was with a TravelQuest/Sky and Telescope eclipse tour.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice10-2006-libya-short.jpgPRACTICE10-2006 Libya-Shorthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice9-occultation-of-beta-capricorni.jpgImpending Occultation of Beta CapricorniThe bright and wide double syar, Beta Capricorni, a.k.a. Dabih, hangs on the leading limb of the crescent Moon, about to be hidden, or occulted by the Moon in a few minutes. This was Wednesday, November 26, 2014, shot from New Mexico. The dark side of the Moon is illuminated by Earthshine. This is a high dynamic range composite of 12 exposures from 4 seconds to 1/500 second, at ISO 400 with the Canon 60Da and through the TMB 92mm apo refractor at f/5.5 with the Hotech flattener. Images merged and tone-mapped in Photoshop HDR Pro and ACR.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice8-apogee-full-moon-march-5-2015.jpgThe March Mini-MoonThe March 5 “mini-Moon,” the apogee Moon, the most distant Full Moon of 2015. I processed this image with greatly enhanced vibrance, saturation and contrast to exaggerate the subtle differences in colour in the lunar maria, due to differences in the mineral content of the lava flows that formed the mare ~3.5 to 4 billion years ago. The relatively new impact crater, Tycho, is the bright area at bottom (south) on the luanr disk with bright splash rays emanating from the crater. I shot this with a TMB 92mm refractor with a 2x Barlow lens for an effective f-ratio of about f/12. This is a 1/125th second exposure at ISO100 with the Canon 60Da.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice7-heq5-with-80mm-mount-n.jpgPRACTICE7-HEQ5 with 80mm Mount Nhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice6-sun-motion-composite.jpgPRACTICE6-Sun Motion Compositehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice5-nikon-screens-on-80mm.jpgPRACTICE5-Nikon Screens on 80mmhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice4-kendrick-and-seymour-filters.jpgPRACTICE4-Kendrick and Seymour Filtershttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice3-partial-solar-eclipse-in-cloud-1-oct-23-2014.jpgPartial Solar Eclipse in Cloud #1 (Oct 23, 2014)The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, in this case shot through thin cloud but that makes for a more interesting photo than one in a clear sky. This is still shot through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/25 sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral “white light” image. With the Sun dimmed a lot by cloud, the longer exposure allowed picking up light and colours in the surrounding clouds.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/practice2-voyager-alt-az-mount.jpgPRACTICE2-Voyager Alt-Az Mount2026-01-18T01:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/06/10/rising-of-the-strawberry-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rising-strawberry-moon-composite-june-9-2017.jpgThe Rising Strawberry Moon of June 9, 2017 (Composite)The rising Full Moon of June, dubbed the “Strawberry Moon” in the media, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, on June 9, 2017. At right, the glitter path from the Moon also combines on the water. This illustrates the effect of the Moon brightening and becoming less red/yellow as it rises into clearer air above the horizon, with less atmospheric absorption of the short wavelengths. This is a composite stack, obviously, of 15 exposures, selected to be about 2.5 minutes apart, from a time-lapse sequence of 1100 frames, with images taken at two second intervals. Shot with the Canon 6D and 200mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rising-strawberry-moon-june-9-2017.jpgThe Rising Strawberry Moon of June 9, 2017The rising Full Moon of June, dubbed the “Strawberry Moon” in the media, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, on June 9, 2017. This is a single exposure stack, from a time-lapse sequence of 1100 frames, with images taken at two second intervals. Shot with the Canon 6D and 200mm lens.2017-06-11T06:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/05/31/night-of-the-great-aurora/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-aurora-of-may-27-wide-angle-v3.jpgGreat Aurora of May 27, 2017 – Wide-Angle v3The great all-sky aurora of the night of May 27/28, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta looking north toward the auroral oval. The curtain is fringed with pink from glowing nitrogen. The greens, here bright enough to light the ground, are from oxygen. This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 1.6-second exposures at f/2.8 with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-aurora-of-may-27-wide-angle-v2.jpgGreat Aurora of May 27, 2017 – Wide-Angle v2The great all-sky aurora of the night of May 27/28, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta looking north toward the auroral oval. The curtain is fringed with pink from glowing nitrogen. The greens, here bright enough to light the ground, are from oxygen. This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 1.6-second exposures at f/2.8 with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-aurora-of-may-27-wide-angle-v5.jpgGreat Aurora of May 27, 2017 – Wide-Angle v5The great all-sky aurora of the night of May 27/28, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta looking north toward the auroral oval. The brightest curtain is fringed with pink from glowing nitrogen. Above, the aurora is exhibiting a typical post-substorm patchiness and pulsating, with patches of green ad blue covering the sky. With the oncoming morning twilight, the sky and aurora is beginning to look more blue. The Big Dipper is at left. Notice the sharp-edged dark bands at upper right. Dark aurora? This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 1.6-second exposures at f/2.8 with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-aurora-of-may-27-wide-angle-v4.jpgGreat Aurora of May 27, 2017 – Wide-Angle v4The great all-sky aurora of the night of May 27/28, 2017, shot from home in southern Alberta looking north toward the auroral oval. The brightest curtain is fringed with pink from glowing nitrogen. Above, the aurora is exhibiting a typical post-substorm patchiness and pulsating, with patches of green ad blue covering the sky. The Big Dipper is at left. This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 1.6-second exposures at f/2.8 with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iss-aurora-rising-in-the-west.jpgISS and Aurora - Rising out of the WestThe International Space Station rising out of the west over the Rocky Mountains as seen from the Rothney Observatory, on May 27, 2017, with a major display of aurora underway.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aurora-at-rao-may-27-2017.jpgAurora over the Rothney ObservatoryThe great aurora display of May 27, 2017 over the Rothney Astrohysical Observatory, near Calgary, Alberta. Taken at the Open House toward the end of the evening. The clouds are lit by light pollution from Calgary.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iss-and-aurora-in-the-east-from-rao.jpgISS and Aurora - In the East over Rothney ObservatoryThe International Space Station setting down into the east as it flies away, and with aurora visible over the Rothney Observatory at the May 27, 2017 Open House night. The glow at left is light pollution from Calgary.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iss-through-the-aurora-may-27-2017.jpgISS Through the Aurora (May 27, 2017)The International Space Station flying through the aurora of May 27, 2017 as the Lights converge overhead. This is looking straight up. Clouds are in the foreground, masking part of the track of the ISS. The stars of Corona Borealis are below centre. This is a stack of 2 x 6-second exposures with the 24mm Sigma Art lens at f/2.5 and Nikon D750 at ISO 2500.2017-06-14T03:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/05/24/rivers-of-earth-and-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aurora-over-red-deer-river-v1.jpgAurora over Red Deer RiverThe Northern Lights dance over the sweeping Red Deer River and Badlands of southern Alberta, from Orkney Viewpoint looking north over the valley. The Bleriot Ferry crossing is in the distance at the lights. Cassiopeia is embedded in the purple curtains. The river reflects the aurora light. This is a stack of 4 x 15-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the 20mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. They were part of a 250-frame time-lapse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/orkney-viewpoint-panorama-12mm-d750.jpgShooting at Orkney ViewpointThe Milky Way arching over the scenic bend of the Red Deer River, Alberta, from the Orkney Viewpoint overlooking the Badlands and river valley, in a 300° panorama. To the north at left, a weak aurora shines along the horizon. Bands of airglow also colour the sky to the east at centre. To the south at right of centre, the Milky Way becomes lost amid the light pollution from Drumheller, Alberta, made more obvious by some clouds drifting through. One of my cameras is at right, shooting a time-lapse sequence. A bright Iridium satellite flare is at right, caught one of the panorama frames. Jupiter is at far right. And of course, I like the way the curve of the Milky Way is mirrored in the curve of the river, which is why I picked this spot and this night in spring, when the Milky Way is still arching across the east and not overhead as it is later in summer. This is a stitch of 6 segments with the Rokinon 12mm lens, in landscape mode, and Nikon D750. Each 45 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui. Taken on a mild and moonless night, May 20, 2017.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/orkney-viewpoint-panorama-20mm-d750.jpgRivers of Earth and SkyThe “river of stars” – the Milky Way – arching over the scenic bend of the Red Deer River, Alberta, from the Orkney Viewpoint overlooking the Badlands and river valley, in a 270° panorama. To the north at left, a weak aurora shines along the horizon. Bands of airglow also colour the sky to the east at centre, and perpetual twilight lights the sky at far left. To the south at right, the Milky Way becomes lost amid the light pollution from Drumheller, Alberta, made more obvious by some clouds drifting through. So this is a study in skyglows: aurora, twilight, airglow, Milky Way and urban skyglow, and of the contrast between the natural sky and light polluted sky. And of course, I like the way the curve of the Milky Way is mirrored in the curve of the river, which is why I picked this spot and this night in spring, when the Milky Way is still arching across the east and not overhead as it is later in summer. The most prominent stars reflected in the still waters of the rive are the stars of Delphinus the Dolphin, but there are no dolphins in this river! Only ones made of stars. This is a stitch of 8 segments with the Sigma 20mm Art lens, in portrait mode, and Nikon D750. Each 30 seconds at f/2 and ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. Taken on a mild and moonless night, May 20, 2017.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/aurora-over-red-deer-river-v3.jpgLone Curtain of Aurora over Red Deer RiverThe lone curtain of purple and blue aurora appears briefly amid a broader band of green aurora over the sweeping Red Deer River and Badlands of southern Alberta. From Orkney Viewpoint looking north over the valley. The Bleriot Ferry crossing is in the distance at the lights. Cassiopeia is just above the purple curtain. The river reflects the aurora light. This is a stack of 84 x 15-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the 20mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. They were part of a 250-frame time-lapse.2023-04-14T06:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/05/12/meet-steve-the-odd-auroral-arc/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/steve-arc-in-the-west-march-2-2017-11_25pm.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc WestThe isolated auroral arc of March 2, 2017 in the west at 11:25 pm MST.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/steve-arc-overhead-march-2-2017-11_23pm.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc OverheadThe isolated auroral arc of March 2, 2017 overhead at 11:23 pm MST. looking north with the arc above the Big Dipper.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/steve-arc-in-the-east-march-2-2017-11_28pm.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc EastThe isolated auroral arc of March 2, 2017 in the east at 11:28 pm MST.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/red-aurora-may-10-2015-3.jpgRed Auroral Arc #3 (May 10, 2015)A strange red/magenta auroral arc overhead across the sky, with a more normal green diffuse glow to the north, as seen on May 10, 2015. The Big Dipper is overhead in the centre of the frame, Jupiter is at left in the west and Arcturus is at top to the south. I shot this from home, using an 8mm fish-eye lens to take in most of the sky, with the camera looking north. It is part of a 170-frame time-lapse sequence. Exposure was 32 seconds at f/3.6 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/red-aurora-may-10-2015-1.jpgRed Auroral Arc #1 (May 10, 2015)A strange red/magenta auroral arc overhead across the sky, with a more normal green diffuse glow to the north, as seen on May 10, 2015. The Big Dipper is overhead in the centre of the frame, Jupiter is at left in the west and Arcturus is at top to the south. I shot this from home, using an 8mm fish-eye lens to take in most of the sky, with the camera looking north. It is part of a 170-frame time-lapse sequence. Exposure was 32 seconds at f/3.6 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/isolated-auroral-arc-5-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #5 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the southeast on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. This one displays the classic picket fence apperarance, with fingers of green aurora that moved along the band during a time-lapse of the scene. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/isolated-auroral-arc-4-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #4 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the west on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/isolated-auroral-arc-3-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #3 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated overhead auroral arc on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. The Summer Triangle stars stand out here due to high cloud fuzzing their images. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/isolated-auroral-arc-2-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #2 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the east on September 2, 2016, shot from near home during a fine display with active curtains to the north at left. A single 8-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/isolated-auroral-arc-1-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #1 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated overhead auroral arc on September 2, 2016, shot from near home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. The Summer Triangle stars are right of centre. A single 8-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.6 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.2023-06-11T19:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/05/03/the-amazing-sky-of-carina-and-centaurus/2017-05-10T17:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/05/01/the-amazing-austral-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ozsky-observers-with-milky-way.jpgOzSky 2017 Observers with the Milky WayObservers at the 2017 OzSky Star Party in Australia check their charts for hunting down targets with one of the large Dobsonian telescopes at the Warrumbungles Motel site. The centre of the Galaxy rises behind them.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ozsky-observer-with-milky-way.jpgOzSky 2017 Observer with Milky Way BackdropAn observer at the 2017 OzSky Star Party peers into the southern sky with the Milky Way galactic centre rising behind him and as a bright backdrop. At the Warrumbungles Motel site in Australia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ozsky-2017-panorama.jpgSouthern Sky Panorama at OzSky Star PartyA 360° panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky over the observing field at the 2017 OzSky Star Party, at the Warrumbungles Mountain Motel, near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. The entire southern Milky Way arches overhead, from Scorpius and Sagittarius rising at left, to Carina and Crux high in the south at centre, to Canis Major and Puppis setting at right. The Large Magellanic Cloud is at right of centre. The formation of the Dark Emu in dark dust lanes in the Milky Way is at centre, rising. Some red bands of airglow discolour the sky. Jupiter is the bright object at left, with the Gegenschein glow at the anti-solar point between Jupiter and the Milky Way. The faint Zodiacal Band can be seen arching across the sky at left, in the northern sky. The Milky Way dominates the southern sky. The South Celestial Pole is above the tree at right of centre. The telescopes on the field are mostly large Dobsonian reflectors in the 18- to 30-inch class, for use of the star party participants. This is a stitch of 8 segments, each 30 seconds at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens, in portrait orientation, and with the Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Stitched with PTGui in equirectangular projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/orion-setting-scorpius-rising-panorama.jpgOrion Setting & Scorpius Rising PanoramaA 360° horizon panorama of the grounds at the OzSky Star Party, April 2017, showing Orion setting at right of centre while Scorpius rises at left of centre, disproving the story that the two mortal enemies of mythology are never seen together in the sky at the same time. But from the southern hemisphere in austral autumn they are. Jupiter and the glow of Gegenschein are at far left. The Dark Emu is rising at left. The Large Magellanic Cloud is at centre. This is a stitch of 8 segments, with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 for 25 seconds, in landscape orientation (so the view does not go up to the zenith) and Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/orion-setting-scorpius-rising-panorama-with-labels.jpgOrion Setting & Scorpius Rising Panorama (with Labels)A 360° horizon panorama of the grounds at the OzSky Star Party, April 2017, showing Orion setting at right of centre while Scorpius rises at left of centre, disproving the story that the two mortal enemies of mythology are never seen together in the sky at the same time. But from the southern hemisphere in austral autumn they are. Jupiter and the glow of Gegenschein are at far left. The Dark Emu is rising at left. The Large Magellanic Cloud is at centre. This is a stitch of 8 segments, with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 for 25 seconds, in landscape orientation (so the view does not go up to the zenith) and Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/observer-at-telescope-with-emu-rising.jpgObserver at Telescope with Emu RisingAn observer (me!) at one of the large Dobsonian telescopes at the 2017 OzSky Star Party while the Dark Emu rises in the east in the sky.as a backdrop. A single 25-second exposure at f/2.5 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/milky-way-toward-galactic-centre-85mm-5dii.jpgMilky Way Toward the Galactic CentreThe Milky Way through the region of the tail of Scorpius and up into Sagittarius, photographed with it high in the sky from Australia. At bottom are the red nebulas of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw, and NGC 6357 (sometimes called the Lobster Nebula, for a “Paws and Claws” pairing). The clusters Messier 6 and Messier 7 are at left, below centre, with M7 lost in the star clouds of the Milky Way. The Galactic Centre lies at left centre. The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas, M8 and M20, are at top left. Saturn is the bright star at top centre. The Dark Horse region of dark dust is at right, with the darkest part below being the Pipe Nebula, B78. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 85mm lens, and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage near Coonabarabran, Australia. The image could be turned 90° CCW to better resemble its orientation in the sky in which it was photographed in the southern hemisphere, This orientation matches the view in the northern hemisphere.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/milky-way-in-the-tail-of-scorpius-85mm-5dii.jpgMilky Way in the Tail of ScorpiusThe Milky Way through the region of the tail of Scorpius, photographed with it high in the sky from Australia. At bottom are the clusters and nebulas of the False Comet area around NGC 6124. Above and at centre are the red nebulas of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw, and NGC 6357 (sometimes called the Lobster Nebula, for a “Paws and Claws” pairing). The clusters Messier 6 and Messier 7 are at top left with M7 lost in the star clouds of the Milky Way. The Galactic Centre lies at top left. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 85mm lens, and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Taken from Tibuc Gardens Cottage near Coonabarabran, Australia. The image could be turned 90° CCW to better resemble its orientation in the sky in which it was photographed in the southern hemisphere, This orientation matches the view in the northern hemisphere.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/carina-centaurus-nebula-mosaic-v1-with-labels-200mm-5dii.jpgCarina-Centaurus Nebulas Mosaic (with Labels)A mosaic of the amazingly rich area of Carina and Centaurus with their many superb nebulas and star clusters in this southernmost area of the Milky Way. The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is at upper right; the Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2948) is at lower left (aka the Lambda Centauri Nebula). The small red and magenta nebulas at centre are NGC 3603 and NGC 3576. The Southern Pleiades cluster (IC 2602) is at bottom right. The Pearl Cluster (NGC 3766) is above the Running Chicken at left. The cluster IC 2714 is to the right of the Chicken amid dark nebulas. The Gem Cluster (NGC 3324) is above and right of the Carina Nebula but small and unresolved here. The Football Cluster (NGC 3532) is top centre, though partly lost amid the rish starfield. This is a mosaic of three segments, taken with the camera in portrait orientation, stitched with Photoshop to make a square framing of the area. Each segment was a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 20mm Canon L-series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Tracked on the AP400 mount but unguided. Shot from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/carina-centaurus-nebula-mosaic-v1-200mm-5dii.jpgCarina-Centaurus Nebulas Mosaic - Version 1A mosaic of the amazingly rich area of Carina and Centaurus with their many superb nebulas and star clusters in this southernmost area of the Milky Way. The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is at upper right; the Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2948) is at lower left (aka the Lambda Centauri Nebula). The small red and magenta nebulas at centre are NGC 3603 and NGC 3576. The Southern Pleiades cluster (IC 2602) is at bottom right. The Pearl Cluster (NGC 3766) is above the Running Chicken at left. The cluster IC 2714 is to the right of the Chicken amid dark nebulas. The Gem Cluster (NGC 3324) is above and right of the Carina Nebula but small and unresolved here. The Football Cluster (NGC 3532) is top centre, though partly lost amid the rish starfield. This is a mosaic of three segments, taken with the camera in portrait orientation, stitched with Photoshop to make a square framing of the area. Each segment was a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 20mm Canon L-series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Tracked on the AP400 mount but unguided. Shot from Tibuc Gardens Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia.2017-05-05T20:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/04/08/the-austral-moon-of-evening/2017-04-08T09:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/04/03/hello-austral-autumn-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/waxing-moon-in-evening-twilight.jpgWaxing Moon in Evening Twilight ColoursThe waxing crescent Moon in the colours of an evening twilight at Cape Conran, Gippsland Coast, Victoria, Australia, March 31, 2017. From West Cape and Salmon Rocks. The Moon is turned upside down compared to a northern hemisphere view, and looks like a morning waning Moon for northeners. Pink crepuscular rays diverge from the sunset point. This is a single frame from a 700-frame time-lapse sequence with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D on Auto Exposure.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/waxing-moon-and-pleiades-at-cape-conran.jpgWaxing Moon and Pleiades in TwilightThe waxing crescent Moon in deep evening twilight with stars beginning to appear, with the Moon in Taurus above the Pleiades cluster at right and below the Hyades and Aldebaran above. This was March 31, 2017 from Cape Conran, West Cape area, on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia. The Moon looks turned around from what we are used to seeing it in the northern hemisphere in the evening sky. This is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky. An added Orton Effect gaussian blur layer adds the dreamy soft-focus effect for the ground. Taken as part of a 700-frame time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/waxing-crescent-moon-at-cape-conran.jpgWaxing Crescent Moon at Cape ConranThe “upside-down” waxing crescent Moon in the evening sky from Victoria, Australia, at Cape Conran, West Cape area, on the Gippsland Coast, at latitude 37° South. Earthshine lights the dark side of the Moon. This was March 31, 2017. The Moon lights a glitter path on the water. This is a single 1.3-second exposure at f/2 with the 85mm Rokinon lens, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/southern-stars-rising-at-cape-conran.jpgSouthern Stars Rising at Cape ConranThe wonders of the southern hemisphere sky rising over the Tasman Sea at Cape Conran, on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria. Australia, on March 31, 2017. The head and neck of the Dark Emu is rising from the ocean. At top is the Carina Nebula area, below is Crux, the Southern Cross, and below it are the twin Pointer Stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri. At top right is the Large Magellanic Cloud, and below it is the Small Magellanic Cloud. Left (north) of the Crux and Pointers is the fuzzy spot of Omega Centauri globular cluster. At far right is the star Achernar. At centre is the area of the South Celestial Pole. The dim red glow in the sky due south at centre might be aurora australis but is likely airglow. This is a stack of 4 x 40-second exposures, untracked, for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one 40-second exposure for the sky, all at f/2.5 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/southern-cross-in-twilight-at-green-cape.jpgSouthern Cross in Twilight at Green CapeThe Southern Cross and the Pointer Stars appearing amid the sunset twilight over the Green Cape Lighthouse, New South Wales, Australia. This was March 29, 2017, with these stars rising into the southeast. The working beacon is the smaller structure at right. The old tower was decommissioned in the 1980s. Taken as part of a 780-frame time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/southern-autumn-sky-panorama-with-labels.jpgSouthern Autumn Sky Panorama (with Labels)A 360° fish-eye panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky, on March 31, 2017, taken from Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia at a latitude of 37° South. Orion and Sirius are at top, oriented as we are used to seeing them in the northern sky in our winter season. Below Sirius is Canopus, and below it are the two Magellanic Clouds, Large and Small (LMC and SMC). At bottom along the southern Milky Way are the stars of Carina, Crux, and Centaurus, and the dark lanes of the Milky Way creating the “Dark Emu” rising out of the ocean. At far left is Jupiter. Some faint red airglow tints the sky. This is at stitch of 7 segments, each shot with the 14mm Rokinon lens, in portrait orientation, at f/2.5 for 45 seconds each, at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui with spherical fish-eye projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/southern-autumn-sky-panorama-spherical.jpgSouthern Autumn Sky Panorama (Spherical)A 360° fish-eye panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky, on March 31, 2017, taken from Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia at a latitude of 37° South. Orion and Sirius are at top, oriented as we are used to seeing them in the northern sky in our winter season. Below Sirius is Canopus, and below it are the two Magellanic Clouds, Large and Small (LMC and SMC). At bottom along the southern Milky Way are the stars of Carina, Crux, and Centaurus, and the dark lanes of the Milky Way creating the “Dark Emu” rising out of the ocean. At far left is Jupiter. Some faint red airglow tints the sky. This is at stitch of 7 segments, each shot with the 14mm Rokinon lens, in portrait orientation, at f/2.5 for 45 seconds each, at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui with spherical fish-eye projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/southern-autumn-sky-panorama-equirectangular.jpgSouthern Autumn Sky Panorama (Rectangular)A 360° rectangular panorama of the southern hemisphere autumn sky, on March 31, 2017, taken from Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia at a latitude of 37° South. The Milky Way through Puppis and Vela was overhead at this time and so is spread out along the top of the frame using this map projection. The Milky Way at left is rising; the Milky Way at right is setting. The South Celestial Pole is left of centre near the satellite trail. Orion and Sirius are at right. Left of Sirius at centre is Canopus, and below it are the two Magellanic Clouds, Large and Small (LMC and SMC). At left along the southern Milky Way are the stars of Carina, Crux, and Centaurus, and the dark lanes of the Milky Way creating the “Dark Emu” rising out of the ocean. At far left is Jupiter. Some faint red airglow tints the sky. This is at stitch of 7 segments, each shot with the 14mm Rokinon lens, in portrait orientation, at f/2.5 for 45 seconds each, at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui with equirectangular projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/orion-milky-way-and-waxing-moon-at-cape-conran.jpgOrion, the Milky Way and Waxing Moon at Cape ConranThe western evening sky from the Gippsland Coast of Victoria, Australia on March 31, 2017. The latitude is 37° South. The location is the West Cape of Cape Conran, looking west to the waxing crescent Moon above the Pleiades and below the Hyades in Taurus. At centre is Orion, upside down compared to the northern hemisphere view. The bright star at top centre is Sirius in Canis Major. Procyon is at right. Mars is just above the clouds at lower left. The Milky Way runs vertically from Taurus (below) to Canis Major (at top). Several star clusters are visible along the Milky Way, including M41, M46, & M47. This is a stack of 8 15- and 30-second exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground, and one 15-second exposure for the sky. All at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens wide open, and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. An additional 2-second exposure was blended in for the Earthlit Moon to prevent it from being overexposed too much. A Soft Glow effect from ADP Panel+ adds the softer effect to the ground.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/orion-and-waxing-moon-setting-at-cape-conran.jpgOrion and Waxing Moon Setting at Cape ConranThe waxing crescent Moon and Orion setting into the west and evening twilight from Cape Conran, on the Gippsland Cost of Victoria, Australia, March 31, 2017. Sirius is at top and the stars of Gemini at right. Taurus is below Orion with the Pleiades below the Moon just above the horizon, This is a stack of 4 x 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one 30-second exposure for the sky, with a short 2-second exposure of the Moon blended in to prevent to Moon from overexposing too much. All with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.2017-04-03T22:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/03/20/farewell-winter-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/winter-sky-panorama-march-2017.jpgPanorama of the Winter Sky in MarchA horizon-to-zenith panorama of the winter consellations on a March evening as they set into the southwest. Orion is at bottom centre, with his Belt pointing down to Canis Major and up to Taurus. Gemini and Auriga are at top, in this case near the zenith overhead. The bright star clusters, M44, the Beehive, (at left) and M45, the Pleiades, (at right) flank the Milky Way. M45 is embedded in the Zodiacal Light. The star clusters M35 in Gemini and M41 in Canis Major are also visible as diffuse spots, as are several other star clusters. A couple of satellite trails are visible. Taken from home Match 19, 2017, for use as a book illustration. This is a panorama of 5 panels, each with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, for 25 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/winter-sky-panorama-march-2017-with-labels.jpgPanorama of the Winter Sky in March (with Labels)A horizon-to-zenith panorama of the winter consellations on a March evening as they set into the southwest. Orion is at bottom centre, with his Belt pointing down to Canis Major and up to Taurus. Gemini and Auriga are at top, in this case near the zenith overhead. The bright star clusters, M44, the Beehive, (at left) and M45, the Pleiades, (at right) flank the Milky Way. M45 is embedded in the Zodiacal Light. The star clusters M35 in Gemini and M41 in Canis Major are also visible as diffuse spots, as are several other star clusters. A couple of satellite trails are visible. Taken from home Match 19, 2017, for use as a book illustration. This is a panorama of 5 panels, each with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, for 25 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mercury-and-venus-march-19-2017.jpgMercury Rising and Venus DescendingMercury (left) and Venus (right and bright) shinng low in the evening twilight, on March 19, 2017. Mercury was then 2 weeks before greatest elongation while Venus was a week before inferior conjunction. So Mercury was rising into the evening sky while Venus was rapidly descending. This is a 7-image HDR stack of exposures from 2.5 seconds to 1.6-second at ISO 200 with the Canon 6D and with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/4.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mercury-and-venus-march-19-2017-with-labels.jpgMercury Rising and Venus Descending (with Labels)Mercury (left) and Venus (right and bright) shinng low in the evening twilight, on March 19, 2017. Mercury was then 2 weeks before greatest elongation while Venus was a week before inferior conjunction. So Mercury was rising into the evening sky while Venus was rapidly descending. This is a 7-image HDR stack of exposures from 2.5 seconds to 1.6-second at ISO 200 with the Canon 6D and with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/4.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/leo-and-sping-sky-rising-panorama.jpgLeo and the Spring Stars RisingLeo rising in the east along with the northern hemisphere spring stars. The Big Dipper is at upper left, with the handle pointing down to Arcturus at bottom left. The Bowl of the Dipper points down to the right to Regulus and the stars of Leo. Above Leo is the star cluster M44, the Beehive, in Cancer. Below Leo at centre is the star cluster Mel 111, the Coma Berenices star cluster near the North Galactic Pole. Numerous satellite trails are visible. I didn’t clone them out. This is a vertical panorama of 4 frames, with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2 and 25 seconds at ISO 3200 with the Nikon D750. Stitched with PTGui using Transverse Equirectangular projection.2017-03-21T02:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/03/19/the-ghostly-glow-of-gegenschein-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/orion-over-the-old-barn.jpgOrion over the Old BarnOrion and the Winter Milky Way over the grand old barn near home. Sirius and Canis Major are at left, Aldebaran and Taurus, with the Pleiades at upper right. A glow of Zodiacal Light shines to the west at right. Taken March 18, 2017 on a very clear night but with a gale force wind blowing from a Chinook wind, and with the warm day the fields were muddy and soft. As were the side roads. This is a stack of 8 x 30 second exposures for the ground (mean combined to smooth noise) and a single 30-second exposure for the sky. All at f/2.5 with the new Rokinon 14mm SP lens. And with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/spring-sky-panorama-march-18-2017.jpgNorthern Spring Sky PanoramaA vertical panorama of the northern spring sky, from Virgo and Corvus above the horizon up through Coma Berenices and Leo, and to Ursa Major and the Big Dipper at top at the zenith from this latitude (50° N). The handle of the Dipper points down to Arcturus at left in Böotes, and then down to Spica, with bright Jupiter then just above Spica (in March 2017). The diffuse glow of Gegenschein is visible between Leo and Virgo, upper right of Jupiter and Spica. The image is designed for use to illustrate the Big Dipper pointing down to Arcturus and Regulus and the relative positions of the major spring constellations. This is a stitch of 7 frames, each 20 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, untracked. Stitched in ACR.2017-03-21T01:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/03/14/a-starry-night-in-the-badlands/2017-03-14T19:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/03/04/auroras-from-alberta/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fish-eye-aurora-march-1-2017.jpgFish-Eye Aurora (March 1, 2017)An short-lived but moderate display of aurora, March 1, 2017, from home, across the northern sky. The Big Dipper is near centre. A single 30-second exposure with the 12mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/steve-arc-overhead-march-2-2017-11_23pm.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc OverheadThe isolated auroral arc of March 2, 2017 overhead at 11:23 pm MST. looking north with the arc above the Big Dipper.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/steve-arc-in-the-west-march-2-2017-11_25pm.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc WestThe isolated auroral arc of March 2, 2017 in the west at 11:25 pm MST.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aurora-selfie-march-2-2017.jpgAurora Self-Portrait (March 2 2017)An aurora selfie during the display of March 2, 2017 near home in southern Alberta. This is a single 13-second exposure at f/2 with the Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. The crescent Moon is providing some foreground illumination.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aurora-panorama-with-isolated-arc.jpgAurora Panorama with Isolated ArcA panorama from west (left) to southeast (right) of an aurora display, March 2, 2017, from southern Alberta, with a classic aurora oval to the north, and the odd-looking isolated arc to the west and east (and it passed overhead) glowng pink in color, with a bare hint of green fringe. These arcs are not uncommon but seem to be unique to latitudes far to the south of the main auroral oval. In this case, the arc was overhead for us at 51° North, while the main oval was 5° to 10° farther north. Jupiter is rising to the right of the eastern arc. Orion is setting at far left. This is a stitch of 8 segments, each with the 20mm Sigma lens at f/2 for 20 seconds each at ISO 3200, rather long but I wanted to bring out the faint isolated arc.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aurora-over-frozen-pond.jpgAurora over Frozen PondA roughly 160° panorama from northwest to east, of the aurora display of March 2, 2017 over a nearby frozen pond south of home in southern Alberta. Despite the pond being frozen the aurora still reflects in the bare ice. Arcturus is at right above the county road duw east, with Jupiter and Spica to the far left. Perseus and the Milky Way are at far left. This is a stitch of 6 segments, each 13 seconds at f/1.8 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.2017-03-04T21:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/02/28/how-to-shoot-the-solar-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chapter-10.jpgchapter-10https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eclipseebookcover.jpgeclipseebookcoverhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eclipseebook-6.jpgeclipseebook-6https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eclipseebook-5.jpgeclipseebook-5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eclipseebook-1.jpgeclipseebook-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2006-total-solar-eclipse-exposure-stack.jpgTotal Eclipse of the Sun (2006 Libya)An exposure stack of the appearance of the Sun and solar corona around the New Moon at the total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006, as seen from the desert of Libya south of Tobruk. This is a stack of 7 exposures, from 1/800th second to 0.8 seconds, merged with Luminosity masks created by ADPPanel+ Pro extension plug-in for Photoshop. Sharpening and coronal streamer enhancement performed with mutlitple applications of successively smaller high pass filters, masked to affect only the corona, not the lunar disk. Adustment layers added for the sky and lunar disk. Original images shot with a Canon 20Da camera at ISO100, through a 66mm aperture apo refractor at f/7, untracked. Each image had to be manually aligned and registered. Re-processed from the original Raw files for my ebook on How to Photograph the Solar Eclipse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2006-total-solar-eclipse-composite.jpgTotal Eclipse of the Sun Composite (2006 Libya)A composite image of the appearance of the Sun and solar corona around the New Moon at the total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006, as seen from the desert of Libya south of Tobruk. The central image is a stack of 7 exposures, from 1/800th second to 0.8 seconds, merged with Luminosity masks created by ADPPanel+ Pro extension plug-in for Photoshop. Sharpening and coronal streamer enhancement performed with mutlitple applications of successively smaller high pass filters, masked to affect only the corona, not the lunar disk. Adustment layers added for the sky and lunar disk. Single images of the two diamond rings are layered in, 2nd Contact on the left and 3rd Contact on the right. Original images shot with a Canon 20Da camera at ISO100, through a 66mm aperture apo refractor at f/7, untracked. Each image had to be manually aligned and registered. Re-processed from the original Raw files for my ebook on How to Photograph the Solar Eclipse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2012-total-solar-eclipse-c3-diamond-ring-totality.jpgTotal Solar Eclipse C3 Diamond Ring and Totality (2012 AustraliaA two-image composite of the November 14, 2012 total solar eclipse from Lakeland Downs, Queensland, Australia. This shows the final C3 diamond ring layered with a single longer exposure of the corona taken during totality. Both with a Canon 60Da and Astro-Physics Traveler 106mm apo refractor at f/5.8. The diamond ring was 1/1000 second, and the corona 1/60 second. Blending with Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1979-total-solar-eclipse-composite.jpg1979 Total Eclipse (Composite)The February 26, 1979 total solar eclipse shot from southern Manitoba. This is a composite blend of 4 exposures: 1//4, 1/8 sec, 1/15 and 1/250th second. shot with a Questar 3.5-inch f/16 Maksutov-Cassegrain on Kodachrome 64 film. Tracked at sidereal rate. Taken from our site on Highway 1, near Carberry, Manitoba between Brandon and Winnipeg. Stacked in Photoshop and luminosity masks applied to blend the images, from scanned slides that had already been processed.2017-07-31T20:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2017/02/03/the-sky-was-dancing/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/winter-milky-way-over-cnsc-jan-25-2017.jpgWinter Star and Milky Way from Churchill ManitobaThe winter Milky Way and constellations, to the south over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on a very clear night on January 25, 2017. A few bits of green aurora are visible. People from the tour group and staff are outside enjoying the stars and a developing aurora to the north behind the camera. This is with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and for 30 seconds at ISO 3200 with the Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/photographers-under-the-lights-at-churchill.jpgPhotographers Under the Northern LightsPhotographers Amy and Matt under the Northern Lights in Churchill, Manitoba, January 25, 2017 as a display develops about 10 pm. The Big DIpper and Polaris are at centre in this view looking north. Arcturus is down low amid the aurora to the northeast. Vega is circumpolar to the left of centre low above the boreal forest trees. This is a single exposure, 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 12mm full-frame fish-eye lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/orion-over-snow-inukshuk_.jpgOrion over Snow InukshukOrion and the winter stars and Milky Way over a mock-up inukshuk figure made of snow blocks, at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba. The human figure of the inukshuk mirrors the figure of Orion in the sky. This is a single expsoure with the 12mm full frame Rokinon fish-eye lens and Nikon D750. The inukshuk is painted with a white LDE headlamp.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/auroral-arcs-over-boreal-forest-2.jpgAuroral Arcs over Boreal Forest #2Curtains of aurora over the boreal forest trees at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba, on a Kp Index night of 1, on January 25, 2017. With the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens for 20 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200, taken as part of a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aurora-panorama-from-cnsc-3-jan-29-2017.jpgAurora Panorama from Northern Studies Centre #3 (January 29, 201A 270° panorama from southwest to northeast taking in the full sweep of the auroral arcs this night, January 29, 2017 at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, on the shore of Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba. Sirius and Orion are at far left. The Pleiades is over CNSC. Arcturus is at far right. A lone aurora observer stands at left. Someone is also on the second floor deck. A bit of an isolated arc is at right to the east. This is a stitch of 11 segments, each 10 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aurora-panorama-from-cnsc-2-jan-29-2017.jpgAurora Panorama from Northern Studies Centre #2 (January 29, 201A 210° panorama from southwest to northeast taking in the full sweep of the auroral arcs this night, January 29, 2017 at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, on the shore of Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba. Orion is at far left. The Pleiades is over CNSC. Arcturus is at right amid a bit of an isolated arc to the east. This is a stitch of 9 segments, each 15 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/all-sky-aurora-in-churchill-2-jan-29-2017.jpgAll-Sky Aurora from Churchill #2 (January 29, 2017)A fish-eye view of an aurora display peaking in activity on January 29, 2017 at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. For a few minutes the aurora formed a bright band rippling across the sky overhead. Taken with the Sigma 8mm fish-eye lens at f/3.5 for 5 seconds at ISO 6400 with the Canon 6D. Taken as part of a 1100-frame time-lapse sequence suitable for projection in a planetarium dome.2017-02-07T13:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/12/31/end-of-year-skies/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/venus-over-mossleigh-elevators.jpgVenus in Twilight over Pioneer Grain ElevatorsVenus, as an evening star in the western twilight of a December night, over the old Pioneer grain elevators at Mossleigh, Alberta. Lighting is fro the sky and partly from nearby streetlights. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures, at 2/3rd stop increments from 1 second to 6 seconds, to preserve the dark foreground detail and bright sky. Merged with Adobe Camera Raw. A “Misty Landscape” filter from Luminar plug-in blended in to add the soft focus effect. Diffraction spikes on Venus added with Astronomy Tools action. With 24mm lens at f/5 and Nikon D750 at ISO 100.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/orion-over-mossleigh-elevators.jpgOrion and Pioneer Grain ElevatorsOrion and the winter stars rising behind the old Pioneer Grain Co elevators at Mossleigh, Alberta, on December 28, 2016, in a two-panel panorama. A “vintage filter” from the Luminar plug-in was applied to the ground to add more of a sepia tone, though the ground was lit by yellow sodium vapour yard lights. Taken with 24mm lens and Nikon D750 for 13 seconds each, at f/2.8 and ISO 1000. Star diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools action.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thin-waxing-moon-in-twilight-dec-30-2016.jpgNew Moon for a New YearThe thin 41-hour-old crescent Moon in colourful twilight and sunset clouds, setting in the southwest on December 30, 2016. Earthshine is plainly visible illuminating the dark side of the Moon, despite the low atltitude and thin cloud. This is a single 0.8-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D at ISO 400. Shot from home in southern Alberta on the eve of New Year’s Eve!2017-01-15T14:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/12/22/published-my-new-and-improved-ebook/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-cover.jpgbook-coverhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-14.jpgbook-page-14https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-10.jpgbook-page-10https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-8.jpgbook-page-8https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-6.jpgbook-page-6https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-5.jpgbook-page-5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-4.jpgbook-page-4https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-2.jpgbook-page-2https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/book-page-1.jpgbook-page-12016-12-23T03:14:02+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/11/18/free-2017-amazing-sky-calendar/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2017-sky-calendar-cover.jpg2017-sky-calendar-cover2016-11-19T05:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/10/24/jasper-by-starlight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/taurus-rising-over-mt-kerkeslin.jpgTaurus Rising over Mount KerkeslinThe stars of Taurus, including the Pleiades, rising above Mount Kerkeslin, with Capella and Auriga at top left. Castor and Pollux in Gemini are among the trees at lower left. The winter Milky Way runs from Capella down to Gemini. This is from the Athabasca Falls area, looking east over the river flats. High cloud added the natural star glows but also some sky discolouration. The rising Moon off frame is beginning to light the sky. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Taken October 22/23, 2016.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/stars-over-athabasca-river.jpgStars over Athabasca RiverThe autumn stars of the watery constellations of Capricornus, Aquarius, Piscis Austrinus, and Cetus over the Athabasca River and the peaks of the Continental Divide, from the Athabasca River Viewpoint (the “Goats and Glaciers” viewpoint) on the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Alberta. Illumination is from starlight. Thin cloud provides the natural glows around the stars. This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pleiades-taurus-over-athabasca-falls.jpgPleiades and Taurus over Athabasca FallsThe Pleiades star cluster and the other stars of Taurus rising above Mount Kerkeslin at Athabasca Falls, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, October 22, 2016. The sky is brightening with the rising waning Moon off frame at left. Some cloud adds star glows and hazy patches to the sky. This is a stack of 15 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky. All are 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. A master dark frame of 12 darks was also stacked in with Difference mode to remove some discolouration.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/perseus-cassiopeia-over-mt-kerkeslin.jpgPerseus and Cassiopeia over Mt KerkeslinThe autumn constellations of Perseus, Cassiopeia and Andromeda over Mount Kerkeslin at the Athabasca River Viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper right. The Pleiades are just clearing the mountain top at lower right. Thin clouds add the natural glows around the stars. Illumination is from starlight. This is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/milky-way-over-athabasca-pass.jpgMilky Way over Athabasca PassThe Milky Way over the region of Athabasca Pass, as seen from the highway viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Oct 22, 2016. It was this pass that David Thompson used primarily in the later 1700s and early 1800s as his route into BC for extending the fur trade across the Divide. He travelled back and forth across this pass during his employment with the North West Company. His Narratives provides great quote about his experience one winter night on the summit of the Pass: “My men were not at their ease, yet when night came they admired the brilliancy of the Stars, and as one of them said, he thought he could almost touch them with his hand.” The Milky Way here is the section through Aquila, with Altair at top and Mars bright above the peaks of the Continental Divide. Illumination is by starlight. This is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground and one exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens, and Nkion D750 at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/big-dipper-over-pyramid-mountain.jpgBig Dipper over Pyramid Mountain (Dark Sky)The Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain and Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, October 19, 2016, on a dark moonless night before moonrise. Some foreground illumination comes from lights across the lake on the Pyramid Lake Lodge. The sky has some green from airglow or diffuse aurora. Haze and thin clouds add the natural glows around the stars. No filter was used here. This is from a latitude of 54° N so the Big Dipper does not set and is circumpolar despite it being at its lowest point in the sky for the year in the northern autumn season. This is a stack of 8 x 20-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to reduce noise, and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all at ISO 6400 with the Sigma 20mm lens at f/2 and Nikon D750. This was from 350 frames shot for a time-lapse sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/aurora-over-athabasca-river.jpgAurora over Athabasca RiverThe Northern Lights over the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, on October 22/23 at about 1:30 am. I shot this from an access point to the Athabasca River by the bridge on Highway 93 on the Icefields Parkway. Pyramid Mountain is at left near the town of Jasper. Vega is the bright star at left; the Big Dipper is at right. The image is a stack of 10 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise and to smooth the water, and one exposure for the sky and aurora. All 15 seconds at ISO 1600 at f2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.2016-10-29T06:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/10/18/our-video-tutorials-are-now-available/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-12.jpgvideo-tutorial-12https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-10.jpgvideo-tutorial-10https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-9.jpgvideo-tutorial-9https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-5.jpgvideo-tutorial-5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-3.jpgvideo-tutorial-3https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-1.jpgvideo-tutorial-1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/video-tutorial-programs.jpgvideo-tutorial-programs2016-10-18T18:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/10/06/a-night-at-police-outpost/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/twilight-aurora-at-police-outpost.jpgTwilight Aurora at Police OutpostA fairly mild dispay of aurora in the darkening deep blue twilight over the lake at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016, with the stars of Perseus rising, and with Capella low in the northeast at centre. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the dark ground and water to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all with the 25mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 2000. Taken with dark frame LENR on.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/reflections-of-the-autumn-stars.jpgReflections of the Autumn StarsThe rising autumn stars and constellations over and reflected in the lake at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016. The stars of Auriga and Taurus are rising, including the Pleiades at upper right. Capella is the bright star above right centre; Aldebaran is below right in the sky. Both are reflected in the still water, along with the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. A mild aurora is at left. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the dark ground to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky and water, all with the 25mm Canon lens at f/2.2 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Taken with dark frame LENR on.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/big-dipper-reflection.jpgBig Dipper ReflectionThe Big Dipper reflected in the still waters of the lake at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016, with an aurora to the north at right. Only in autumn can one shoot the Dipper reflected in the water in the evening sky, as it is then riding low along the northern horizon. This is from a latitude of 49° N where the Dipper is circumpolar. It is also called the Plough in Great Britain. This is a stack of 4 x 25 second exposures for the dark ground to smooth noise and one 25-second exposure for the sky and water, all with the 25mm Canon lens at f/2.2 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Taken with dark frame LENR on.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/aurora-over-police-outpost-lake-with-pleiades.jpgAurora over Police Outpost LakeA fairly mild dispay of aurora over the lake at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016, with the stars of Auriga and Taurus rising, including the Pleiades at upper right. The Hyades in Taurus are the most prominent stellar reflections at lower right, in the still water this evening. Capella is the bright star above centre; Aldebaran is at right. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the dark ground to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky and water, all with the 25mm Canon lens at f/2.2 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Taken with dark frame LENR on.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/milky-way-over-police-outpost-1.jpgMilky Way in Twilight at Police Outpost ParkThe summer and autumn Milky Way over Chief Mountain at Police Outpost Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, on September 26, 2016. Mars is just below M8 the Lagoon Nebula here. This is a stack of frames from the start of a time-lapse sequence with the western sky still blue with evening twilight. The ground is a stack of 8 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, while the sky is from one exposure, the first in 400 in the time-lapse. Each exposure is 20 seconds at f/2.5 with the 20mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400.2016-10-06T20:59:56+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/09/20/harvest-aurora/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/harvest-moon-aurora-sept-19-2016.jpgHarvest Moon AuroraA faint aurora glowing over the harvest in progress this night, with trucks and combines lighting the field at left, and the Harvest Moon itself - actually three days after Full Moon - lighting the scene at right. The combination of lighting from manmade and natural sources makes for an interesting illumination on the grain bins. The Big Dipper is left of centre, pointing down to Arcturus at far left, and Perseus is at right. The Pleiades are just rising over the far right bins. This is a 7-segment panorama, with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750. Stitched in ACR.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/big-dipper-and-aurora-over-old-barn-2.jpgBig Dipper and Aurora over Old Barn #2The Big Dipper and a diffuse aurora over the old barn near home, in southern Alberta, on September 16, 2016. The waning gibbous Moon off camera at right provides the illumination. This is a stack of 5 exposures, averaged, for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky to keep the stars untrailed. All 13 seconds at f/2.8 with the Sigma 20mm lens, and ISO 1600 with the Nikon D750. Diffraction spikes on stars added with Noel Carboni’s Astronomy Tools actions.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/big-dipper-and-aurora-over-old-barn-1.jpgBig Dipper and Aurora over Old Barn #1The Big Dipper and a diffuse aurora over the old barn near home, in southern Alberta, on September 16, 2016. The waning gibbous Moon off camera at right provides the illumination. This is a stack of 4 exposures, averaged, for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky to keep the stars untrailed. All 13 seconds at f/2.8 with the Sigma 20mm lens, and ISO 1600 with the Nikon D750. Diffraction spikes on stars added with Noel Carboni’s Astronomy Tools actions.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/auroral-arc-and-harvest-moon-over-the-old-barn-sept-16-2016.jpgAurora and Harvest Moon at the Old BarnA diffuse arc of aurora and the rising waning gibbous Moon light the sky over the old barn near home at harvest time, September 19, 2016. The glows from Strathmore and Calgary light the clouds to the west at far left. The Big Dipper shines over the barn, with Capella and the stars of Perseus at right. The Pleiades are rising to the left of the Moon. This is a panorama of 5 segments, with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750. Stitched with ACR.2016-09-20T17:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/09/17/arch-of-the-sky-above-and-land-below/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/harvest-moon-over-red-deer-river.jpgHarvest Moon Rising over the Red Deer RiverThe Harvest Moon of September 16, 2016, rising over the badlands of the Red Deer River valley from Orkney Viewpoint, north of Drumheller, Alberta. The blue arc of the rising shadow of the Earth projected onto the upper atmosphere curves across the sky, mirroring the curving arc of the river below. A photographer at far right captures the scene of the moonrise over the Badlands. This is a 7-section single-tier panorama with the 20mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 100. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.2016-09-18T05:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/09/07/sweep-of-the-auroral-oval/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/isolated-auroral-arc-2-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #2 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the east on September 2, 2016, shot from near home during a fine display with active curtains to the north at left. A single 8-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/isolated-auroral-arc-5-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #5 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the southeast on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. This one displays the classic picket fence apperarance, with fingers of green aurora that moved along the band during a time-lapse of the scene. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/isolated-auroral-arc-4-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #4 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated auroral arc to the west on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/isolated-auroral-arc-3-sept-2-2016.jpgIsolated Auroral Arc #3 (Sept 2, 2016)An isolated overhead auroral arc on September 2, 2016, shot from home during a fine display with active curtains to the north. The Summer Triangle stars stand out here due to high cloud fuzzing their images. A single 13-second exposure with the 20mm lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aurora-over-pond-panorama-4.jpgConcentric Arcs of the Auroral OvalA 180° panorama of the Northern Lights exhibiting classic concentric ars across the north, with an isolated arc to the east at far right. It extended up across the sky overhead and had a faint arc to the west as well, not seen here. This shows how a typical aurora display is made of nested arcs created by incoming electrons raining down the magnetic field lines in concentric arcs. Often, an isolated arc far to the south of the main group forms, and often appears red, though can have normal green components as well, as here. Is this a “proton arc?” It would seem this is a normal electron-induced aurora but clearly with a slightly different origin in the source region for the electrons. The most northerly and distant curtains exhibit a slight tint of pink on the lower fringes, from nitrogen glowing. This was the night of September 2, 2016, from near home in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at upper left. The bright star reflected is Capella. Perseus and Andromeda are right of centre. This is a stitch of 10 segments, each 2-second exposures with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/1.6 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aurora-over-pond-panorama-3.jpgReflections of the Arc of the Auroral OvalA 150° panorama of the Northern Lights forming a classic arc across the north, with curtains stretching up along magnetic field lines, from lower greens and yellows up to reds and magentas. Here the aurora is more quiescent with smooth arcs, centered on the direction of the north magnetic pole. This was the night of September 2, 2016, from near home in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at upper left. The bright star reflected is Capella. This is a stitch of 8 segments, each 3-second exposures with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/1.6 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aurora-over-pond-panorama-2.jpgArc of the Northern LightsA 150° panorama of the Northern Lights in a classic arc across the north, with curtains stretching up along magnetic field lines, from lower greens and yellows up to reds and magentas. This was the night of September 2, 2016, from near home in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at upper left. The bright star reflected is Capella. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper right. This is a stitch of 6 segments, each 2-second exposures with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/1.6 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Despite the short exposures, the aurora moved enough, and obscuring stars, that even PTGui had a tough time finding and aligning on stars. Camera Raw and Photoshop utterly failed. PTGui required manual intervention to select matching alignment points in adjacent frames.2016-09-19T23:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/09/04/a-night-at-moraine-lake/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/twan-black.jpgTWAN-blackhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/moraine-lake-tpe.jpgMoraine Lake TPEhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/winter-star-and-aurora-over-tower-of-babel.jpgAurora and Winter Stars Rising over Tower of BabelThe early winter stars rising behind the Tower of Babel formation at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, with a bright aurora to the north at left. Visible are the Pleiades at centre, and Capella and the stars of Auriga at left. Just above the mountain are the Hyades and Taurus rising. At top are the stars of Perseus. Aries is just above the peak of Babel. The aurora in part lights the landscape green. This is a stack of 16 images for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and 1 image for the sky, untracked, all for 15 seconds at f/2.2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. All with LENR turned on.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/milky-way-over-moraine-lake.jpgMilky Way over Moraine LakeThe summer Milky Way over Moraine Lake, in Banff National Park, Alberta, from the classic viewpoint on the rock “moraine” hill – it is actually the result of a rockslide not a glacial moraine. This is looking southwest with the images taken about 11:15 pm on August 31, 2016 on a rare clear night in the summer of 16! The ground is illuminated by a mix of starlight, lights from the Moraine Lake Lodge, and from a display of aurora brightening behind the camera to the north. Indeed, I had to neutralize the green cast out of the mountains caused by the aurora. The starclouds of Scutum and Sagittarius are just above the peaks of the Valley of Ten Peaks. This is a stack of 16 images for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, untracked, all 15 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Noikon D750 at ISO 6400. The frames are part of a 450-frame time-lapse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aurora-over-desolation-valley-panorama.jpgAurora over Desolation Valley PanoramaA 180° panorama of the display of Northern Lights on August 31/September 1, 2016, as seen from the rock “moraine” hill overlooking Moraine Lake, in Banff National Park, Alberta, but looking north to the Lights down Desolation Valley. The Tower of Babel cliff face is to the right. Note the faint curtains to the left and right – an isolated arc was visible overhead as part of these curtains in the east and west. This was New Moon night, as later this night (in Alberta time) there was an annular eclipse of the Sun seen from Africa. This is a stitch of 7 segments with the 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2 and each for 10-second exposures with the Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui — Camera Raw and Photoshop didn’t work well for this pan.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aurora-over-desolation-valley-2.jpgAurora over Desolation Valley #2The Northern Lights in a fine Level 4 to 5 display over Desolation Valley at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, on the night of August 31/Sept 1. This is one frame from a 450-frame time-lapse with the aurora at its best. This is a 2-second exposure at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 5000..2018-07-26T23:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/08/26/the-cadence-of-the-moving-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mars-saturn-and-the-milky-way-at-blackfoot-crossing-aug-24-2016.jpgSaturn, Mars and the Milky Way over the Bow RiverThe August 24, 2016 conjunction of Mars (in the middle) and Saturn (above Mars), with both planets above the star Antares in Scorpius, all low in the southwest over the Bow River, at Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta. The site is overlooking the Bow River valley and the traditional meeting place on the Bow for the Blackfoot Nation, and where Treaty Seven was signed in 1877. Today, just behind where I stood for this image is the impressive Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park and museum run by the Siksika Nation. The Milky Way is to the left and the last glow of sunset twilight to the right. Clouds added the natural glows around the planets and stars. Unfortunately, light pollution discolours the horizon. This is a panorama of two images, with the Nikon D750 and 24mm Sigma lens, for 20 seconds at f/2 and ISO 1600, taken prior to starting a time-lapse sequence. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.2016-08-27T18:07:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/08/25/the-moving-stars-of-the-northern-hemisphere/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/arizona-north-circumpolar-ultra.jpgArizona Star Trails - Circumpolar Looking NorthA stack of 450 or so images taken during the first half of the night, on December 5, 2015, of the winter stars turning about the North Celestial Pole from Arizona, from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona. Polaris is near centre. The ground comes an average stack of 8 of the last frames. Stacking performed with the Advanced Stacker Plus actions (using UltraStreaks) in Photoshop. Each exposure was 45 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye, and Canon 6D at ISO 2500.2021-07-13T19:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/11/16/the-green-flash-at-last/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sunset-and-sailing-boat-nov-15-20130.jpgSunset & Sailing Boat from Barbadoshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sunset-over-the-ocean-nov-15-2013-from-barbados.jpgSunset from Barbados (Nov 15, 2013)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/the-green-flash-nov-15-2013-composite.jpgThe Green Flash (Nov 15, 2013) from Barbados2016-08-19T20:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/08/19/the-moving-stars-of-the-southern-hemisphere/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ozsky-looking-south-ultrastreaks.jpgSouthern Sky Star Trails - OzSky Looking SouthThe southern hemisphere sky turning about the South Celestial Pole in April 2016, taken at OzSky star party looking south in a stack of 200 frames, the last in the 450 frame sequence, and stacked with Ultrastreaks with Advanced Stacker Plus actions. The ground comes from a partial blend of 9 frames in the sequence. The South Celestial Pole is at centre. Taken from near Coonabarabran, NSW. Taken with the Canon 6D and Canon 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens. Each frame was 45 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 4000.2021-05-31T02:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/08/13/the-perseids-perform/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/satellite-trails-at-70-mile-butte.jpgStars, Satellites, Aurora and a PerseidStar trails, satellite trails, and aurora and a lone Perseid meteor (at lower right) over Grasslands National Park, on Aug 11, 2016, on the peak night of the Perseids. The main satellite trail traveling at top here flares in mid trail. It may or may not be an Iridium satellite. The location is the trailhead for the 70 Mile Butte trail in Grasslands, looking east. This is a stack of 8 images taken in quick succession taken as part of a larger sequence to capture Perseids. Each exposure was 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800. Moonlight provides the illumination.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/perseids-2016-looking-north.jpgPerseid Meteor Shower Looking North (2016)The 2016 Perseid meteor shower, in a view looking north to the Big Dipper and with the radiant point in Perseus at upper right, the point where the meteors appear to be streaking from. I shot this on the peak night of the shower, August 11/12 after moonset so the sky was dark and in fact filled with bright airglow, appearing here as bands of green and yellow, mixed with a low-level aurora to the north as well. While it looks like the sky has artificial light pollution, the glows here are natural, from aurora and airglow. The Big Dipper is at bottom, pointing up to Polaris and the Little Dipper at upper centre. Perseus is at far upper right. This was from the Dark Sky Preserve of Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan, from the trailhead parking lot of the 70 Mile Butte Road. This is a stack of 10 frames, shot over one hour from 1:38 a.m. to 2:37 a.m. CST. The camera was on the Star Adventurer tracker so all the sky frames aligned. The ground is from a stack of four frames, mean combined to smooth noise, and taken with the tracker motor off to minimize ground blurring, and taken at the start of the sequence. All exposures 40 seconds at f/3.2 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/perseid-over-wheatfield.jpgPerseid Meteor over WheatfieldA lone Perseid meteor over a wheatfield, at home in southern Alberta. Shot the night after the peak, on August 12,. 2016 with the waxing gibbous Moon providing the illiumination. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper centre. Cassiopeia is above it. Perseus is at left of centre. This is a single exposure, 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the 20mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 1600. Shot as part of a sequence of 180 shots but this was the best meteor in the lot.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/perseid-meteor-shower-radiant-2016.jpgRadiant of the Perseid Meteor Shower (2016)A composite of the Perseid meteor shower, on the peak night, Aug 11/12, 2016, looking northeast to the radiant point in Perseus left of centre, with the Pleiades and Hyades clusters in Taurus rising. There are 33 meteors here. Note the fairly consistent green to red tint of each meteor streak. A couple of streaks look more white and might be flaring satellites though their trajectory matches where a Perseid should be. The sky is also filled with bands of red and green airglow which in the time-lapse sequence are moving from south to north, right to left here. The airglow was bright enough that it was visible to the unaided eye as grey bands in the sky, especially the “cloud” around the Pleiades. The reddish/orange patches at upper left are the remains of a long-lived “smoke” trail from an expoding meteor earlier in the evening, which I of course missed capturing. This was taken from the Dark Sky Preserve of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, from the trailhead parking lot at the end of the 70 Mile Butte Road. This is a stack of 31 frames containing meteors (two frames had 2 meteors), shot from 1:13 am to 2:08 a.m. CST, so over 55 minutes. So considering the camera would have missed the fainter meteors and is seeing only one section of the sky, 33 meteors over 55 minutes is a great count, translating to perhaps ~ 100 to 150 over the whole sky? This is from latitude 49° N. The camera was not tracking the sky but was on a fixed tripod. I choose one frame with the best visibility of the airglow as the base layer. For every other meteor layer, I used Free Transform to rotate each frame around a point far off frame at upper left, close to where the celestial pole would be and then nudged each frame to bring the stars into close alignment with the base layer, especially near the meteor being layered in. This placed each meteor in its correct position in the sky in relation to the stars, essential for showing the effect of the radiant point accurately.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/meteor-composite-screen-shot.jpgMeteor Composite Screen Shothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/perseid-meteor-ion-trail.jpgPerseid Meteor Ion Trail Amid AirglowA long-lasting “smoke” or ion trail from a bright meteor in the Big Dipper, with a northern sky coloured by aurora and by green bands of airglow. Taken August 11, 2016, peak night of the Perseids, from 70 Mile Butte in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, a dark sky preserve. This is a single 30-second exposure at f/1.4 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/perseid-above-70-mile-butte.jpgPerseid Meteor Above 70 Mile ButteA lone Perseid meteor above 70 Mile Butte, a landmark in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, with the setting waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination. Thsi was August 11, 2016. This is looking south. Some green bands of airglow tint the sky. These became much more obvious after moonset. This is a single exposure, taken as part of a time-lapse sequence. It is a 30-second exposure at f/2 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lone-perseid-in-moonlight.jpgLone Perseid in the MoonlightA lone Perseid meteor streaking down below the radiant point in Perseus, with the sky and landscape lit by the waxing gibbous Moon, August 11, 2016. Perseus is rising in the northeast, Andromeda is at right, with the Andromeda Galaxy right of centre. Cassiopeia is at top. Taken from the 70 Mile Butte trailhead in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan.2016-08-20T20:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/07/29/moon-and-star-conjunction/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moon-aldebaran-screen.jpgMoon & Aldebaran Screenhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moon-and-aldebaran-july-29-2016.jpgMoon and Aldebaran (July 29, 2016)The waning crescent Moon near Aldebaran in a very close conjunction on the morning of July 29, 2016. We were perfectly positioned in Alberta to catch the Moon at its closest to the star and at the ideal time before the sky got too bright but with the Moon as high as possible in the sky. This is a stack of 7 exposures, from 2 seconds for the Earthshine, twilight sky colour and stars, to 1/125th second for the bright crescent. All were stacked, aligned and blended with luminosity masks, as HDR stacking left odd fringing artifacts on the slowly moving Moon, despite applying deghosting. All with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 and Canon 60Da camera at ISO 400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moon-and-aldebaran-july-29-2016-2.jpgMoon and Aldebaran (July 29, 2016)The waning crescent Moon near Aldebaran in a very close conjunction on the morning of July 29, 2016. We were perfectly positioned in Alberta to catch the Moon at its closest to the star and at the ideal time before the sky got too bright but with the Moon as high as possible in the sky. This is a stack of 7 exposures, from 2 seconds for the Earthshine, twilight sky colour and stars, to 1/125th second for the bright crescent. All were stacked, aligned and blended with luminosity masks, as HDR stacking left odd fringing artifacts on the slowly moving Moon, despite applying deghosting. All with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 and Canon 60Da camera at ISO 400.2016-07-30T15:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/07/18/rainbows-lightning-and-sunsets-oh-my/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rainbow-and-lightning-july-18-2016.jpgLightning and Rainbow at SunsetLightning bolts and a rainbow at sunset in a thunderstorm retreating over the Alberta prairie, July 18, 2016. There is a faint outer bow visible at left. This is a stack of 35 consecutive video frames taken with HD (1920 x 1080) resolution at 30 frames per second with the Canon 6D, and extracted as an image sequence with Photoshop, then processed in Adobe Camera Raw, then stacked with Russell Brown’s Stack-A-Matic into a smart object with maximum stack mode, to accumulate the frames taken over about 1 second into one still frame. So I could have got this with a single 1-secind exposure with the lens stopped way down and a ND filter, but my timing would have had to have been very, very lucky!https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fiery-sunset-from-home.jpgFiery Sunset from HomeA fiery sunset over home in Alberta, July 18, 2016, with the Sun lighting an active thunderstorm.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fiery-rainbow-at-sunset.jpgFiery Rainbow at SunsetA double rainbow at sunset with the last rays of the setting Sun lighting the clouds and making the rainbow look like its on fire. A single image with the 16-35mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/double-rainbow-at-sunset-july-18-2016.jpgDouble Rainbow at SunsetA double rainbow at sunset on July 18, 2016 after a pyrotechnic thunderstorm. The low Sun is providing the red lighting, with some shafts of sunlight and shadow converging to the anti-solar point. This is a 2-frame panorama with the 16-35mm lens at 16mm, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.2016-08-17T00:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/07/07/alberta-skies-a-music-video/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/alberta-skies-title.jpgAlberta Skies Title2016-08-17T00:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/07/05/success-thank-you-all/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/success-graphic-v2.jpgStar Trails Behind Double ArchCircumpolar star trails spinning behind Double Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, as the waning gibbous Moon lights the arches toward the end of the sequence. The Big Dipper is streakng into frame at top right from behind the butte at right, while Jupiter is the bright object at top left streaking down into the scene. During the shoot, other photographers were lighting the Arches but this did not affect my shoot, as my foreground came from near the end of the shoot after they had all left and I had natural illumination to light the Arches. This is a stack of 160 frames taken over 2.5 hours from 9:30 to midnight, starting in moonless darkness, then brightening as the Moon rose in the last hour of the shooting, lighting the sky and arches. The nearest arch casts its shadow onto the distant arch, with its shadow shape matching the other arch. The frames were stacked with Star Circle Academy’s “Advanced Stacker Actions” for Photoshop using the Long Streaks effect. The foreground comes from a stack of 8 frames for noise reduction, taken toward the end of the shooting with the moonlight illumination. An additional frame taken a couple of minutes after the last star trail frame adds the short unstreaked stars at the head of the trails. Each exposure was 45 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and 14mm Rokinon lens. Dark frames taken at the end of the night (8 stacked in Mean combine for a master dark) were also subtracted from each of the foreground and star trail stacks, which reduced noise speckling.2016-07-05T16:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/06/27/tis-the-season-for-night-shining-clouds/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/noctilucent-clouds-june-17-2016.jpgNoctilucent Clouds (June 17, 2016)A display of noctilucent clouds, the first good display of the season from my area of southern Alberta, on June 17/18. 2016. This is with a 105mm telephoto and the Nikon D750, and is the first frame of a 1000-frame time-lapse sequence. However, as the Sun dropped farther below the horizon the clouds did lose illumination and faded, from the top down.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/noctilucent-clouds-over-pond-june-27-2016.jpgNoctilucent Clouds over PondNoctilucent clouds at 3 am on June 27 over a prairie pond in southern Alberta. The NLCs were visible as an arc across the north for at least 2 hours and were still there as dawn twilight brightened at 3:30 am. This is looking due north with the bowl of the Big Dipper at upper left. Capella is at lower right. Shot with the 24mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/noctilucent-clouds-and-big-dipper-june-27-2016.jpgNoctilucent Clouds and Big DipperNoctilucent clouds at 3 am on June 27 over a prairie pond in southern Alberta. The NLCs were visible as an arc across the north for at least 2 hours and were still there as dawn twilight brightened at 3:30 am. This is looking due north with the stars of the Big Dipper at upper left. Capella is at lower right. Shot with the 20mm lens.2016-07-03T23:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/06/23/halo-around-the-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wild-roses-in-the-mountain-moonlight.jpgWild Roses in the Mountain MoonlightAlberta wild roses in the moonlight with Anderson Peak in the background, at Red Rock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Taken on Full Moon night June 19, 2016, at a workshop on nightscape imaging I was teaching as part of the Waterton Wildflower Festival. This is a single exposure at f/8 for 20 seconds at ISO 3200 with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/photographer-shooting-at-red-rock-canyon.jpgPhotographer Shooting at Red Rock CanyonNightscape photographer at a workshop I was presenting, shooting Red Rock Canyon in the moonlight at Waterton Lakes National Park, June 19, 2016. Cassiopeia is in the sky to the north. This is a single exposure for 13 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/night-photographers-at-red-rock-canyon.jpgNight Photographers at Red Rock CanyonA workshop group of photographers at Red Rock Canyon at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, during the 2016 Wildflower Festival, June 19, 2016. Taken by the light of the Full Moon at solstice. Jupiter is the bright object behind Anderson Peak.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lunar-halo-over-mt-blakiston.jpgLunar Halo over Mt. BlakistonLunar halo in a hazy sky at Red Rock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, with the Full Moon over Mt. Blakiston. This is a high-dynamic range stack of 6 exposures, to avoid the area around the Moon from blowing out too much while recorded detail in the dark foreground. All with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lunar-halo-at-driftwood-beach.jpgHalo Around the Solstice MoonAn ice crystal halo around the Full Moon on solstice eve, June 19, 2016, from Driftwood Beach at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Mars is the bright object at far right, Saturn is just right of the Moon. The iconic Prince of Wales Hotel is below Mars. This is a 3 panel vertical panorama, each panel with the 20mm Sigma lens at f/4 for 5 seconds at ISO 800. Stitched in ACR.2016-06-24T05:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/06/15/were-live-on-kickstarter/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kickstarter-logo-dark-copy.pngkickstarter-logo-dark copyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kickstarter-logo-light-copy.pngkickstarter-logo-light copyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/social-media-graphic.jpgStar Trails Behind Double ArchCircumpolar star trails spinning behind Double Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, as the waning gibbous Moon lights the arches toward the end of the sequence. The Big Dipper is streakng into frame at top right from behind the butte at right, while Jupiter is the bright object at top left streaking down into the scene. During the shoot, other photographers were lighting the Arches but this did not affect my shoot, as my foreground came from near the end of the shoot after they had all left and I had natural illumination to light the Arches. This is a stack of 160 frames taken over 2.5 hours from 9:30 to midnight, starting in moonless darkness, then brightening as the Moon rose in the last hour of the shooting, lighting the sky and arches. The nearest arch casts its shadow onto the distant arch, with its shadow shape matching the other arch. The frames were stacked with Star Circle Academy’s “Advanced Stacker Actions” for Photoshop using the Long Streaks effect. The foreground comes from a stack of 8 frames for noise reduction, taken toward the end of the shooting with the moonlight illumination. An additional frame taken a couple of minutes after the last star trail frame adds the short unstreaked stars at the head of the trails. Each exposure was 45 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and 14mm Rokinon lens. Dark frames taken at the end of the night (8 stacked in Mean combine for a master dark) were also subtracted from each of the foreground and star trail stacks, which reduced noise speckling.2016-06-15T16:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/06/09/mars-and-the-milky-way-at-emerald-lake/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cassiopeia-reflections-at-emerald-lake.jpgReflections of Cassiopeia at Emerald LakeThe stars of Cassiopeia (the “W” at centre) and the other stars of the summer and autumn sky reflected in the still waters of Emerald Lake, in Yoho National Park, BC. Vega is at top, Deneb below it, while the stars of Perseus and Pegasus are just rising. The sky is blue from the glow of perpetual twilight that lights the sky all night at this latitude in June and early July. This was June 6, 2016. High haze fuzzes the stars naturally here. This is a vertical panorama of 4 segments, taken with the iPano unit, and with each segment a 30-second exposure at f/2.2 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 4000. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/two-jack-lake-panorama-june-3-2016.jpgThe Milky Way over Two Jack LakeA 360° panorama captures the arch of the Milky Way on a June night, over Two Jack Lake, near Banff, Alberta. Mount Rundle is at centre, and Cascade Mountain behind the trees at right. Mars (brightest) and Saturn shine above Mt Rundle. Lights from campers on the lakeshore are at left while light pollution from Banff and Calgary light the scattered clouds. The Milky Way stretches from Perseus at far left in the northeast to Sagittarius at centre in the south. The northern sky at far left and right is blue with lingering summer twilight that lights the northern sky all night near summer solstice. This is a stitch of 28 segments in 4 tiers of 7 segments each with the iPano motorized panning unit. Each was 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 5000. The scene can be cropped off at right to frame just the lake and Milky Way.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/milky-way-over-mt-rundle.jpgMilky Way over Mt RundleThe Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius, low in the south, over Mt. Rundle in Banff, Alberta, from the shore of Two Jack Lake, June 3, 2016. Saturn is the bright object at upper right, then in Ophiuchus just above Scorpius. Some thin cloud fuzzed the images of Saturn and stars. The foreground is partly illuminated by car headlights, to light up the green landscape. Wind made the water rough and unreflective. This is a stack of 4 x 25 second exposures (mean combined to smooth noise) for the ground and a single 25-second exposure for the sky, untracked but with just slight trailing. All at f/2.2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Shot as part of a 280-frame time-lapse and star trail sequence, though that was partly ruined by the car headlights. Here they help somewhat.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/milky-way-over-emerald-lake-panorama.jpgThe Milky Way over Emerald Lake, YohoThe Milky Way arching over Emerald Lake and Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park, BC. This was on June 6, 2016 and despite it being about 1:30 am, the sky, especially to the north at left, is still lit by blue twilight from the short solstice night. Unfortunately, the lights from the Lodge, in particular one bright unshielded sodium vapour light, illuminates the foreground and even across the lake. The lights are themselves not overly bright but the long exposures in such images really brings out how much they do light the night landscape. They should be shielded or reduced in number, or put on motion sensors to light only when necessary. Or all of the above! The Summer Triangle stars are at centre top. High haze fuzzes the star images. Vega is the brightest star at upper right. Mt. Burgess, home to the famous Burgess Shale Cambrian explosion fossils, is at centre. My other camera is at left, on a tripod, shooting a time-lapse sequence. I could have cloned it out but decided to leave it in. This is a panorama over about 180°, made of 24 segments but cropped in quite a bit from the original, and all shot on the iPano panning unit. Each exposure was 30 seconds at f/2.2 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 4000. One short exposure of the lodge was blended in to reduce its light glare. Stitched in PTGui. The original is 15,000 x 9,000 pixels.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/milky-way-at-emerald-lake.jpgThe Milky Way at Emerald Lake, YohoThe Milky Way over the side pond at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, BC., from the bridge to the Lodge. Lights from the Lodge illuminate the trees. Perpetual twilight near solstice (I shot this JUne 6, 2016) lights the sky deep blue. Saturn is the bright object in haze shining through the trees at right. This is a stack of 8 x 25-second exposures for the foreground (mean combined to smooth noise), and one untracked exposure for the sky (to minimize trailing), all at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Unfortunately, I should have framed the scene a bit more to the left to take in more of Cathedral Mountain. Oh well! It was at the end of a long night!https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/milky-way-and-mt-temple.jpgRivers of Heaven, River of EarthThe Milky Way, often described in mythologies as a river in the sky, shines over the Bow River in Banff National Park on a very clear night in early June. The viewpoint is the famous Morant’s Curve on the Bow Valley Parkway, overlooking the Bow, the CPR rail line following the river, and the peaks of the Continental Divide, including Mt. Temple at right near Lake Louise. The location is named for Nicolas Morant who photographed trains in the Rockies using large format cameras from here when under the employ of the CPR. Mars is the bright object at centre, west of Scorpius with Antares and Saturn, then to the east, the star clouds of the galactic centre region of the Milky Way above the southern horizon, in Sagittarius. The Milky Way extends up into Scutum, Serpens, and Aquila. The sky is not black but a deep blue from the perpetual twilight in the sky in early June (this was June 4, 2016) at this latitude. Some green airglow also discolours the sky. Several satellite trails are in the sky as well. This is a stitch of 9 panels to form a partial panorama, looking south and west, each exposure being 20 seconds at f/2.5 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 5000. Shot with the iPano panning unit and stitched with PTGui.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mars-at-emerald-lake.jpgReflections of Mars at Emerald LakeMars, at right, reflected in Emerald Lake at twilight in Yoho National Park, BC, June 7, 2016. Cathedral Peak is to the left, and the lights from some of the Lodge buildings. Mars was near its brightest for the year, indeed brightest in a decade at this time and prominent as a red object low in the south at twilight. This is a single 6-second exposure at f/3.2 with the 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 100.2016-06-10T13:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/29/glows-and-streaks-in-the-spring-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/milky-way-over-old-farmstead.jpgThe Spring Sky over the Pioneer FarmsteadHow many sources of skyglow can you pick out here? • The Milky Way • Airglow • Light pollution (too much!) • Perpetual northern twilight • Aurora The Milky Way (at left) arches over an old pioneer farmstead from the 1930s and 40s near home in southern Alberta. Mars (very bright and in some clouds) and Saturn shine at lower centre, while Jupiter is the bright object in clouds at right just above the old house. Arcturus is the brightest star here at upper right of centre, made more obvious here by shining through the clouds. The Big Dipper, distorted by the map projection used in the this panorama, is at upper right. Light pollution from Strathmore and Calgary lights the clouds coming in from the west. Green airglow is visible below the Milky Way. Twilight provides the blue to the northern sky at either end. There’s a very slight aurora low in the north but hardly noticeable. This is a 360° horizon to zenith panorama taken with the iPano motorized panning unit, using the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400, for a stitch of 28 panels, in 4 tiers of 7 segments each. Stitched with PTGui. South is at centre, north to either end. The original is 25,700 x 7,700 pixels.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/iss-pass-2-may-28-2016.jpgISS Pass #2 (May 28/29, 2016)The second Space Station pass of May 28/29, 2016, at 1:40 a.m., with cloud moving in adding the glows to all the stars. Taken with the 8mm fish-eye lens from home. The Big Dipper is high in the west at right. Mars is bright at bottom, to the south. Several other satellites are in the sky as well. This is a stack of 3 exposures, each 2.5-minutes with the camera on the Star Adventurer tracker.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/iss-pass-1-may-28-2016.jpgISS Pass #1 (May 28/29, 2016)The first Space Station pass of May 28/29, 2016, at 12:05 a.m. with the Milky Way rising in the east at left. Taken with the 8mm fish-eye lens from home. The Big Dipper is high overhead near the centre. Mars is bright at bottom, to the south. Jupiter is the bright object in the west at right. Another satellite, perhaps an Iridium, is flaring at top to the north. The ISS is travelling from west to east — right to left here. This is a stack of 3 exposures, each 2.5-minutes with the camera on the Star Adventurer tracker. I used the Sigma 8mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600.2016-05-30T01:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/27/mars-bright-in-the-spring-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/spring-sky-over-dinosaur-park-panorama.jpgSpring Sky over the Badlands PanoramaA 360° and horizon-to-zenith panorama of the spring sky over the badlands at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, May 25. 2016. I shot this just before moonrise of the waning gibbous Moon. Mars is the bright object right of centre, then near opposition and at its brightest. Jupiter is low at far right, setting with Leo into the west. Saturn is dimmer and just left of Mars with Mars and Saturn above Antares in Scorpius in the south. The summer Milky Way is rising across the east and into the southeast at left. The Andromeda Galaxy is just above the horizon at left of centre. The Summer Triangle stars are at centre. Arcturus is at upper right, with Spica and the stars of Corvus near the foreground hoodoo. The northern sky at left is brightened with twilight glow, despite this being taken at midnight. At this latitude of 51° north the sky never gets fully dark on late spring and early summer nights. One prominent satellite trail, interrupted by the gap between exposures of the frames it was in, is at left, plus the sky has many others! At this time of year they are well lit by the Sun even at midnight. The horizon is marked by light pollution glows from Calgary (far right) and Brooks (near centre). The display building for the Trail of the Fossil Hunters trail is at far left. This is a stitch of 44 panels, taken in 4 tiers of 11 segments each, shot with the motorized iOptron iPano mount, using its Circular mode. I used the 35mm Canon lens at f/2.8 for 30-second exposures with the Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Developed in Camera Raw, stitched with PTGui, and final processing with Photoshop CC 2015. The original is 32,500 by 8,300 pixels.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mars-at-opposition-over-dino-park.jpgMars at Opposition Rising over the BadlandsMars, the bright “star” at left in Scorpius, rising opposite the Sun and the sunset sky, near the date of its 2016 opposition. Opposition was May 22; I shot this May 25, on the first available clear night! The 270° panorama illustrates how a planet at opposition (when it is closest to Earth) appears opposite the Sun in the sky, rising in the east as the Sun sets in the west. (Or in this case, rising in the southeast as the Sun set in the northwest.) Saturn, then a couple of weeks before its opposition date, is also rising just above the horizon to the left of Mars. Mars was in the head of Scorpius. For this scene, I waited until well after sunset to get the sky darker and more stars appearing in the deepening twilight, though the sky to the northwest was still bright with sunset colours in the long 8-second exposures I used for each of the frames here. This is a stitch in Adobe Camera Raw of 9 segments, each with the Canon 35mm lens at f/5.6 and Canon 6D at ISO 800. I shot using the iPano panorama unit though this was just a single tier horizon pan hardly needing a motorized unit to shoot. Each frame is a single exposure — this is not an HDR pano.2016-05-28T03:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/25/the-beauty-of-solar-eclipses/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/beauty-of-solar-eclipses-title.jpgBeauty of Solar Eclipses Title2016-05-28T01:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/17/mars-in-the-moonlight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mars-in-the-moonlight-may-13-2016.jpgMars in the Moonlight (May 13, 2016)Mars above Antares, with Saturn to the left, low in the south on May 13, 2016, in the moonlight of a waxing quarter Moon, from home in Alberta. This was one week before opposition and twow weeks before closest approach, so Mars was particularly bright and red. However, from my latitude of 50° N Mars appears low in the south. This is a single 15-second exposure, untracked, at f/2.5 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 2000.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mars-in-the-badlands-may-16-2016.jpgMars in the BadlandsMars (at right) shining brightly near opposition in the head of Scorpius over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Saturn is to the left of Mars, with Antares in Scorpius below the two planets, forming a triangle of “stars” in the moonlit sky. A waxing gibbous Moon off frame at right supplies the illumination. The Milky Way is barely visible at left in the moonlit sky. Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site, preserving the world’s richest collection of late Cretaceous fossils from the end of the age of dinosaurs. I shot this the night of May 16/17 from The Trail of the Fossil Hunters trail. This was with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens. I shot this at the end of a 3-hour time-lapse sequence.2022-07-04T01:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/15/transit-of-mercury/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_8037.jpgIMG_8037https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_8031.jpgIMG_8031https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-2016-3-egress.jpgTransit of Mercury 2016 #3 (Egress)The May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury across the Sun, in a frame captured near the moment of third contact with the disk of Mercury nearly tangent to the Sun’s limb. The wobbly seeing produces a minor “black-drop” effect. My location in British Columbia and low horizon cloud prevented me from capturing the early portion of the transit. My sequence of shots started about an hour before mid-transit with the Sun in the clear free of clouds but still fairly low and subject to poor seeing conditions. This is with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1560mm at f/12, and with the Canon 60Da at ISO 100 for 1/250th second exposure through a Kendrick solar filter. Shot from the parking lot of the Alpine Motel in Kamloops, BC, a location forced by the need to escape clouds in Alberta and south-eastern BC on eclipse morning.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-2016-2-between-mid-and-egress.jpgTransit of Mercury 2016 #2 (Between Mid & Egress)The May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury across the Sun, in a frame captured halfway between mid-transit and egress with Mercury three-quarters of the way across the solar disk, and under the best seeing conditions of the morning. My location in British Columbia and low horizon cloud prevented me from capturing the early portion of the transit. My sequence of shots started about an hour before mid-transit with the Sun in the clear free of clouds but still fairly low and subject to poor seeing conditions. This is with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1560mm at f/12, and with the Canon 60Da at ISO 100 for 1/250th second exposure through a Kendrick solar filter. Shot from the parking lot of the Alpine Motel in Kamloops, BC, a location forced by the need to escape clouds in Alberta and south-eastern BC on eclipse morning.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-2016-1-mid-transit.jpgTransit of Mercury 2016 #1 (Mid-Transit)The May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury across the Sun, in a frame captured at mid-transit with Mercury halfway across the solar disk. My location in British Columbia and low horizon cloud prevented me from capturing the early portion of the transit. My sequence of shots started about an hour before mid-transit with the Sun in the clear free of clouds but still fairly low and subject to poor seeing conditions. This is with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1560mm at f/12, and with the Canon 60Da at ISO 100 for 1/250th second exposure through a Kendrick solar filter. Shot from the parking lot of the Alpine Motel in Kamloops, BC, a location forced by the need to escape clouds in Alberta and south-eastern BC on eclipse morning.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-near-sunrise.jpgTransit of Mercury near SunriseThe May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury taken about half an hour after sunrise, as the Sun emerged from low horizon cloud. Taken from Kamloops, British Columbia, where the transit was well underway at sunrise. Mercury appears as the circular dot at lower left, with a sunpot group above centre. I shot this with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 prime focus with the Canon 60Da camera at ISO 100. Shot through a Kendrick white light solar filter. The low atltitude added much of the yellow colouration.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-in-clouds.jpgTransit of Mercury in CloudsThe May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury taken about 45 minutes after sunrise, as the Sun emerged from low horizon cloud. Taken from Kamloops, British Columbia, where the transit was well underway at sunrise. Mercury appears as the circular dot at lower left, with a sunpot group above centre. I shot this with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 prime focus with the Canon 60Da camera at ISO 100. Shot through a Kendrick white light solar filter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/transit-of-mercury-composite-with-arrow.jpgTransit of Mercury (May 9, 2016) Composite with ArrowA composite image of the May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury across the Sun, with Mercury at a perfect “inferior conjunction” between the Sun and Earth. Transits happen only rarely, about 13 per century. The next is November 11, 2019. Then in 2032. From my location in Kamloops, British Columbia the early stages of the transit were not visible (the transit was in progress at sunrise) and for the first hour or so after sunrise clouds close to the horizon prevented me from starting a consistent sequence of images until about 7:00 a.m. PDT, some 3 hours into the 7-hour-long transit. From then on I took images every 30 seconds. For this composite I used every 14th image to create a sequence showing Mercury moving across the Sun at 7 minute intervals, until it egressed at lower right at about 11:38 a.m. PDT. I stacked a total of 40 images. For all images I used the 130mm f/6 Astro-Physics refractor with a 2X Barlow for an effective focal length of 1560mm and the Canon 60Da camera (at ISO 100) to yield an image size with the Sun just filling the frame. Exposures were 1/250th second through a Kendrick white light Mylar filter. Yellow colouration of the solar disk added in processing. The telescope was on the Mach 1 equatorial mlount tracking the Sun though imperfectly polar aligned, requiring manual alignment of the disk images in Photoshop to compensate for the image drift. The 40 images of Mercury are not all perfect dots nor equal in size due to the variations in seeing conditions from frame to frame. Some frames were sharper than others. I’ve not “cheated” and placed a perfectly sharp disk image cloned and positioned across the Sun to create a more perfect simulation. The solar disk however, comes from just one of the frames toward the middle of the sequence in mid-morning, when seeing conditions were best. Stacking all the disk images would produce smeared sunpsots and disk detail due to the rotation of the Sun over the 4.5 hours of this sequence. The other2016-05-17T06:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/04/16/toward-the-centre-of-the-galaxy-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/milky-way-overhead-through-trees-15mm-5dii.jpgMilky Way Overhead Through TreesThe centre of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius overhead as seen amid the gum trees around Tibuc Cottage in Australia, April 12, 2016. The Dark Emu from Crux to Scutum is visible in its entirety. Mars and Saturn shine in Scorpius overhead. Zodiacal Light is beginning to brighten the eastern sky at bottom. This is a stack of 5 x 6-minute tracked exposures with the 15mm fish-eye lens at f/4 and Canon 5D MKII at ISO 1600. The trees appear to be swirling around the South Celestial Pole at lower right above the Cottage.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/centre-of-the-galaxy-77mm-5dii.jpgCentre of the Galaxy AreaThe area around the centre of the Galaxy in Sagittarius, with the direction of the galactic centre at right just above the small red emission nebula, Sharpless 2-16, in the dark dust lane of the Milky Way. At left is the rich Sagittarius Starcloud with the small open cluster NGC 6520 at top next to the small dark nebula Barnard 86. The small globular clusters, NGC 6522 and 6528, looking like stars here, are just above gamma Sagittarii at lower left. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, taken from Tibuc Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/centre-of-the-galaxy-mosaic-35mm-5dii.jpgToward the Centre of the GalaxyA mosaic of the Milky Way around the centre of the Galaxy in Sagittarius and Scorpius. The view of the Milky Way extends from Scutum at left to Norma at right. Sagittarius is below centre; Scorpius is above centre. At top is bright reddish Mars just above Antares, while white Saturn appears left of yellow Antares. Corona Borealis is at bottom of the frame. The Milky Way is dotted with numerous bright nebulas and star clusters, many Messier objects. This is a mosaic of two panels, each a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 and the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, tracking on the AP 400 mount. Each panel also has an image shot through the Kenko Softon A filter, and layered in using Lighten blend mode to add the star glows. I shot this April 12, 2016 from Tibuc Cottage, Australia. Stacking and stitching in Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw. The Milky Way was nearly overhead when I shot this.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/centre-of-galaxy-mosaic-135mm-5dii.jpgStarclouds and Stardust – Mosaic of the Galactic CentreA panoramic mosaic of bright starclouds and dark stardust in the rich region of the Milky Way around the centre of the Galaxy in Sagittarius. This panorama extends from the tail of Scorpius at far right to Serpens at far left, with the bright Sagittarius Starcloud near the direction of the galactic centre at centre. The Milky Way here is populated by a rich collection of nebulas and star clusters, including - from right to left - the very red Cat’s Paw and NGC 6337 in the tail of Scorpius at right, the pink Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas in Sagittarius (left of centre), and the Swan and Eagle Nebulas in Serpens at far left. The Small Sagittarius Starcloud, M24, is at left, flanked above and below by the star clusters M23 and M25. The star clusters M6 and M7 are at right of centre in Scorpius, with M7 lost in the starclouds. The bright “clouds” are masses of stars. The dark regions are obscuring regions of interstellar dust hiding the more distant stars. The actual centre of the Galaxy near the centre of the frame is not visible here in this or any visible light image as it is hidden by dust. The nebulas at right in Scorpius are much redder as they are obscured by dark interstellar dust which absorbs the shorter blue wavelengths which add to the pink colours of the other nebulas which glow in red and blue wavelengths of hydrogen alpha and beta as well as cyan oxygen III wavelengths. The mosaic runs along the galactic equator. I present this as a horizontal landscape image with north to the left and south to the right. This is the way you generally see this area in the southern hemisphere. But in the northern hemisphere this region of sky is seen running vertically from south to north, so the mosaic should be turned 90° CW to match that view. However, I shot this from Australia, on April 13, 2016 on a near perfect night for astronomy. This is a mosaic of 6 segments, each segment being a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 135mm Canon L-Series2016-05-11T05:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/05/03/spectacular-skies-at-a-lighthouse/2016-05-28T01:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/04/23/moon-of-the-austral-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/golden-glitter-path-of-the-moon.jpgGolden Glitter Path of the MoonThe apogee Full Moon of April 22, 2016 rising over the Pacific Ocean and lighting the waters with a golden glitter path of reflected moonlight. I shot this from the Woolgoolga Headlands viewpoint, with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D. This is a high dynamic range stack of 5 exposures to comrpess the range in brightness. Even so, the Moon itself is still overexposed.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/full-moon-with-glitter-path.jpgFull Moon with Glitter PathThe rising Full Moon of April 22, 2016, an apogee Moon and the smallest and most distant Full Moon of 2016. Here., it rises over the Pacific from the east coast of New South Wales, Australia, so this is an austral Moon and appears “upside down” compared to northern hemisphere views. The effect of the glitter path on the ocean is from waves reflecting the light of the Moon. This is a two-exposure composite: a long exposure for the sky and ocean, and a short exposure for the disk of the Moon itself, to preserve some detail in the disk, specifically the mare areas to show the face of the Moon and not an overexposed white disk. Both with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D, from Woolgoolga, NSW.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gibbous-moon-over-upper-ebor-falls.jpgGibbous Moon Over Upper Ebor FallsThe waxing gibbous Moon over Upper Ebor Falls, on the Waterfall Way, between Armidale and Dorrigo, NSW, on the New England Tablelands in Australia. This was in the austral autumn (April), so after a dry summer there isn’t a lot of water flowing over the falls. The Moon is rising into an evening twilight sky. This is a high dynamic range stack of 7 exposures to preserve the range in brightness between the bright sky and Moon, and the dark ground in the dim twilight.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sunset-and-waxing-moon-australia.jpgSunset and Waxing Moon over AAT DomeThe waxing two-day old Moon in the evening sky from Australia, to the right of the silhouette of the dome of the AAT Observatory on Siding Spring Mountain, with the last of the sunset colours to the west at left. Note the Moon looks “upside down” compared to the northern view of an evening crescent Moon. Clouds are bloating the image of the Moon to look more like a quarter than a crescent. This is a 2-panel panorama with 3-second exposures with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D. Taken from Tibuc Road, near Siding Spring Observatory. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.2016-04-24T21:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/04/14/red-rivals-in-scorpius/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/scorpius-rising-in-moonlight-35mm-6d.jpgScorpius Rising in MoonlightScorpius rises in the east as the last moonlight illuminates the gum trees and sky from the setting waxing Moon in the west. Mars is the brightest object just to the left of Antares, while Saturn shines below the Mars-Antares pairing. Scorpius is coming up on its side as this was taken from a latitude of 32° South. This is a stack of 2 x 30-second exposures for the sky and ground, both tracked, plus a 30-second exposure through the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows to make the constellation pattern stand out. All with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600. Taken from Tibuc Cottage, Australia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/saturn-and-mars-in-scorpius-135mm-5dii.jpgSaturn and Mars in ScorpiusMars (at top) and Saturn (at left) in Scorpius (or thereabouts - Saturn is technically in Ophiuchus) above Antares and the dark and reflection nebulas around Antares. The globular M4 is visible to the right of Antares. This is a stack of 4 x 3 minute exposures with the 135mm telephoto lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, shot April 14, 2016 from Tibuc Cottage, Australia.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ngc-6231-to-6124-in-scorpius-tail-135mm-5dii.jpgStarscape in the Tail of ScorpiusThe star cluster NGC 6231, called the False Comet Cluster, at left, with its associated nebulosity IC 4628, plus the cluster NGC 6242 above the nebula in rich starfields, contrasting with the large star cluster NGC 6124, at right, set amid the dark lanes of nebulosity. This is a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 135mm telephoto lens and filter-modifed Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Taken from Tibuc Cottage, April 14, 2016. Clouds moving in curtailed shooting this night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mars-and-antares-in-scorpius-135mm-5dii.jpgRed Rivals in ScorpiusRed rivals in Scorpius, with bright Mars above dimmer - and more yellow here — Antares below embedded in yellow reflection nebulas. The area is rife with colourful reflection and emission nebulas, making this one of the most colourfull regions of the deep sky. The hot blue stars of the head of Scorpius are at right. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute exposures with the 135mm telephoto lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Some light clouds were moving in. They likely add the glow around Mars.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/alpha-centauri-to-crux-mosaic-135mm-5dii.jpgAlpha Centauri to Crux MosaicA panorama mosaic from Alpha Centauri (at left) to Alpha Cruxis (at right) and the stars of the Southern Cross, Crux. Alpha and Beta Centauri are together called The Pointers because they point to the true Cross, to distinguish from the False Cross farther to the west. The dark nebula of the Coal Sack is to the left of the Southern Cross. The field contains several star clusters, including the Jewel Box, NGC 4755, to the left of Beta Cruxis This is a two-panel mosaic, each panel being a stack of 4 x 3-minute exposures with the 135mm telephoto lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Two other exposures taken through the Kenko Softon A filter were layred in to add the star glows. Tracked on the AP 400 mount. Taken April 13, 2016 from Tibuc Cottage, Australia. The original is 9,200 by 3,400 pixels.2016-04-17T03:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/04/10/scenes-from-a-southern-star-party/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ozsky-panorama-2-spherical.jpgSouthern Sky Panorama #2 (Spherical)A 360° panorama of the OzSky star party, April 4, 2016, at Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, showing the arch of the southern Milky Way, from Sagittarius rising at left, to Canis Major setting at right. At top, the bright object is Jupiter, here in thin cloud, with the diffuse glow of the Gegenschein at upper centre opposite the Sun. Some clouds are moving in from the west. South is above the trailer; east to the left side, west to the right side with Jupiter almost due north at its highest here. The Southern Cross is at its highest due south. The Dark Emu stretches from the Cross down into Sagittarius. The Large Magellanic Cloud is just above the tree at lower right. This is a stitch of 8 panels, each with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and mounted vertical in portrait orientation. Each exposure was 2.5 minutes at ISO 3200 with the Canon 5D MkII, with the camera tracking the sky on the iOptron Sky Tracker. Stitched with PTGui software with spherical projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ozsky-panorama-1-rectangular.jpgPanorama of a Southern Hemisphere Star PartyA 360° panorama of the southern sky over the OzSky Star Party, April 2016, near Coonabrabran, NSW, Australia. Left of centre is the Large Magellanic Cloud, while the Milky Way from Scorpius (at left) to Orion (at right) arches overhead from east to south to west. At far left is the Gegenschein, while at far right is bright Jupiter in the north. Carina and Crux is at left in the Milky Way. The Dark Emu is rising in the east. The telescopes are supplied by the Three Rivers Foundation Australia. This is a stitch of 8 panels, each 2.5-minute exposures, at f/2.8 with the 14mm Rokinon lens in portrait mode, on the iOptron Sky Tracker, and with the Canon 5D MkII. Stitched with PTGui using equirectangular projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/observer-looking-at-southern-sky-2.jpgObserver Looking at the Southern Sky #2An amateur astronomer looking at a southern sky target below the Large Magellanic Cloud using a large Dobsonian telescope at the OzSky Star Party organized by the Three Rivers Foundation Australia. The Small Cloud is just above the treetops. Achernar is the bright star behind the ladder. This is a single 13-second untracked exposure with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/observer-looking-at-southern-milky-way.jpgObserver Looking at Southern Milky WayAn 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.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/observer-looking-at-orion-from-australia.jpgObserver Looking at Orion from AustraliaAn observer gazes at the Orion Nebula in Orion, at the OzSky Star Party in Australia, April 2016. Note that Orion appears upside down compared to the northern hemipshere view. The telescope is a Dobsonian reflector supplied by the Three Rivers Foundation Australia. This is a single untracked 13-second exposure with the 35mm lens at f/2 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dark-emu-rising-over-ozsky-star-party.jpgDark Emu Rising over OzSky Star PartyThe southern Milky Way with the Dark Emu rising over the OzSky Star Party on April 5, 2016. This is the section of the sky and Milky Way that cannot be seen from northern latitudes. The Milky Way extends from Puppis and Vela at top to Centaurus at bottom, with Crux and Carina at left of centre with the Southern Cross and the Carina Nebula at centre. The Small and Large Magellanic Clouds are at lower right. The South Celestial Pole is at lower centre. Canopus is the bright star upper right. The telescopes are from the Three Rivers Foundation Australia for use by visiting amateur astronomers at the annual OzSky Star Party, held on the grounds of the Warrumbungles Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, all tracked on the iOptron Sky Tracker, plus one 5-minute exposure untracked of the ground to prevent it from blurring. The trees are blurred at the boundary of the two images, tracked and untracked.2016-04-12T08:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/04/06/under-the-southern-cross-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/star-trails-over-ozsky-star-party.jpgStar Trails over the OzSky Star PartyCircumpolar star trails over the OzSky star party near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, on April 3, 2016. This is a small annual star party attended by about 35 observers from around the world on a limited registration basis and put on by the Three Rivers Foundation in Australia. The view is looking due south here to the South Celestial Pole, with the southern Milky Way arching overhead, with Crux, the Southern Cross at top. The LMC is at bottom right. The field is filled with telescopes for observers to use to explore the wonders of the southern hemisphere sky. The stars are turning around the blank area that is the South Celestial Pole in Octans. This site is at a latitude of 32° South. This is a stack of 49 frames, each 45 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm fish-eye lens on the Canon 6D at ISO 4000. The ground comes from three frames in the sequence. Stacked with Advanced Stacker Plus actions using Streaks mode.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/southern-milky-way-and-clouds-15mm-5dii.jpgThe Southern Milky Way and Magellanic CloudsThe deep southern Milky Way arching across the sky, from Puppis and Vela at upper right, to Centaurus at lower left. The two Magellanic Clouds are at lower centre, with the Large Cloud at top. The Small Cloud is just setting above the treetops with the globular cluster 47 Tucanae visible as a star below the Cloud amid the trees. The Carina Nebula and Southern Cross are at upper left, and the paired stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri are rising above the trees at left. Canopus is at right, while Sirius shines through the gum tree at upper right. The faint red arc of the Gum Nebula in Vela can be seen at top in the Milky Way. The scene depicts the austral autumn evening sky of late March from a latitude iof 30 degrees south. This is a stack of 5 x 1.5-minute exposures, all tracked on the iOptron Sky Tracker, at f/2.8 with the 15mm fish-eye lens, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. The ground comes from just one of the tracked exposures to minimize blurring. Taken from the Tibuc Gardens Cottage near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia on March 30, 2016.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ozsky-panorama-4.jpgSouthern Milky Way Over OzSky Star PartyThe spectacular southern Milky Way arching over the OzSky 2016 star party near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, in a roughly 240° panorama from southeast to northwest. The Milky Way extends from Canis Major just setting in the west (at far right), across the sky through Puppis and Vela (at upper right), through Carina, Crux and Centaurus (top), and down into Scorpius and Sagittarius rising in the east (at left), with the bulge of the galactic centre rising. The panorama takes in the complete extent of the southern hemisphere Milky Way. The Large Magellanic Cloud, the southern sky’s other great sight, is above the trees right of lower centre. The Southern Cross is at its highest due south at centre here. The huge bubble of the Gum Nebula in Vela is visible at right. Mars and Saturn are in Scorpius/Ophiuchus at left, with reddish Mars to the left of Antares. The telescopes and observers are with the annual OzSky star party held on this site in the austral autumn months, and organized by the Three Rivers Foundation in Australia. About 40 people attended this year, and attendance is limited. This is a stitch of 7 panels, each a 2.5-minute exposure at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 14mm lens mounted vertically and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 4000. The panels were spaced at 45° intervals. The camera was on the iOptron Sky Tracker so the sky is not trailed but the ground is, but minimally at this focal length. Stitched with PTGui using fish-eye projection.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/crux-southern-cross-mosaic-77mm-5dii.jpgMosaic of Crux, the Southern CrossA 3-panel mosaic of the Southern Cross, Crux, shot April 5, 2016 from Tibuc Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. Acrux, Alpha Cruxis, is the star at bottom and Becrux, Beta Cruxis, is the star at left, with the Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755, just to the left of Becrux. Gacrux is at top and Delta Cruxis is at right. The star cluster NGC 4349 is above Alpha Cruxis. The bright red nebula in the dark Coal Sack is Gum 46. The rich cluster to the right of Becrux is Harvard 7. The dark nebulosity at lower left is the Coal Sack. The small cluster embedded in the Coal Sack to the left of Acrux is NGC 4609, what I call the Coal Dust Cluster. Slight haze or high cloud added the natural star glows here. This is a moasic of 3 panels, each a stack of 4 x 4-minute exposures with the Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Stacked and stitched in Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/southern-milky-way-from-alpha-cen-to-false-cross-35mm-5dii.jpgSouthern Milky Way from Alpha Cen to False CrossThe deep south Milky Way from Alpha and Beta Centauri (at left) to the False Cross in Vela and Carina (at right). At centre is the Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross, Crux, with the dark Coal Sack. Omega Centauri is the bright “star” at upper left. The large naked eye star cluster at lower right below the False Cross is NGC 2516. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 35mm Canon L-series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1000, with an additional similar exposure layered in taken through the Kenko Softon A filter to provide the star glows. Tracked on the iOptron Sky Tracker. Taken from the Warrumbungles Motel grounds at the 2016 Oz Sky Star Party, April 5.2016-04-07T12:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/03/18/the-beauty-of-the-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/beauty-of-northern-lights-title.jpgBeauty of Northern Lights Title2016-04-12T01:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/03/09/an-amazing-night-of-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-curtains-of-aurora.jpgMultiple Curtains of AuroraA series of curtains of aurora, in a layered series across the sky, from the March 6, 2016 display in Churchill, Manitoba,https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/green-curtains-over-green-snow.jpgGreen Aurora over Green SnowThe green aurora lights the ground and snow green in a spectacular display March 6, 2016. This is looking northeast from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gazing-at-colourful-twilight-aurora.jpgGazing at a Colourful Twilight AuroraA lone observer gazes at an array of colourful curtains of aurora during an active display, March 6, 2016, with curtains in the evening twilight adding blue tints to the sky and tops of the curtains, as well as the greens and reds from oxygen. Curtains toward the horizon are more yellow due to atmospheric extinction. Jupiter is rising at left, then near opposition.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/colourful-auroral-corona-2-march-6-2016.jpgConverging Colourful Curtains of AuroraAuroral curtains converge at the zenith in the evening twilight during a Kp Index 7 night of aurora in Churchill, Manitoba. Blue twilight adds the blue tints to the sky and curtains.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cnsc-group-with-purple-aurora-march-6-2016.jpgCNSC Group with Purple Aurora (March 6, 2016)Our group of Learning Vacations tourists enjoy the start of a fine display of Northern Lights at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, March 6, 2016. As curtains appear to the east, another array of curtains shines to the west behind them with a strong purple tint lighting the sky and ground. The Andromeda Galaxy sits amid the curtains.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aurora-watchers-at-cnsc-march-6-2016.jpgAurora Watchers at CNSC (March 6, 2016)Aurora watchers looking south to a bright curtain of Northern Lights while other curtains rippled behind them to the north. This was a fabulous all-sky display, March 6, 2016. The temperature was about -25° C.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aurora-watcher-with-twilight-curtains-march-6-2016.jpgAurora Watcher with Twilight Curtains (March 6, 2016)A lone observer gazes skyward at the start of a wonderful aurora display on March 6, 2016, as the curtains begin to appear and dance in the deep blue twilight. This was at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aurora-panorama-over-northern-studies-centre.jpgAurora Panorama over Northern Studies CentreA 360° panorama of an arc of auroral curtains to the east, south and west over the old Churchill Rocket Range and the new Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba. This was March 6, 2016 on a night with a Kp Index of 6 to 7 for auroral activity. This is a stitch of 13 segments, each 3 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aurora-over-cnsc-march-6-2016.jpgAurora over CNSC (March 6, 2016)The aurora over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre building, home to Arctic research and to many programs for tourists about northern ecology and science. The March Learning Vacations aurora tour group experienced a fabulous display this night, March 6, 2016.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aurora-group-outside-cnsc-march-6-2016.jpgAurora Group Outside CNSC (March 6, 2016)Some of our group of Learning Vacations aurora tourists outside the Churchill Northern Studies Centre enjoying the sky show on March 6, 2016 on a night with a Level 5 to 7 aurora.2016-03-12T04:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/02/29/a-panorama-of-the-spring-and-winter-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/panorama-of-the-winter-sky.jpgPanorama of the Winter SkyA mosaic panorama of the northern winter sky and constellations, taken February 27, 2016 from home in southern Alberta. Orion is near centre, with the array of winter constellations and stars around it. The Pleiades is at right of centre, the Beehive cluster at upper left. Sirius is at lower left. Auriga and Gemini are at top, Taurus at right of centre. This is a mosaic of 5 wide by 4 tall panels, each taken with the 35mm lens at f/2 and for 25 seconds, with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. The pan extends over about 120° and is about 70° tall. All exposures untracked. I used the iOptron iPano motorized panning unit to move the camera automatically from area to area in the sky, taking 20 segments in total at 40% overlap. I processed the originals RAWs in Adobe Camera Raw, then exported those to TIFFs to import into PTGui stitching software. I used its Equirectanguler projection to stitch the pan segments for the squarist (!) image format. I brought this into Photoshop to then use its Adaptive Wide Angle filter to warp the image to an even more rectangular format with a straight horizon. Photoshop itself and ACR’s new Photomerge function did not produce good results in stitching, producing either a wilfdlt distorted image, or in the case of ACR, producing a nicely formatted image but with dark stitching artifacts at seams. The final image was processed in Photoshop with the usual adjustment layers and smart filters and is 11,000 by 6,700 pixels.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/winter-spring-sky-panorama.jpgWinter and Spring Sky PanoramaA 200° panorama from northeast to west, and nearly to the zenith, encompassing the northern spring and winter stars and constellations. Ursa Major and the Big Dipper are at top left with Arcturus rising at lower left. Jupiter is the bright object left of centre. Above it is the diffuse glow of the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust opposite the Sun in the solar system and in the plane of the ecliptic. Jupiter is just east of the Gengenschein as it was then less then two weeks before opposition when it would sit within the Gegenshein, both then opposite the Sun. Leo is above Jupiter and Cancer with the Beehive Cluster just left of centre. At right are the panoply of winter constellations and stars around Orion right of centre. Sirius is lower right of centre. The Pleiades is at upper right. The light pollution glow from Strathmore and Calgary is in the west at far right. The Milky Way runs up the sky at right. I shot this from home on February 27, 2016, using the iPano motorized “gigapan” unit, taking 36 panels with the Canon 5D MkII and 35mm lens, in 4 rows high with 9 panels wide in each row from east to west. Each exposure was 25 seconds at f/2 and at ISO 3200. The camera was not tracking the sky. Stitching was with PTGui using the Spherical Fisheye projection, yielding the incomplete frame but a circular format more suggestive of a spherical dome of the the sky above and around you. Next time I shoot the zenith cap images as well!https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/winter-spring-sky-panorama-with-labels.jpgWinter and Spring Sky PanoramaA 200° panorama from northeast to west, and nearly to the zenith, encompassing the northern spring and winter stars and constellations. Ursa Major and the Big Dipper are at top left with Arcturus rising at lower left. Jupiter is the bright object left of centre. Above it is the diffuse glow of the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust opposite the Sun in the solar system and in the plane of the ecliptic. Jupiter is just east of the Gengenschein as it was then less then two weeks before opposition when it would sit within the Gegenshein, both then opposite the Sun. Leo is above Jupiter and Cancer with the Beehive Cluster just left of centre. At right are the panoply of winter constellations and stars around Orion right of centre. Sirius is lower right of centre. The Pleiades is at upper right. The light pollution glow from Strathmore and Calgary is in the west at far right. The Milky Way runs up the sky at right. I shot this from home on February 27, 2016, using the iPano motorized “gigapan” unit, taking 36 panels with the Canon 5D MkII and 35mm lens, in 4 rows high with 9 panels wide in each row from east to west. Each exposure was 25 seconds at f/2 and at ISO 3200. The camera was not tracking the sky. Stitching was with PTGui using the Spherical Fisheye projection, yielding the incomplete frame but a circular format more suggestive of a spherical dome of the the sky above and around you. Next time I shoot the zenith cap images as well!2016-03-01T01:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/21/free-video-tutorials/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/video-tutorial-fb-pr-image.jpgVideo Tutorial FB PR Imagehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/star-trail-title-page.jpgStar Trail Title Page2016-02-23T19:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/02/17/the-northern-lights-as-they-appeared/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aurora-as-it-appeared-title.jpgAurora As It Appeared Title2016-02-18T22:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/02/12/scenes-from-under-the-auroral-oval/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watching-the-aurora-in-the-winter-stars-feb-11-2016.jpgWatching the Aurora in the Winter StarsA self-portrait of me watching the Northern Lights from the upper deck of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, looking south to the winter stars of Orion, Gemini and Auriga. This was Feb 11, 2016, a very windy, almost blizzard night with blowing snow and reduced visibility. However the aurora did appear through the haze and clouds. In the distance are the buildings of the old Churchill Rocket Range. This is a single 15-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arctic-skies-group-under-the-aurora.jpgArctic Skies Group Under the AuroraThe February Arctic Skies tour group watching and photographing the aurora from the second floor deck of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, where it is out of the wind, which this night was producing -50° C wind chills. This is a single 6-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gazing-at-the-aurora-from-churchill.jpgGazing at the Aurora from ChurchillA lone figure gazes skyward at the aurora over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. I shot this Feb 4, 2016 on a night with temperatures of -35° C with a slight wind. Exposure was 13 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens anf Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/circumpolar-star-trails-and-aurora-feb-9-2016.jpgCircumpolar Star Trails and Aurora (Feb 9, 2016)Circumpolar star trails and aurora over the boreal forest at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba, on Feb 9, 2016. This is a stack of 250 frames shot over one hour (until the battery died) for a time-lapse but here stacked for a single image star trail using the Advanced Stacker Plus actions and Long Streaks effect. Each exposure was 15 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/classic-curtains-of-the-auroral-oval-feb-9-2016.jpgClassic Curtains of the Auroral OvalMultiple curtains of aurora appear along the curving arc of the auroral oval over the boreal forest. This is looking just a little east of due north from the second floor deck of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. Polaris is just left of top centre, with the Big Dipper at right of top centre. A meteor streaks to the left of Polaris. Vega is at lower left as a circumpolar star low in the north. The curtains appear more yellow toward the horizon due to atmospheric absorption. The curtains display the classic green tint with red upper fringes, both from transitions in oxygen. This is how the Lights usually begin from this latitude under the auroral oval. They will then move up and south from this formation to cover the sky. This is a 20-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/observing-the-aurora-on-deck-at-cnsc.jpgObserving the Aurora on Deck at CNSCParticipants in the Arctic Skies tour and course observe and photograph the Northern Lights from the upper level observing deck at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba on Feb 10, 2016, the first night of their tour. A Level 1 to 2 display provided a good first night show though with bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills of near -50° C. This is a single exposure of 8 seconds at f/1.4 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aurora-over-churchill-northern-studies-centre-1-feb-8-2016.jpgAurora over Churchill Northern Studies Centre #1 (Feb 8, 2016)The Northern Lights over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre on Feb 8/9, 2016 during a weak all-sky display. The arcs lay primarily in the south when the display was at its best this night. Orion and the Pleiades are just setting in the west over the town of Churchill. This is a 20 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/vertical-curtains-of-aurora-over-boreal-forest.jpgVertical Curtains of Aurora over the Boreal ForestVertical curtains of aurora converging to the zenith overhead over the snowy boreal forest at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. I shot this Feb 4, 2016 on a night with temperatures of -35° C with a slight wind. The Big Dpper is at right. Exposure was 10 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens anf Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aurora-with-leo-and-jupiter-rising-feb-5-2016.jpgAurora with Leo and Jupiter Rising (Feb 5, 2016)Curtains of the aurora looking northeast and east toward Leo rising (at upper right) and Jupiter (at right), over the boreal forest of the Hudson Bay Lowlands near Churchill, Manitoba, on Feb 5, 2016. This is a single frame from a 680-frame time-lapse. This is a 4-second exposure at f/1.4 with the Sigma 20mm Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/all-sky-aurora-from-churchill-feb-5-2016.jpgAll-Sky Aurora from Churchill (Feb 5, 2016)An all-sky aurora display of multiple curtains of aurora borealis over the boreal forest at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba, taken on Feb 5, 2016. The view is looking almost due north. Jupiter is at right. The Big Dipper is at centre frame. This is one frame from a 380-frame time-lapse sequence shot for digital dome projection in planetariums. This is a 20-second exposure at f/5 (stopped down by accident — should have been f/3.5) with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Temperature was -35° C. But no wind!2016-02-18T14:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/01/10/orion-over-snowscapes/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/orion-down-the-snowy-road-jan-9-2016.jpgOrion Down the Snowy RoadThe constellation of Orion and the bright star Sirius in Canis Major, down my country road, on a very cold and frosty moonless January night, with the temperature at -25° C. But no wind! This a stack of 5 x 15-second exposures, untracked, for the ground, stacked with mean combine mode to smooth noise, plus a single exposure for the sky, to keep the stars as pinpoint as possible. All at f/2 with Sigma 24mm Art lens and the Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. The image serves as a good workshop example of Rule of Thirds composition.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/orion-over-the-hoodoos-jan-2016.jpgOrion Over the Snowy HoodoosOrion rising behind the iconic Hoodoos on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta, near East Coulee, on a moonless January night, with illumination by starlight and by a nearby yardlight providing some shadows and warmer illumination. Clouds are beginning to move in and are providing the natural star glows. This is a stack of 10 x 10-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, plus one 10-second exposure for the sky to minimize trailing. All at f/2.8 with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Taken January 10, 2016.2016-01-14T01:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/01/06/planets-in-the-january-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moon-with-venus-saturn-jan-6-2015.jpgWaning Moon with Venus & Saturn (Jan 6, 2016)The waning crescent Moon above Venus and Saturn (dimmer and below Venus) in the pre-dawn sky on January 6, 2016, taken from home on a cold winter morning at -20° C. This is a composite of a long exposure (8s) for the ground, a slightly shorter exposure (6s) for the sky, and shorter exposures for the Moon to avoid it being totally overexposed and to preserve the Earthshine. All with the 135mm lens and Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moon-with-venus-saturn-in-twlight-jan-6-2015.jpgWaning Moon with Venus & Saturn in Twilight (Jan 6, 2016)The waning crescent Moon above Venus and Saturn (dimmer and below Venus) in the dawn twilight on January 6, 2016, taken from home on a cold winter morning at -20° C. At right and below the planets are the stars of Scorpius, including Antares just above the trees and the trio of stars for the head of Scorpius at right. This is a composite of a long exposure (6s) for the ground, and shorter exposures for the Moon to avoid it being totally overexposed and to preserve the Earthshine. All with the 50mm lens and Canon 60Da.2016-01-06T15:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/01/04/capturing-the-quadrantids/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quadrantid-meteor-shower-composite.jpgQuadrantid Meteor Shower CompositeA composite of the Quadrantid meteor shower, on January 3, 2016, in a sequence of images shot over 2 hours from 9 to 11 pm MST from southern Alberta. This is a stack of 14 images, the best out of 600 shot that recorded meteors. The ground and sky comes from one image with the best Quad of the night, and the other images were masked and layered into that image, with no attempt to align their paths with the moving radiant point. However, over the 2 hours, the radiant point low in the north would not have moved too much, as it rose higher into the northern sky. Most of the meteors here are Quads, but the very bright bolide at left, while it looks like it is coming from the radiant, it is actually streaking toward the radiant, and is not a Quadrantid. But oh so close! I left it in the composite for the sake of the nice composition! Light clouds moving in added the natural star glows around the Big Dipper stars. All frames were 10 seconds at f/2 with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.2016-01-05T05:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/01/03/mosaic-of-the-autumn-constellations/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/autumn-constellations-mosaic.jpgMosaic of the Northern Autumn ConstellationsA horizon to past-the-zenith mosaic and panorama of the northern autumn sky and the related Greek mythological constellations: from the watery constellations of Aquarius, Pisces, and Cetus at the bottom near the horizon, up to Pegasus and Aries in mid-frame, on up to Andromeda and Pegasus at upper left, and Cassiopeia and Cepheus at top of frame in the Milky Way overhead. The Andromeda Galaxy is just above centre. Most of these constellations are related in Greek mythology, with Andromeda being the daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus, who was rescued from the jaws of Cetus the Sea Monster by Perseus, who rode on Pegasus in some accounts. Zodiacal Light brightens the sky at bottom right in Aquarius, and angles across the frame to the left. I shot this from home on a very clear night January 2, 2016 with the Zodiacal Light plainly visible to the naked eye. This is a mosaic of 5 panels, each a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures, plus each panel having another stack of 2 x 2 minute exposures blended in, and taken through the Kenko Softon filter to add the fuzzy star glows to make the constellations stand out. All were shot with the 24mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5DMkII at ISO 1600. All tracked on the AP Mach One mount. All stacking and stitching in Photoshop CC 2015. Final image size is 8500 x 5500 pixels and 3.6 gigabytes for the layered master.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/autumn-constellations-mosaic-with-labels.jpgMosaic of the Northern Autumn Constellations (with Labels)A horizon to past-the-zenith mosaic and panorama of the northern autumn sky and the related Greek mythological constellations: from the watery constellations of Aquarius, Pisces, and Cetus at the bottom near the horizon, up to Pegasus and Aries in mid-frame, on up to Andromeda and Pegasus at upper left, and Cassiopeia and Cepheus at top of frame in the Milky Way overhead. The Andromeda Galaxy is just above centre. Most of these constellations are related in Greek mythology, with Andromeda being the daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus, who was rescued from the jaws of Cetus the Sea Monster by Perseus, who rode on Pegasus in some accounts. Zodiacal Light brightens the sky at bottom right in Aquarius, and angles across the frame to the left. I shot this from home on a very clear night January 2, 2016 with the Zodiacal Light plainly visible to the naked eye. This is a mosaic of 5 panels, each a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures, plus each panel having another stack of 2 x 2 minute exposures blended in, and taken through the Kenko Softon filter to add the fuzzy star glows to make the constellations stand out. All were shot with the 24mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5DMkII at ISO 1600. All tracked on the AP Mach One mount. All stacking and stitching in Photoshop CC 2015. Final image size is 8500 x 5500 pixels and 3.6 gigabytes for the layered master.2016-01-03T23:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2016/01/01/new-years-eve-sky-aurora-orion-and-a-comet/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/winter-sky-on-new-years-eve-2015.jpgNew Year's Eve Winter SkyThe northern winter sky on New Year’s Eve and taken just before midnight, Dec 31, 2015, from southern Alberta on a cool but clear winter night, with some aurora to the north. The sky extends from Canis Major and Sirius at bottom, all the way along the Milky Way past Orion below centre, up past Auriga and Taurus, and up into Perseus and Cassiopeia at top right. Orion and Sirius in Canis Major at lower left stand almost due south, as they do near midnight on any New Year’s Eve. The Pleaides is at right, the Beehive cluster at the left edge of the frame. This is a stack of 7 x 3.5-minute exposures with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens at f/4 and the Canon 5DMkII at ISO 800 tracking on the AP Mach 1 mount.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/new-years-eve-aurora-dec-31-2015.jpgNew Year's Eve Aurora, Dec. 31, 2015A fairly bright aurora display kicks up to the northeast, at left, as Orion rises in the southeast, at right, in the early evening of New Year’s Eve, Dec 31, 2015. The stars of Gemini are left of centre, while Taurus is at top. This is a 2.5-second exposure at f/1.4 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens, and at ISO 6400 with the Nikon D750, as a test of high-cadence rate time-lapse shooting, taken from home.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/comet-catalina-near-arcturus-jan-1-2016.jpgComet Catalina near Arcturus on New Year's DayComet Catalina (C/2013 US10) near Arcturus in the constellation of Bootes, at pre-dawn on the morning of January 1, 2016, with the Last Quarter Moon nearby illluminating the sky. A long, faint ion tail is visible extending 2 to 3 degrees to the right while a brighter but stubby dust tail extends down to the south. Shot from home using the 200mm Canon telephoto and 1.4x extender at f/4.5 for a stack of 8 x 2-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 6D. Median combined stacked to eliminate satellite trails. The comet is slightly blurred due to its own motion in that time.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/new-years-eve-aurora-2-dec-31-2015.jpgNew Year's Eve Aurora #2 (Dec 31, 2015)A fairly bright aurora display kicks up to the east, as Leo and Jupiter (on the horizon) rise in the east, in the late night hours of New Year’s Eve, Dec 31, 2015. The stars of the Big Dipper and Ursa Major are at top left. This is a 2.5-second exposure at f/1.6 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens, and at ISO 6400 with the Nikon D750, as a test of high-cadence rate time-lapse shooting, taken from home.2016-01-02T03:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/29/free-2016-sky-calendar/2015-12-29T22:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/19/a-panorama-of-the-entire-northern-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/autumn-milky-way-panorama-vertical.jpgPanorama of the Northern Milky WayA panorama from Cygnus (at right, setting in the western sky in the evening), across the sky overhead in Perseus, Auriga and Taurus, and down into Orion, Canis Major, and Puppis (at left, low in the southern sky at midnight). This panorama covers about 200° of galactic longitude, from 60° in Cygnus to 260° in Puppis and takes in the entire northern swath of the Milky Way visible in autumn and early winter in the northern hemisphere, from the summer Milky Way at right to the winter Milky Way at left. Orion is at lower left, while the Pleiades and Andromeda Galaxy lie near the bottom edge. Canopus is the bright star just rising at far left, in haze. Vega and Altair are just setting at far right. The view here is looking outward to the near edge of the Milky Way, in the direction opposite the centre of the Galaxy. In this direction the Milky Way becomes dimmer and less defined. Notable are the many red H-alpha emission regions along the Milky Way, as well as the many lanes of dark interstellar dust nearby and obscuring the more distant stars. However, a brighter glow in Taurus partly obscures its Taurus Dark Clouds — that’s the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off cometary dust particles directly opposite the Sun and marking the anti-solar point this night, by coincidence close to galactic longitude of 180° opposite the galactic centre. This is a panorama of 14 segments, most composed of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 and 35mm lens at f/2.8. The end segments near the horizon are stacks of 2 x 2.5-minute exposures. The camera was oriented with the long dimension of the frame across the Milky Way, not along it, to maximize the amount of sky framed on either side of the Milky Way. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. I shot the segements for his pan from Quailway Cottage, Arizona on December 8/9, 2015, with the end segments taken Dec 10/11, 2015. I decided to add in the horizon segments for complhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/autumn-milky-way-panorama-with-labels.jpgPanorama of the Northern Milky Way (with Labels)A panorama from Cygnus (at right, setting in the western sky in the evening), across the sky overhead in Perseus, Auriga and Taurus, and down into Orion, Canis Major, and Puppis (at left, low in the southern sky at midnight). This panorama covers about 200° of galactic longitude, from 60° in Cygnus to 260° in Puppis and takes in the entire northern swath of the Milky Way visible in autumn and early winter in the northern hemisphere, from the summer Milky Way at right to the winter Milky Way at left. Orion is at lower left, while the Pleiades and Andromeda Galaxy lie near the bottom edge. Canopus is the bright star just rising at far left, in haze. Vega and Altair are just setting at far right. The view here is looking outward to the near edge of the Milky Way, in the direction opposite the centre of the Galaxy. In this direction the Milky Way becomes dimmer and less defined. Notable are the many red H-alpha emission regions along the Milky Way, as well as the many lanes of dark interstellar dust nearby and obscuring the more distant stars. However, a brighter glow in Taurus partly obscures its Taurus Dark Clouds — that’s the Gegenschein, caused by sunlight reflecting off cometary dust particles directly opposite the Sun and marking the anti-solar point this night, by coincidence close to galactic longitude of 180° opposite the galactic centre. This is a panorama of 14 segments, most composed of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 and 35mm lens at f/2.8. The end segments near the horizon are stacks of 2 x 2.5-minute exposures. The camera was oriented with the long dimension of the frame across the Milky Way, not along it, to maximize the amount of sky framed on either side of the Milky Way. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. I shot the segements for his pan from Quailway Cottage, Arizona on December 8/9, 2015, with the end segments taken Dec 10/11, 2015. I decided to add in the horizon segments for complhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/northern-milky-way-illo.jpgIllustration of the Northern Milky Way PanoramaThis diagram, based on art from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Institute, shows my Northern Milky Way Panorama in perspective to the “big picture” of our entire Galaxy, using artwork based on opur best map of how our Galaxy is thought to look. We are looking in a “god’s eye” perspective across our Galaxy from a vantage point on the far side of the Galaxy. Where we are is marked with the red dot, the location of our average Sun in a minor spiral arm called the Orion Spur. The diagram places my panorama image in the approximate correct location to show where its features are in our Galaxy. As such it illustrates how my panorama taken from Earth shows our view of the outer portions of our Galaxy, from the bright Cygnus area at right, to Perseus in the middle, directly opposite the centre of the Galaxy, then over to Orion at left. The panorama sweeps from a galactic longitiude of roughtly 90° at right in Cygnus, to 180° in Perseus, over to 240° in Orion and Canis Major at left. In the northern autumn and early winter seasons we are looking outward toward the outer Perseus Arm. So the Milky Way we see in our sky is fainter than in mid-summer when we are looking toward the dense centre of the Galaxy and the rich inner Norma and Sagittarius arms. Yet, this region contains a rich array of star-forming regions, which mostly show up as the red nebulas.2017-05-03T16:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/14/meteor-shower-over-the-vla/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/geminids-over-the-vla-dec-2015.jpgRaining Meteors over the VLA DishesThe Geminid meteor shower over the Very Large Array radio telescope near Magdalena, New Mexico, on the evening of Sunday, December 13, 2015. The VLA was in its most compact “D” formation with the 27 dishes clustered most closely together. Lights from the control building illuminate the dishes to the left. Glows from Santa Fe and Albuquerque illuminate the horizon. This was a dark moonless night. One bright meteor left a long-lasting train the provided the fuzzy “smoke” trail at right. This is a stack of more than two dozen images, one providing the ground and sky and one bright meteor early in the shoot, and the rest providing additional meteors (22) captured over the 3-hour-long shoot from 8 pm to 11 pm. A total of 334 frames were shot, of which about 30 had meteors: not all are included here - some were very faint or at the edge of the frame, or overlapped other meteors, or were sporadics. I’ve made mo attempt to position the meteors so they all emanate from the radiant point’s position at the time the base sky image was taken. Over the 3 hours of the shoot the radiant in Gemini, off frame at right here, rose higher, causing the meteors to appear at a steeper angle. Thus, those meteors more parallel to the ground are from early in the shoot, while those at an angle more perpendicular to the ground are from later in the evening. One bright meteor right of centre appears on two frames (the shutter closed and re-opened while it was still going). This meteor left a long-lasting train that persisted on several frames that are layered in here to add the drifting “smoke” trail. It actually lasted over 30 frames. Each frame was a 32-second exposure at f/2 with the 35mm lens and with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200. The camera was not tracking the sky – the view is looking northwest toward the setting sky, a direction dictated by the viewing location to get the dishes in the scene. So had the camera tracked the sky the camera would have turned down to th2015-12-17T00:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/11/the-wonder-filled-winter-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winter-sky-mosaic.jpgMosaic of the Wonder-filled Winter Milky WayA mosaic of the northern winter Milky Way and brilliant stars and constellations in and around Orion the Hunter. The Milky Way extends here from Perseus in the north to Canis Major in the south. Throughout the scene are numerous dark lanes and dust clouds such as the Taurus Dark Clouds at upper right. The Milky Way is dotted with numerous red “hydrogen-alpha” regions of emission nebulosity, such as the bright Rosette Nebula at lower left and the California Nebula at upper right. The curving arc of Barnard’s Loop surrounds the east side of Orion. Orion is below centre, with Sirius at lower left. Taurus is at upper right and Gemini at upper left. Auriga is at top and Perseus at upper right. I shot the segments for this on a very clear night on December 5, 2015 from the Quailway Cottage at Portal, Arizona. This is a mosaic of 8 segments, in two columns of 4 rows, with generous overlap. Each segment was made of 4 x 2.5-minute exposures stacked with mean combine stack mode to reduce noise, plus 2 x 2.5-minute exposures taken through the Kenko Softon filter layered in with Lighten belnd mode to add the star glows. Each segment was shot at f/2.8 with the original 35mm Canon L-series lens and the filter-modified (by Hutech) Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, riding on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. All stacking and stitching in Photoshop CC 2015. The soft diffusion filter helps bring out the star colors in this area of sky rich in brilliant giant stars.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/the-hyades-aldebaran.jpgThe Hyades Cluster with AldebaranThe Hyades open star cluster in Taurus with the bright star Aldebaran, not a part of the cluster iteslf. The smaller and more distant cluster NGC 1647 is at left. This is a telephoto lens image taking in a field similar to binoculars, and is a stack of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the 135mm lens at f/2 and Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800, plus two other exposures taken through the Kenko Softon filter to add the star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage on Dec 7, 2015 using the iOptron Sky-Tracker.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/orion-belt-sword-mosaic.jpgOrion Belt and Sword MosaicA mosaic of the Sword and Belt region of Orion the Hunter, showing the diverse array of colourful nebulas in the area, including: curving Barnard’s Loop, the Horsehead Nebula below the left star of the Belt, Alnitak, and the Orion Nebula itself as the bright region in the Sword. Also in the field are numerous faint blue reflection nebulas. The reflection nebula M78 is at top embedded in a dark nebula, and the pinkish NGC 2024 or Flame Nebula is above Alnitak. The bright orange-red star at far right is W Orionis, a type M4 long-period variable star. This is a 4-panel mosaic with each panel made of 5 x 2.5-minute exposures with the 135mm Canon L-series telephoto wide open at f/2 and the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1250. The night was somewhat hazy which added natural glows on the stars. No filter was employed here. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker for tracking but no guiding. Shot from outside Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona, Dec 7, 2015. All stacking and stitching performed in Photoshop CC 2015. Stacking done with median combine stack mode to eliminate geosat trails through the fields.2015-12-14T23:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/09/venus-and-the-comet/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/comet-catalina-c2013-us10-dec-9-2015.jpgComet Catalina near Venus (Dec 9, 2015)Comet Catalina, C/2013 US10, near Venus at right, on December 9, 2015, as seen and shot from Arizona, at the Quailway Cottage near Portal. The blue ion tail is visible stretching back several degrees pointing away from the Sun, while the short dust tail extends to the lower right following along the comet’s orbit. This is a stack of 5 x 90-second exposures, taken with the 135mm telephoto and 1.4x extender for a focal length of 190mm, at f/2.8 and with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, tracked on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. Two other exposures, of 15s and 1s were blended in with luminosity masks to reduce the glare of Venus to a smaller size.2015-12-10T15:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/07/comets-conjunctions-and-occultations-oh-my/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moon-venus-rising-dec-7-2015.jpgWaning Moon and Venus Rising in ConjunctionThe waning crescent Moon and Venus rising over the Peloncillo Mountains in New Mexico, on December 7, 2015. Comet Catalina is in the frame as well as a barely visible fuzzy spot at lower left. I shot this from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, New Mexico. Clouds added the coloured diffraction glows around the Moon and Venus. This is a stack of 5 exposures: 30, 8, 2, 0.5 and 1/8s, blended with luminosity masks as HDR would not blend images with such a large range of brightness and content, with the shortest exposures having almost no content execept for two bright objects! The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker to follow the sky and keep the sky targets stationary and aligned, thus the blurred foreground. All with the 135mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daytime-occultation-of-venus-ingress-dec-7-2015.jpgDaytime Occultation of Venus (Dec 7, 2015)The occultation of Venus by the waning crescent Moon in the daytime on Monday, December 7 at 9:30 am local time. This is just about 3 minutes before the actual occultation as the advancing Moon is about to cover Venus on the bright limb of the Moon. This is a frame from a 100-frame time lapse. Unfortunately, as I shot this on my trip to Arizona, I did not have more focal length than the 135mm and 1.4x extender used here. So not the best combination for this event which really needed a telescope. I boosted the contrast here to make the subjects stand out better in the blue but partly cloudy sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moon-venus-and-comet-catalina-dec-7-2015.jpgThe Moon, Venus and Comet CatalinaThe waning crescent Moon, Venus and Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) on December 7, 2015. Comet Catalina is barely visible fuzzy blue spot at lower left. The comet proved to be fainter than expected and so with the cloud, it barely shows up, with its short tails wiped out here. Oh well! I was lucky to get this at all, as the forecast called for solid cloud. I shot this from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, New Mexico. Clouds added the coloured diffraction “corona” glows around the Moon and Venus. If you’re going to have cloud, it might as well add to the photo! This is a stack of 6 exposures: 30, 8, 2, 0.5, 1/8s and 1/30s, blended with luminosity masks as HDR would not blend images with such a large range of brightness and content, with the shortest exposures having almost no content execept for two bright objects! The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker to follow the sky and keep the sky targets stationary and aligned. All with the 135mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moon-venus-and-comet-catalina-with-label-dec-7-2015.jpgThe Moon, Venus and Comet CatalinaThe waning crescent Moon, Venus and Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) on December 7, 2015. Comet Catalina is barely visible fuzzy blue spot at lower left. The comet proved to be fainter than expected and so with the cloud, it barely shows up, with its short tails wiped out here. Oh well! I was lucky to get this at all, as the forecast called for solid cloud. I shot this from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, New Mexico. Clouds added the coloured diffraction “corona” glows around the Moon and Venus. If you’re going to have cloud, it might as well add to the photo! This is a stack of 6 exposures: 30, 8, 2, 0.5, 1/8s and 1/30s, blended with luminosity masks as HDR would not blend images with such a large range of brightness and content, with the shortest exposures having almost no content execept for two bright objects! The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker to follow the sky and keep the sky targets stationary and aligned. All with the 135mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/moon-venus-conjunction-at-sunrise-dec-7-2015.jpgMoon & Venus Conjunction at Sunrise (Dec 7, 2015)The waning crescent Moon and Venus in a close conjunction at dawn in the desert skies of Arizona, but here looking east toward New Mexico. This was December 7, 2015 when later in the morning the Moon occulted Venus in a daytime event for North America. I shot this from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona. Spica is to the right and Mars is at top of frame. This is a stack of 7 exposures from 10 seconds to 0.3 seconds at 1 stop intervals and blended with luminosity masks, to compress the huge range in brightness from the bright Moon and Venus, plus horizon sky, and the darker sky and sunrise clouds. All with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D.2015-12-08T05:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/06/capturing-comet-catalina/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winter-sky-setting-over-chiricahuas.jpgWinter Sky Setting over the ChiricahuasOrion and the northern winter constellations and Milky Way setting at dawn over the Chiricahua Mountains of southwest Arizona, near Portal, AZ. The waning crescent Moon in the west provided the illumination in this dawn shot from December 6, 2015. Orion is just above the main peak at centre, with Sirius, in Canis Major, to the left and Aldebaran, in Taurus, to the right. The Pleiades are setting at right. The star cluster at top is the Beehive, M44, in Cancer. Bands of airglow add the red streaks. The site is the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona. This is a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures, tracked, at f/3.5 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens and Canon 6D at ISO 1250, for the sky, and the same specs for 4 exposures, untracked for the ground. Each set was mean-combined stacked to reduce noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/arch-of-the-autumn-milky-way.jpgArch of the Autumn Milky WayThe arch of the Milky Way in the northern autumn and early winter sky, from Arizona on December 5, 2015. The Milky Way extends from Aquila to the left, in the southwest to Cassiopeia at top right, to Perseus and Auriga at far right, in the northeast. I shot this from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona, latitude +32° N. The view is looking north toward the celestial pole. Polaris is just right of lower centre. This is a stack of 8 tracked exposures, each 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 15mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 1600, with the ground coming from one exposure to minimize blurring. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/comet-catalina-c2013-us10-dec-6-2015.jpgComet Catalina with Venus at DawnComet Catalina (C/2013 US10) in the pre-dawn sky, near Venus, on December 6, 2015 as shot from the Quailway Cottage near Portal Arizona, with the comet and Venus over the Peloncillo Mountains of New Mexico. The comet was just visible in small binoculars as a fuzzy spot. Here, in the photo, its two tails, ion and dust tail, are just visible in the bright moonlit sky (the waning crescent Moon was well above Venus this morning). Still, the comet is not as bright nor obvious, even in binoculars as one hoped! The field of view here is a little more than would appear in binoculars. This is a stack of 7 x 30 second tracked exposures with the ground coming from one of the exposures. All at ISO 1600 and f/3.2 with the 135mm telephoto lens and Canon 6D. The lens iris blades provided the diffraction spikes on Venus.2015-12-06T23:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/05/circles-and-lines-in-the-dawn-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/arizona-lunar-halo-ecliptic-labels.jpgLunar Halo and the Ecliptic (with Labels)A classic 22° ice crystal halo around the waning crescent Moon, here overexposed, with the Moon between Jupiter and Mars in the morning sky on December 5, 2015. Seeing a halo around a crescent Moon is somewhat rare as they usually require the brighter light of the Full Moon. Venus is the brightest object at bottom closest to the horizon. The three planets, along with the stars Spica (above Venus) and Regulus (at top of frame) define the line of the ecliptic here in the dawn late autumn / early winter sky. I captured this scene from southeast Arizona near the Arizona Sky Village at Portal. This is a stack of 4 exposures from long to short (8s to 1/2s) to encompass the great range in brightness and not overexpose the crescent Moon too much. Images were layered in Photoshop and masked with luminosity masks. Automatic HDR techniques did not work well as the shortest image was too dark for ACR to find content to register in Merge ot HDR, and in Photoshop the HDR Pro module left visible edge artifacts. The camera was on the iOptron Sky Tracker to follow the sky and register the sky for all the exposures, thus the slightly blurred ground. Taken with the Canon 6D and 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/arizona-lunar-halo-ecliptic.jpgLunar Halo and the EclipticA classic 22° ice crystal halo around the waning crescent Moon, here overexposed, with the Moon between Jupiter and Mars in the morning sky on December 5, 2015. Seeing a halo around a crescent Moon is somewhat rare as they usually require the brighter light of the Full Moon. Venus is the brightest object at bottom closest to the horizon. The three planets, along with the stars Spica (above Venus) and Regulus (at top of frame) define the line of the ecliptic here in the dawn late autumn / early winter sky. I captured this scene from southeast Arizona near the Arizona Sky Village at Portal. This is a stack of 4 exposures from long to short (8s to 1/2s) to encompass the great range in brightness and not overexpose the crescent Moon too much. Images were layered in Photoshop and masked with luminosity masks. Automatic HDR techniques did not work well as the shortest image was too dark for ACR to find content to register in Merge ot HDR, and in Photoshop the HDR Pro module left visible edge artifacts. The camera was on the iOptron Sky Tracker to follow the sky and register the sky for all the exposures, thus the slightly blurred ground. Taken with the Canon 6D and 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens.2015-12-07T04:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/12/02/heads-up-a-comet-in-the-december-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stellarium-occultation.jpgStellarium Occultationhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dec-7-venus-moon.jpgDec 7 Venus & Moonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/comet-catalina-path.jpgComet Catalina Path2015-12-03T04:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/30/shooting-the-heart-nebula/2015-12-01T02:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/28/last-of-the-summer-milky-way-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/summer-milky-way-in-november.jpgLast of the Summer Milky WayThe Summer Triangle stars and summer Milky Way setting into the southwest on a clear though slightly hazy late November night. This is the last of the summer Milky Way, with the centre of the Galaxy are long gone now, but the Summer Triangle stars remaining in the evening sky well into autumn. Glows from light pollution in the west light the horizon, in a quick series of images shot in my rural backyard. Vega is at right, as the brightest star; Deneb is above centre, and Altair is at below centre, farthest south in the Milky Way. I shot this as a test image for the Nikkor 14-24mm lens , here at f/2.8 and at 14mm, where it performs beautifully, with very tight star images to the corners. it does very well at 24mm as well. The camera was the 36-megapixel Nikon D810a, also on test, and here it shows its stuff by picking up the red nebulas in Cygnus and Cepheus. This is a stack, mean combined, of five 2-minute tracked exposures, at f/2.8 and ISO 800. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker. So the stars are not trailed but the ground is! I made no attempt here to layer in an untracked ground shot, as there isn’t much detail of interest worth showing.2015-11-29T05:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/24/orion-star-trails-in-the-moonlight/2015-11-25T04:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/14/the-visible-ecliptic-at-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/visible-ecliptic-at-dawn-nov-14-2015-labels.jpgVisible Ecliptic at DawnVenus (brightest), with dim Mars above it, then bright Jupiter, in a diagonal line across the dawn sky on November 14, 2015. Regulus and Leo are at top right, Arcturus in Bootes is at left, and Spica in Virgo is just rising at centre. Spica, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Regulus more or less define the line of the ecliptic in the autumn morning sky here. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the ground, to smooth noise, and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all with the Nikon D810a at ISO 1000 and Nikkor 14-24mm lens at f/2.8 and at 14mmhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/venus-mars-jupiter-line-up-at-dawn-labels.jpgVenus, Mars & Jupiter Line-Up at DawnVenus (brightest), with dim Mars above it, then bright Jupiter, in a diagonal line across the dawn sky on November 14, 2015, with the Zodiacal Light barely visible in the brightening twilight sky. Arcturus is a left and Spica is just rising at centre. Corvus is just above the treetops at right. Spica, Venus, Mars and Jupiter more or less define the line of the ecliptic in the autumn morning sky here. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposures for the ground, to smooth noise, and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all with the Nikon D810a at ISO 1000 and Nikkor 14-24mm lens at f/2.8 and at 24mmhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/orion-and-winter-stars-over-old-farmhouse.jpgOrion and Winter Stars over Old FarmhouseOrion and the winter constellations setting over the old Farmhouse at home, in the dawn twilight on the morning of November 14, 2015. Canis Major and Sirius are at left; Taurus and Aldebaran and the Pleiades are at right. Procyon is at upper left. This is a stack of 4 x 20 second exposoures for the ground to smooth noise and one 20-second exposure for the sky, all with the Nikon D810a at ISO 1600 and 14-24mm Nikkor zoom lens at f/2.8.2015-11-16T12:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/10/10-steps-to-processing-nightscapes-time-lapses/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/star-trails-over-athabasca-glacier.jpgStar Trails over Athbasca Glacier #1Stars setting in trails over the Athabasca Glacier and Columbia Icefields, Sept 14, 2014. The Milky Way is trailed at right. This is a stack of 100 exposures, composited with Advanced Stacker Plus actions in Photoshop, with the ground coming from a subset stack of 8 images to reduce noise. Each exposure, taken as part of a time-lapse sequence, was 45 seconds at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens at 23mm and Canon 6D at ISO 4000.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/icefields-demo-still.jpgIcefields-Demo Stillhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse11.jpgDemo-Timelapse11https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse10.jpgDemo-Timelapse10https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse9.jpgDemo-Timelapse9https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse8.jpgDemo-Timelapse8https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse7.jpgDemo-Timelapse7https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse6.jpgDemo-Timelapse6https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse5.jpgDemo-Timelapse5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demo-timelapse4.jpgDemo-Timelapse42015-11-11T10:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/06/three-planets-and-the-moon-in-the-morning/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-three-planets-nov-6-2015.jpgMoon and Three Planets at Dawn (Nov 6, 2015-Landscape)The waning crescent Moon below Jupiter, with that pair of worlds above the pairing of Venus (bright) and red Mars (just above Venus), all in the dawn sky, November 6, 2015. This is a composite of 4 exposures: 30 seconds for the ground (to bring out detail there), 8 seconds for the sky (short enough to prevent star trailing), and 2 and 1/4 seconds for the Moon itself to prevent it from being totally blown out as a bright blob. All with the Nikon D750 at ISO 1600 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/4. Taken from home.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-three-planets-nov-6-2015-portrait.jpgMoon and Three Planets at Dawn (Nov 6, 2015-Portrait)The waning crescent Moon below Jupiter, with that pair of worlds above the pairing of Venus (bright) and red Mars (just above Venus), all in the dawn sky in Leo, November 6, 2015. The stars of Leo are above, including Regulus. This is a composite of 4 exposures: 15 seconds for the ground (to bring out detail there), 4 seconds for the sky (short enough to prevent star trailing), and 1 and 1/4 seconds for the Moon itself to prevent it from being totally blown out as a bright blob. All with the Nikon D750 at ISO 2000 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/4.5. Taken from home.2015-11-06T16:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/11/01/dawn-dance-of-planets-concludes/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/planet-trio-over-old-plough-nov-1-2015-portrait.jpgPlanet Trio over Old Farm Plough (Portrait)The planet trio of Venus (brightest), Jupiter (above Venus) and Mars (dim and red to the left of Venus), all in Leo in the morning sky on November 1, 2015, with the waning gibbous Moon illuminating the landscape and sky. The stars of Leo, including Regulus, shine above the planets. This is a stack of 4 x 30-second exposures at f/5.6 and ISO 2000 for more depth of the field for the ground, plus a 10-second exposure at f/2.8 and ISO 2000 to minimize star trailing. The ground exposures were mean combined in a stack to smooth noise. Diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools Actions for Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/planet-trio-over-old-plough-nov-1-2015-landscape.jpgPlanet Trio over Old Farm Plough (Landscape)The planet trio of Venus (brightest), Jupiter (above Venus) and Mars (dim and red to the left of Venus), all in Leo in the morning sky on November 1, 2015, with the waning gibbous Moon illuminating the landscape and sky. Even in the moonlight, the Zodiacal Light seems to be faintly visible along the ecliptic defined by the line of planets. This is a stack of 6 x 30-second exposures at f/5.6 and ISO 2500 for more depth of the field for the ground, plus a 13-second exposure at f/2.5 and ISO 800 to minimize star trailing. The ground exposures were mean combined in a stack to smooth noise. Diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools Actions for Photoshop.2015-11-01T19:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/28/triangle-of-planets-in-the-twilight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/planet-trio-over-old-red-barn.jpgPlanet Trio over Old Red BarnMars, Venus and Jupiter (in that order from top to bottom) in a triangle, in conjunction, over an old red barn near Vulcan, Alberta, in the morning twilight, October 28, 2015. Illumination is from the nearly Full Hunter’s Moon in the west. The trio of planets were in Leo in a fine conjunction not to be repeated until November 21, 2111. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 10 seconds at f/4 and ISO 800 with the Canon 6D and Canon 24mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/planet-trio-over-old-farmstead.jpgPlanet Trio over Old FarmsteadMars, Venus and Jupiter (in that order from top to bottom) in a triangle, in conjunction, at an old farmstead near Vulcan, Alberta, in the morning twilight, October 28, 2015. Illumination is from the nearly Full Hunter’s Moon in the west. The trio of planets were in Leo in a fine conjunction not to be repeated until November 21, 2111. Almost all of Leo is visible here, with Regulus, the constellation’s brightest star, just to the right of the windmill blades at top. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 10 seconds at f/4 and ISO 800 with the Canon 6D and Canon 24mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/planet-conjunction-over-misty-lake.jpgPlanet Conjunction over Misty LakeThe conjunction of Mars, Venus and Jupiter (from bottom to top) in the dawn sky over the misty waters of Lake Macgregor in southern Alberta, on October 28, 2015. This is a single 1/4-second exposure at f/4 and ISO 400 with the Canon 6D and 24mm Canon lens.2015-10-29T04:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/25/a-stunning-gathering-of-worlds/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/venus-mars-jupiter-over-lake-annette.jpgPlanet Conjunction over Lake AnnetteThe conjunction of Venus (brightest), Jupiter (above Venus) and Mars (dimmer below Venus & Jupiter) looking east in the morning twilight on October 25, 2015, as seen from the west shore of Lake Annette, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The mountain is the Watchtower. Morning mist covers the lake waters. Haze in the sky adds the natural glows around the planets — no filters were empolyed here. This is a layered stack of 4 images: 10, 5, 2.5 and 1.3-second exposures, with the longer exposure for the ground and the shorter exposures adding the sky to maintain tonal balance between the dark ground and bright sky. All with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 400. It was not possible to capture the reflection of the planets in the water as they were too high in the sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/venus-mars-jupiter-conjunction-oct-25-2015.jpgVenus, Mars and Jupiter in ConjunctionBrilliant Venus, in conjunction with dimmer Jupiter above, and with even dimmer Mars below, at left here, on the morning of October 25, 2015 when Venus and Jupiter were only 1° apart. I shot this from Lake Annette in Jasper National Park before the sky started to brighten with dawn twilight. High haze in the sky adds the glows around the stars and planets, in particular the colored halo around Venus. The mountain is the Watchtower. The site is used as the main star party location for the annual Jasper Dark Sky Festival. This is a 30-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and as ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/orion-over-lake-annette.jpgOrion over Lake AnnetteOrion and Canis Major over Lake Annette, in Jasper National Park, with Sirius and other stars reflected in the waters. Orion appears over Whistler peak, illuminated in part by lights from the Jasper townsite. I shot this on the morning of October 25, 2015, as the sky was brightening with dawn twilight. The exposure was 25 seconds at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. The camera was untracked, on a fixed tripod. No filter was employed - the fuzzy star glows come from high haze in the sky that morning.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lake-annette-panorama-twilight-oct-25-2015.jpgDawn Planets and Stars in Jasper National ParkA panorama of roughly 120° showing a star- and planet-filled sky in the dawn twilight over Lake Annette in Jasper National Park, Alberta, on the morning of October 25, 2015. At left, to the east, are the two bright planets, Venus (brightest) and Jupiter in a close conjunction 1° apart (and here almost merging into one glow), plus reddish Mars below them, all in Leo, with the bright star Regulus above them. Right of centre, to the south, is Orion and Canis Major, with the bright star Sirius low in the south. At upper right are the stars of Taurus, including Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster. Venus was near greatest elongation on this morning. No special filter was employed here — the hazy planets and stars and colourful star images comes naturally from a high haze over the sky this morning. It bloats the images of Venus and Jupiter so they almost merge. The stars are partly reflected in the waters, with rising mist in the distance on the lake. Distant Whistler peak below Orion is lit by lights from the Jasper Townsite. The site is the shore of Lake Annette near the Jasper Park Lodge and site of the annual star party held as part of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival. I shot this scene the morning after the 2015 Festival. This is a panorama of 8 segments, shot with the 24mm lens mounted vertically (portrait), each for 25 seconds at f/2.8 with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Stitched with Photoshop, with some vertical scaling to reduce the distortion introduced by the pan mapping process.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lake-annette-panorama-pre-dawn-oct-25-2015.jpgPlanets and Stars over Lake AnnetteA panorama of roughly 180° showing a star- and planet-filled sky in the pre-dawn hours over Lake Annette in Jasper National Park, Alberta, on the morning of October 25, 2015. At left, to the east, are the two bright planets, Venus (brightest) and Jupiter in a close conjunction 1° apart (and here almost merging into one glow), plus reddish Mars below them, all in Leo, with the bright star Regulus above them. At centre, to the south, is Orion and Canis Major, with the bright star Sirius low in the south. At upper right are the stars of Taurus, including Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster. Venus was near greatest elongation on this morning. The Milky Way runs vertically at centre, between Sirius and Procyon, the bright star above centre. The faint glow of morning Zodiacal Light rises in a diagonal band at left in the east through the planets and stars of Leo and into Cancer and the Beehive Cluster at top left. No special filter was employed here — the hazy planets and stars and colourful star images comes naturally from a high haze over the sky this morning. It bloats the images of Venus and Jupiter so they almost merge. The stars are partly reflected in the waters with wind distorting some of the reflections. Some green airglow appears in the south as well. Distant Whistler peak below Orion is lit by lights from the Jasper Townsite. The site is the shore of Lake Annette near the Jasper Park Lodge and site to the annual star party held as part of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival. I shot this scene the morning after the 2015 Festival. This is a panorama of 12 segments, shot with the 24mm lens mounted vertically (portrait), each for 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200. Stitched with Photoshop, with some vertical scaling to reduce the distortion introduced by the pan mapping process.2015-10-26T03:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/20/four-planets-along-the-morning-ecliptic/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/four-planets-at-dawn-with-labels-oct-20-2015.jpgFour Planets at Dawn with Labels (Oct 20, 2015)Four planets in the morning sky, on October 20, 2015, along the ecliptic from bottom to top: - Mercury (close to the horizon at lower left) - Mars (dim, below Jupiter) - Jupiter (fairly bright at upper right) - Venus (brightest of the four) I shot this from home in southern Alberta. This is a composite stack of 5 exposures from 8 seconds to 1/2 second to contain the range of brightness from the bright horizon to the dimmer sky up higher. All with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/four-planets-at-dawn-with-labels-oct-20-2015-portrait.jpgFour Planets at Dawn with Labels (Oct 20, 2015) - PortraitFour planets in the morning sky, on October 20, 2015, along the ecliptic from bottom to top: - Mercury (close to the horizon at lower left) - Mars (dim, below Jupiter) - Jupiter (fairly bright at upper right) - Venus (brightest of the four) I shot this from home in southern Alberta. This is a composite stack of 5 exposures from 15 seconds to 1 second to contain the range of brightness from the bright horizon to the dimmer sky up higher. All with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/four-planets-at-dawn-oct-20-2015.jpgFour Planets at Dawn (Oct 20, 2015)Four planets in the morning sky, on October 20, 2015, along the ecliptic from bottom to top: - Mercury (close to the horizon at lower left) - Mars (dim, below Jupiter) - Jupiter (fairly bright at upper right) - Venus (brightest of the four) I shot this from home in southern Alberta. This is a composite stack of 5 exposures from 8 seconds to 1/2 second to contain the range of brightness from the bright horizon to the dimmer sky up higher. All with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/four-planets-at-dawn-oct-20-2015-portrait.jpgFour Planets at Dawn (Oct 20, 2015) - PortraitFour planets in the morning sky, on October 20, 2015, along the ecliptic from bottom to top: - Mercury (close to the horizon at lower left) - Mars (dim, below Jupiter) - Jupiter (fairly bright at upper right) - Venus (brightest of the four) I shot this from home in southern Alberta. This is a composite stack of 5 exposures from 15 seconds to 1 second to contain the range of brightness from the bright horizon to the dimmer sky up higher. All with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 800.2015-10-21T02:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/16/heads-up-planet-dance-in-the-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oct-28-dawn-sky.jpgOct 28 Dawn Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oct-25-dawn-sky.jpgOct 25 Dawn Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oct-23-dawn-sky.jpgOct 23 Dawn Skyhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oct-17-dawn-sky.jpgOct 17 Dawn Sky2015-10-26T05:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/09/the-moon-and-four-planets/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/waning-moon-four-planets-w-labels-oct-9-2015.jpgWaning Moon and Four Planets (Oct 9, 2015)The waning crescent Moon, lit by Earthshine, with four planets on the morning of October 9, 2015, with the planets from bottom left to top right: • Mercury, just above the horizon between the low cloud bands, at lower left • Jupiter, bright at centre • Mars, reddish and above Jupiter • Venus, brightest at upper right and in some thin cloud. The bright star Regulus in Leo is above and to the left of Venus. This is a blend of four exposures: a long 4-second exposure for most of the sky and ground and shorter 2, 1, amd 1/2 second exposures for the bright twilight area and around the Moon and Venus, to prevent those areas fro being blown out. Blending is with masks, not HDR. All with the Canon 6D at ISO 400 and 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.5https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/waning-moon-four-planets-oct-9-2015.jpgWaning Moon and Four Planets (Oct 9, 2015)The waning crescent Moon, lit by Earthshine, with four planets on the morning of October 9, 2015, with the planets from bottom left to top right: • Mercury, just above the horizon between the low cloud bands, at lower left • Jupiter, bright at centre • Mars, reddish and above Jupiter • Venus, brightest at upper right and in some thin cloud. The bright star Regulus in Leo is above and to the left of Venus. This is a blend of four exposures: a long 4-second exposure for most of the sky and ground and shorter 2, 1, amd 1/2 second exposures for the bright twilight area and around the Moon and Venus, to prevent those areas fro being blown out. Blending is with masks, not HDR. All with the Canon 6D at ISO 400 and 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.52015-10-09T13:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/08/dawn-sky-delight-the-real-scene/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/morning-sky-panorama-oct-8-2015.jpgA Morning Sky Full of WondersA panorama of the pre-dawn sky on October 8, 2015, with a sky full of wonders: • the Northern Lights, or aurora • The Big Dipper above the aurora, somewhat distorted by the panorama projection • at centre, a conjunction and line-up of planets, with from bottom to top: Jupiter, Mars and Venus, with the bright waning crescent Moon beside Venus at top, and also beside the star Regulus in Leo • The Beehive star cluster well above the planet grouping • Orion and Canis Major in the winter sky at right with the Milky Way. I shot this from home, using the Canon 6D and 24mm lens on a fixed tripoid (no tracking), for 7 segments, each a 30-second exposure at f/2.2 and at ISO 1250. Stitched in Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moon-venus-mars-jupiter-oct-8-2015.jpgConjunction of Worlds at Dawn (Oct 8, 2015)A gathering of planets in the dawn sky on October 8, 2015, with - from bottom to top: Jupiter, Mars, Venus and the Moon, with the star Regulus in Leo left of Venus. This is a 15-second exposure with shorter exposure blended in for the area around Venus and the Moon to avoid them overexposing too much. So not a true HDR, but using masking to blend the short exposure elements.2015-10-09T04:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/06/heads-up-dawn-sky-dance-begins/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oct-8-dawn-planets.jpgOct 8 Dawn Planets2015-10-07T02:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/10/04/the-lunar-eclipse-to-true-scale/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lunar-eclipse-multiple-exposure-composite.jpgLunar Eclipse From Beginning to End, To True ScaleThis is a multiple-exposure composite of the total lunar eclipse of Sunday, September 27, 2015, as shot from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. From this location the Moon rose in the east at lower left already in partial eclipse. As it rose it moved into Earth’s shadow and became more red and the sky darkened from twilight to night, bringing out the stars. Then, as the Moon continued to rise higher it emerged from the shadow, at upper right, and returned to being a brilliant Moon again, here overexposed and now illuminating the landscape with moonlight. The disks of the Moon become overexposed here as the sky darkened because I was setting exposures to show the sky and landscape well, not just the Moon itself. That’s because I shot the frames used to assemble this multiple-exposure still image primarily for use as a time-lapse movie where I wanted the entire scene well exposed in each frame. Indeed, for this still image composite of the eclipse from beginning to end, I selected just 40 frames taken at 5-minute intervals, out of 530 I shot in total, taken at 15- to 30-second intervals for the full time-lapse sequence. All were taken with a fixed camera, a Canon 6D, with a 35mm lens, to nicely frame the entire path of the Moon, from moonrise at left, until it left the frame at top right, as the partial eclipse was ending. The ground comes from a blend of 3 frames taken at the beginning, middle and end of the sequence, so is partly lit by twilight, moonlight and starlight. Lights at lower left are from the Park’s campground. The sky comes from a blend of 2 exposures: one from the middle of the eclipse when the sky was darkest and one from the end of the eclipse when the sky was now deep blue. The stars come from the mid-eclipse frame, a 30-second exposure. PLEASE NOTE: The size of the Moon and its path across the sky are accurate here, because all the images for this composite were taken with the same lens using a camera that did not m2023-10-28T10:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/29/a-super-eclipse-of-the-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2515.pngIMG_2515https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/watching-the-lunar-eclipse.jpgWatching the Lunar EclipseMe, in a selfie, observing a total eclipse of the Moon with binoculars on September 27, 2015, from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta. I had three cameras set up to shoot the eclipse and a fourth to shoot the scene like this. The night was perfect for the eclipse. The Moon is in totality here, with the stars and Moon trailed slightly from the long exposure.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/success-shot-at-lunar-eclipse.jpgSelfie Success Shot at Lunar EclipseMe celebrating a successful total eclipse of the Moon during the final partial phases, observed and shot from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, on September 27, 2015. I shot with 3 cameras, with a 4th to record the scene. Two of the cameras at centre are still shooting time-lapses of final partial phases. The camera at right was used to take long tracked exposures of the Milky Way during totality. The telescope at left was used just to look!https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rising-eclipsed-moon.jpgRising of the Eclipsed MoonThe Full Moon rising in partial eclipse on the night of September 27, 2015, night of a total eclipse that began with the partial phase in progress at moonrise from my location. The pink Belt of Venus colours the sky at top. The Moon sits in the blue shadow of the Earth, which also partly obscures the disk of the Moon. I shot this from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta. This is through the TMB 92mm refractor for a focal length of 550mm using the Canon 60Da at ISO 400 for 1/250 second.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lunar-eclipse-closeup-with-stars.jpgLunar Eclipse Closeup with StarsThe total eclipse of the Moon of September 27, 2015, in closeup through a telescope, at mid-totality with the Moon at its darkest and deepest into the umbral shadow, in a long exposure to bring out the stars surrounding the dark red moon. This was also the Harvest Moon for 2015 and was the perigee Full Moon, the closest Full Moon of 2015. This is a single exposure taken through the TMB 92mm refractor at f/5.5 for 500 mm focal length using the Canon 60Da at ISO 400 for 8 seconds, the longest I shot during totality. The telescope was on the SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount tracking at the lunar rate.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eclipsed-moon-and-milky-way.jpgEclipsed Moon and Milky Way over Milk RiverThe Moon in total eclipse on September 27, 2015 – the “supermoon” eclipse – shining red over the Milk River and sandstone formations at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, with the Milky Way in full view in the sky darkened by the lunar eclipse. The Sweetgrass Hills of Montana are to the south. The centre of the Milky Way is at far right. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper left. The Moon was in Pisces below the Square of Pegasus. It was a perfectly clear night, ideal conditions for shooting the eclipse and stars. This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute tracked exposures for the sky and 5 x 4-minute untracked exposures for the ground to smooth noise. The Moon itself comes from a short 30-second exposure to avoid overexposing the lunar disk. Illumination of the ground is from starlight. All exposures with the 15mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. The camera was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eclipse-moonrise-at-writing-on-stone.jpgEclipse Moonrise at Writing-on-StoneThe Full Moon rises in partial eclipse over the sandstone formations of Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, on the evening of September 27, 2015. This was the night of a total lunar eclipse, which was in progress in its initial partial phase as the Moon rose this night. The blue band on the horizon containing the Moon is the shadow of Earth on our atmosphere, while the dark bite taken out of the lunar disk is the shadow of Earth on the Moon. The pink band above is the Belt of Venus. This is a two-image panorama stitched to extend the scene vertically to take in more sky and ground than one frame could accommodate. Both shot with the 200mm lens and 1.4x extender, on the Canon 5DMkII.2015-10-04T22:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/20/how-to-see-and-shoot-the-supermoon-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-20-21-2010.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (December 20/21, 2010)Total eclipse of the Moon, December 20/21, 2010, taken from home with 130mm AP apo refractor at f/6 and Canon 7D at ISO 400 for 4 seconds, single exposure, shortly after totality began.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-20-21-2010-hdr-composite-130mm.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (December 20/21, 2010) HDRTotal eclipse of the Moon, December 20/21, 2010, taken from home with 130mm AP apo refractor at f/6 and Canon 7D at ISO 400. An HDR composite of 9 images from 1/125 second to 2 seconds, composited in Photoshop CS5. Vibrancy increased to show bring out the colour variations across the shadow and at the edge of the shadow. Taken at about 12:21 am MST on Dec 21, about 20 minutes before totality began, during the partial phase.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-10-2011-200mm.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (Dec 10, 2011)This is the total eclipse of the Moon, December 10, 2011, taken from the grounds of the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, near Priddis Alberta, and looking west to the Rockies. This is a 2 second exposure at ISO 800 with the Canon 5DMkII and Canon 200mm lens at f/4. This was taken toward the end of totality at 7:48 am local time.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse-april-15-2014-2.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (April 15, 2014) #2The total eclipse of the Moon, April 15, 2014 local time just after sunset from Australia, seen from Shingle Splitter's Point overlooking Lake Macquarie on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was fortunate that we saw this eclipse at all as the sky was very cloudy and at times it was actually raining on us. But about 6 pm the Moon appeared as totality was ending. The Moon appears below Spica and below right of Mars. The lake has a red glitter path from the eclipsed Moon. This is an 8-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 50mm lens on the Canon 60Da at ISO 800.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse-24mm-lens-dec-20-21-2010.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse, Dec 20, 2010 24mm Wide-AngleTotal eclipse of the Moon, December 20/21, 2010, taken from home with Canon 5D MKII and 24mm lens at f2.8 for stack of 4 x 2 minutes at ISO 800. Taken during totality. The eclipsed Moon is the red object above Orion, and the stars appear bloated due to high haze and fog rolling in, visible at the bottom.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-eclipse-of-the-hunters-moon.jpgTotal Eclipse of the Hunter's MoonThe total eclipse of the Moon, October 8, 2014, the Hunter’s Moon, as seen and shot from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta under mostly clear though slightly hazy skies, thus the glow around the Moon. The planet Uranus is the brightest dot left of the Moon at 8 o’clock position. Both the Moon and Uranus were at opposition. This was the second in a “tetrad” series of 4 total lunar eclipses in a row at six-month intervals in 2014 and 2015. I shot thus just after mid-totality though with the northern limb of the Moon still bright in this single 15-second exposure at ISO 400 with the Canon 60Da, and with the Officina Stellaire 80mm apo refractor at f/6. It was mounted on the Sky-Watcher HEQ5 mount tracking at the lunar rate. I chased into clear skies to see and shoot this eclipse.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-moon-over-writing-on-stone.jpgRed Moon over Writing-on-StoneThe eclipsed Moon, October 8, 2014, over the Milk River and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in Alberta, with the Sweetgrass Hills of Montana to the south at left. The Moon was in total eclipse when I took this, and shines at right as a bright red glow. Lights from Coutts and towns in Montana light the clouds on the horizon. Orion and the winter stars stand at left, with Sirius at far left and Aldebaran and the Pleiades at top centre. The buildings in the valley below are the old NWMP outpost buildings from the late 1800s. The night was partly cloudy and hazy, thus the glows around stars and the Moon. This is a 1-minute exposure at f/2.8 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400. The ground however is from a stack of 5 x 1 minute exposures to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/partial-lunar-eclipse-2-june-26-2010.jpgPartial Lunar Eclipse (June 26, 2010)Partial eclipse of the Moon at moonset, morning of June 26, 2010, at about 5:00 am. Shot with 200mm telephoto and 1.4x teleconvertor, for 1/15th sec at f/5 and ISO 100, using Canon 7D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lunar-eclipse-sequence-from-monument-valley.jpgLunar Eclipse Sequence from Monument ValleyThe total lunar eclipse of April 4, 2015 taken from near Tear Drop Arch, in western Monument Valley, Utah. I shot the totality images at 6:01 a.m. MDT, during mid-totality during the very short 4 minutes of totality. The mid-totality image is a composite of 2 exposures: 30 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 for the sky and landscape, with the sky brightening blue from dawn twilight, and 1.5 seconds at f/5.6 and ISO 400 for the disk of the Moon itself. Also, layered in are 26 short exposures for the partial phases, most being 1/125th sec at f/8 and ISO 400, with ones closer to totality being longer, of varying durations. All are with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D on a static tripod, with the camera not moved through the entire sequence. The short duration of totality at this eclipse lent itself to a sequence with one total phase image flanked by partial phases. The rocks are illuminated by lights from the community - light pollution but photogenic in this case - and partly from dawn glow in the east.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tle2015sep28-edta.jpgTLE2015Sep28-EDTaCourtesy Fred Espenak/EclipseWise.com2015-09-22T04:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/17/morning-star-the-milky-way-and-the-zodiacal-light/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/venus-in-zodiacal-light-sept-17-2015.jpgThe Milky Way, Venus, and the Zodiacal LightVenus shines brightly, and nearly at its brightest at magnitude -4.7, in the dawn sky on a very frosty morning at 5 am, on September 17, 2015, from home in southern Alberta. Venus appears amid the faint glow of the Zodiacal Light, sometimes called the “False Dawn,” stretching vertically from the dawn horizon in the east, up and to the right, and reaching the Milky Way that runs down the frame from top centre to bottom right. Orion and the winter stars shine in the Milky Way, with Sirius above the trees at lower right. The Beehive Cluster, M44, appears as the small group of stars above Venus. The Pleiades, M45, is at top right. Mars is the brightest object left of Venus, with the bright star Regulus just below it and rising in the east. The stars of the Big Dipper are at far left at the edge of the frame. The sky is beginning to brighten with the real glow of morning. This is a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures, tracked and mean combine stacked, for the sky and 2 x 2-minute exposures, untracked and stacked, for the ground to minimize blurring in the starlit ground. The Canon 6D was on the iOptron Sky-Tracker, shooting at ISO 1250 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens at f/3.5. The stacking with a mean combine stack mode smooths noise in both sky and ground.2015-09-17T16:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/16/10-tips-for-terrific-time-lapses/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tc-80n3-masked.jpgTC-80N3 Maskedhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/moon-on-reesor-lake-1.jpgReesor Lake Moon HDRThe quarter Moon reflected in the waters of Reesor Lake, Alberta in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. Taken on July 5, 2014. This is with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO800. This is a high dynamic range stack of6 exposures from 1/15 to 0.6 seconds taken just before using the camera to take a motion control time-lapse. The Moon was in conjunction with Mars (right of Moon) and Spica (left of Moon) but in the bright twilight they are not showing up here.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/me-shooting-at-crawling-lake-june-30-2013.jpgShooting at Crawling Lake, June 30, 2013Me with cameras shooting time-lapses at Crawling Lake reservoir, Alberta, June 30/July 1, 2013. Perpetual twilight of summer solstice shines to the north and very weak noctilucent clouds.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/manual-settings.jpgManual Settingshttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lenr.jpgLENRhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/histogram-correct.jpgHistogram-Correcthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/file-format-2-7d.jpgFile Format #2 7Dhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/emotimo-at-dino-park-1.jpgeMotimo at Dino Park #1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/canon-6d.jpgCanon 6Dhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/camera-on-tripod-2.jpgCamera on Tripod #22015-11-24T02:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/13/the-dancing-lights-over-dinosaur-park/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/big-dipper-over-badlands.jpgBig Dipper over the BadlandsThe Big Dipper and Ursa Major over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on Sept 11, 2015 taken on a night of aurora shooting. The scene is lit by aurora and starlight. An arc of aurora is on the horizon while wispy bands of airglow are visible above the aurora. The sky is a single untracked exposure of 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, while the ground is a Mean Combine stack of 5 similar exposures to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/auroral-arc-over-badlands.jpgAuroral Arc over the BadlandsAn odd isolated arc of aurora in the eastern sky over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on September 11, 2015. This arc sat stationary and pulsed up and down in brightness over a few seconds. It was in some frames but not others. The winter stars of Taurus, including the Pleiades cluster, and Auriga are rising in the east. The sky here is from a single exposure but the ground came from a Mean Combine stack of 8 exposures to smooth noise. Each was 40 seconds at f/2.8 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200 on a moonless night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aurora-over-badlands.jpgAurora over the BadlandsThe Northern Lights over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on September 11, 2015. This is one frame from a 280-frame time-lapse sequence. Although, in this image the ground came from a later exposure in the sequence when passing car headlights lit the ground briefly on an otherwise dark, moonless night, to help sculpt the ground. This was with the Nikon D750 and 24mm lens for 15 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aurora-milky-way-over-badlands.jpgAurora and Milky Way over the BadlandsAn aurora and the autymn Milky Way over the Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on September 11, 2015. The stars, constellations and Milky Way of the autumn and early winter sky are rising in the northeast, including the objects: the Andromeda Galaxy at top, and the Pleiades at bottom. This is one frame from a 200-frame time-lapse sequence, though in this image the ground comes from a Mean Combine stack of 7 images to smooth noise but the sky is from one image, each 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200 on a dark moonless night.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/all-sky-star-trails-and-aurora-at-dino-park.jpgAll-Sky Star Trails and Aurora at Dino ParkA composite stack of 198 images creating a circumpolar star trail image of the entire sky, with the motion of the stars and the Northern Lights over an hour recorded onto one frame. The 8mm fish-eye lens take in almost all the sky, with the camera aimed northeast to the centre of the auroral arc, with Polaris, the centre of the sky’s rotation, at left. The scene is at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, from September 11, 2015. Each exposure was 20 seconds at f/3.5 with the Sigma 8mm lens and at ISO 6400 with the Canon 6D. The ground comes from a stack of 16 images taken early in the sequence turned into a smart object and mean combined with Mean stack mode, to average out and smooth noise. The sky comes from 198 exposures, Lighten stacked using the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCircleAcademy.com.2015-09-30T13:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/10/dawn-worlds/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/moon-venus-mars-at-dawn.jpgWaning Moon with Venus and MarsThe waning crescent Moon near Venus (at right) and much dimmer reddish Mars (at left) in the pre-dawn sky of September 10, 2015. This is a high-dynamic range stack of 5 exposures to accommodate the large range in brightness between the sky and Moon, and to preserve the earthshine on the dark side of the Moon. I shot this with the Canon 6D and 135mm lens at f/2 and at ISO 800 in a set of 8, 4, 2, 1 and 0.5-second exposures, blended with HDR Pro in Photoshop using 32 bit mode of Camera Raw.2015-09-10T22:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/09/the-dancing-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aurora-curtains-sept-9-2015.jpgAurora Curtains (Sept 9, 2015)A still frame from a 865-frame time-lapse movie taken the morning of Sept. 9, 2015 from the back deck, using the Nikon D750 and 24mm lens for 2-second exposures for a fast cadence. Focus is soft.2015-09-10T12:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/09/07/heads-up-dawn-planet-dance-begins/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sept-10-moon-venus1.jpgSept 10 Moon & Venushttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sept-10-moon-venus.jpgSept 10 Moon & Venus2015-09-10T18:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/21/time-and-tide-and-the-pull-of-the-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/laser-at-nova-east-star-party.jpgLaser at Nova East Star PartyA scene at the Nova East Star Party near Windsor, Nova Scotia, in August 2015, showing laser pointer in use under a clear starry sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sunset-at-point-prim-panorama.jpgSunset at Point Prim LighthouseSunset at Point Prim Lighthouse, near Digby, Nova Scotia on the Fundy side of the peninsula, with a waxing crescent Moon in the western twilight sky. The dark rocks are basaltic volcanic rocks from the late Triassic formed as part of the rifting that split Gondwonaland into the Americas and Europe and Africa. The Lighthouse is the fourth in a succession of lighthouses built at Point Prim starting in 1804. It was automated in 1984. This is a panorama created from 9 segments taken with the 16-35mm lens at 35mm and Canon 6D. Stitched in Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/newtons-apple-1.jpgNewton's Apple #1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/annapolis-tidal-generating-station.jpgAnnapolis Tidal Generating Stationhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/newtons-apple-tree.jpgNewton's Apple Tree2015-08-28T21:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/18/a-plethora-of-perseids/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseids-2015-tracked-15mm-aug-12.jpgPerseid Meteor Shower #1 (August 12, 2015)A composite depicting the Perseid meteor shower on the night of Wednesday, August 12, 2015 as shot from southern Alberta, Canada. The image takes in a wide swath of the north and eastern sky, including the radiant of the shower in Perseus at left of centre, near the Double Cluster visible as a clump of stars. All the Perseids can be traced back to this point. Also in the image: the summer Milky Way and, at left, a dim aurora in green and magenta that was barely visible to the eye but was picked up by the camera. The Andromeda Galaxy is at centre. The Pleiades is just on the horizon. Apart from some haze from forest fire smoke, it was a near perfect night: warm, dry, just a little wind to keep the bugs at bay, and no Moon. A perfect night for a meteor watch. This is a layered stack of 35 images recording three dozen meteors (most Perseids but also a couple of sporadics not aimed back to the radiant in Perseus, such as the bright one at far left). The 35 images were selected from 200 shot from 11 pm to 2:30 am that night, with most frames not picking up any meteors. This composite is from the 35 taken over the 3.5 hours that did record a meteor. Each exposure is 1 minute at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye, on the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200 (a couple of the early shots in the sequence were at ISO 1600 for 2 minutes). The camera was tracking the sky on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracker, so all images of the stars are aligned and registered out of the camera, with the meteors in their proper position relative to the stars and radiant. I masked out a couple of satellite and aircraft trails that were distracting, and took away from the point of illustrating the radiant of the meteor shower. The horizon, however, is from one image, taken early in the sequence. Some of the blue in the sky comes from one of the early shots taken in deep twilight but that contained a nice meteor. And I liked the blue it added. All stacking and processing with Adobe Cahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseids-2015-untracked-14mm-aug-12.jpgThe Radiant of the PerseidsThe Perseid meteor shower on peak night of Wednesday, August 12, 2015, showing meteors radiating from the “radiant point” in northern Perseus, then rising in the northeast sky. One bright sporadic, non-Perseid meteor is at left, and a small sporadic is near the horizon at right. The meteor at far left, top, may be a satellite streak. The Andromeda Galaxy is at upper right. A dim aurora is at left in the northeast. The setting is a ripening canola field at home. This is a stack of 16 images, one for the “base layer” ground and sky, containing a bright meteor, and 15 other images taken as part of the same sequence, each containing a meteor, layered with Photoshop using Lighten blend mode. I rotated each of the additional “meteor layers” around Polaris at upper left, so the sky aligned closely, putting the meteors in close to their correct position relative to the stars, to accurately illustrate the radiant effect. This was necessary as this sequence was shot with a fixed, non-tracking camera (the Canon 6D) using a 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8. Each exposure was 1 minute at ISO 3200. The 16 meteor frames came from a set of 212 frames taken over 3.5 hours. I layered in only the frames with meteors. Frames were taken from 11 pm to 2:30 am MDT.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseids-2015-tracked-24mm-aug-12.jpgPerseids Raining in CygnusThe Perseid meteors shooting through Cygnus and the Summer Triangle area of the summer Milky Way, on the night of Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Deneb is the star at top left, Vega at top right, and Altair at bottom. The Perseids shoot across the frame from top left to bottom right. Other streaks are sporadic meteors or short satellite trails. I masked out other long satellite trails that were distracting to the image’s focus on depicting Perseids. This is a stack of 24 images, each with a meteor or two, taken over a 3.5-hour period that night, with each exposure being 1 minute at f/2, with the 24mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 1600. The 24 image with meteors were selected from a total of 214 shot for this sequence, with most frames not recording any meteor, and perhaps only satellites or aircraft.2015-08-19T04:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/06/how-to-see-shoot-the-perseids/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/saskatchewan-star-party-7-aug-14-2010.jpgSaskatchewan Summer Star Party, August 2010Twin Perseids in this photo? Or are these satellites? Taken at SSSP, August 14, 2010, using Canon 5D MkII and 15mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/saskatchewan-star-party-5-aug-14-2010.jpgSaskatchewan Summer Star Party, August 2010Shows unusual Perseid meteor varying in brightness? Or is this a satellite that mimics Perseid for position (it comes right out of the radiant point). Taken at SSSP, August 14, 2010, using Canon 5D MkII and 15mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseids-at-moonrise-august-2012.jpgPerseid Meteors at Moonrise (August 2012)A pair of Perseid meteors shoot at left in the late night sky at the Upper Bankhead parking lot in Banff National Park. The waning crescent Moon is just rising above the trees. A faint Perseid is at right, while a satellite trail goes from left to right as well. Taken the night of Saturday, August 11 into the wee hours of Sunday, August 12, 2012 with the Canon 7D and 10-22mm Canon lens. This is a stack of two exposures, one for each meteor, each for 60 seconds at ISO 1250 and f/4. The stars are trailed slightly due to the two-minute exposure time in total.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseid-meteors-over-lake-minnewanka-aug-12-2012.jpgPerseid Meteors over Lake MinnewankaA trio of Perseid meteors shoot at left in the pre-dawn sky over Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. The overexposed waning crescent Moon shines between Venus (below) and Jupiter (above), with Jupiter near the Hyades and below the Pleiades in Taurus. Taken the morning of Sunday, August 12, 2012 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm Canon L-series lens. This is a composite of three exposures, one for each meteor, each for 40 seconds at ISO 2000 and f/5. Landscape is from one image, two other meteors from two other frames layered in and registered in the correct position in the base layer.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseid-meteor-august-12-09-south-4.jpgPerseid Meteor August 12, 2009Perseid meteor caught night of August 12-13 2009 from Cypress Hills Prov Park in Saskatchewan at the annual Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. One frame of 260 shot as part of a time-lapse movie. Taken with Canon 20Da and 15mm lens at f/2.8 for 45s at ISO1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseid-meteor-august-12-09-north-1.jpgPerseid Meteor August 12, 2009Perseid meteor caught night of August 12-13 2009 from Cypress Hills Prov Park in Saskatchewan at the annual Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. One frame of 250 shot as part of a time-lapse movie. Taken with Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens at f/2.5 for 30s at ISO1600.2023-06-17T07:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/03/moonlight-on-the-prairie/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/moonlightonprairietitle.jpgMoonlightonPrairieTitlehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/star-trails-over-st-anthonys-church.jpgStar Trails over St Anthony's ChurchCircumpolar star trails over the historic but sadly neglected St. Anthony’s Church between Bow Island and Etzikom, Alberta. The Big Dipper is at left, Polaris at top. The Roman Catholic church was built in 1911 by English, Russian German immigrants. It served a dwindling congregation until 1991 when it closed. At that time workers found a time capsule from 1915 with names of the priest and parisioners of the day. In summer of 2014 the Church suffered its latest indignity when the iron cross on its steeple tower was stolen. It was there when I stopped at this Church on a site scouting trip in May 2014. I planned to return on a moonlit night and did on July 29, 2015. A nearby house had been torn down and the cross was now gone. This is a stack of 300 6-second exposures with the Canon 6D at ISO 1600 and 16-35mm lens at f/2.8. Bright light from a 13-day Moon lights the scene, making for very short exposures. The ground comes from one exposure to keep shadows sharp. The final stars also come from another single exppsure taken two minutes after the last trail image. I used the Advanced Stacker Actions to stack the trails.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moonrise-at-the-old-farmhouse.jpgBlue Moonrise at the Old FarmhouseThe rising almost-Full Moon, a “Blue Moon” of July 30, 2015, rising behind a rustic old farmhouse near Bow Island, Alberta. The Moon sits in the pibk Belt of Venus with the blue shadow of the Earth below. This is a single frame from a 600-frame time-lapse sequence, taken with the Canon 6D and 16-35mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/star-trails-over-rustic-house.jpgStar Trails over Rustic HouseCircumpolar star trails circling above an old rustic and abandoned house near Bow Island, Alberta, with illumination from the nearly Full Moon. Cassiopeia is near centre. Polaris is at top left. This is a stack of 140 frames from a time-lapse sequence with additional frames added for the first and last stars, and the ground coming from a mean combine stack of 8 frames to reduce noise. Each frame is 10 seconds at f/4 with the 16-35mm lens and ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D. Stacked with Advanced Stacker Actions, using the Ultrastreaks effect, from within Photoshop.2015-08-05T13:01:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/02/sunset-over-horsethief-canyon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sunset-at-horsethief-canyon.jpgSunset at Horsethief CanyonSunset on August 1, 2015 at the Horsethief Canyon Viewpoint overlooking the Red Deer River, north of Drumheller, Alberta, on the Dinosaur Trail scenic drive. The name comes from the pioneer days when horses would get lost in the Badlands here and then re-emerge found, but with a new brand on them. The region is home to rich deposits of late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils. Just south of here is the world class Royal Tyrrell Museum, a centre of research into dinosaurs and prehistoric life. This is a single-exposure frame (not HDR) from a 300-frame time-lapse sequence, with the Canon 6D and 16-35mm lens.2015-08-02T22:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/08/01/the-blue-moon-over-calgary/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2473.pngIMG_2473https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moonrise-over-calgary-wide-angle-2.jpgBlue Moonrise over Calgary (Wide-Angle #2)The Full Moon of July 31 2015, an infamous “Blue Moon,” rising over the skyline of Calgary, in a wide view taken with the 50mm lens and Canon 6D, as one frame of a 480-frame time-lapse. The location was Toronto Crescent.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-moonrise-over-calgary-closeup-1.jpgBlue Moonrise over Calgary - Closeup #1The Full Moon of July 31, 2015, an infamous “blue Moon”, the second Full Moon of July, rising over the skyline of Calgary, Alberta. This is one frame of a 480-frame time-lapse sequence taken with the Canon 60Da and 28-105mm lens. The location was Toronto Crescent.2015-08-02T17:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/24/the-milky-way-over-the-milk-river/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/aurora-panorama-from-writing-on-stone.jpgPanorama of the Auroral OvalThe arc of the auroral oval as seen from southern Alberta, July 22/23, 2015, from Writing on Stone Provincial Park, looking north over the flat prairie. The Big Dipper is at left. This is a 4-segment panorama with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens at 16mm, stitched in Photoshop.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/aurora-over-writing-on-stone.jpgAurora over Writing-on-StoneAn aurora display to the northeast over the Milk River Valley and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, night of July 22/23, 2015. The ground is lit by aurora light. The view is looking east to the rising autumn constellations of Cassiopeia and Perseus at left, and Andromeda and Pegasus at centre. The Milky Way runs from left to top centre. I shot this with the 15mm full-frame fisheye and Canon 6D. The sky is from one image, but the ground is from a stack of 4 images, mean combined, to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/milky-way-over-milk-river.jpgMilky Way Over Milk RiverThe summer Milky Way over the Milk River Valley and sandstone formations of Writing-on-Stone Provincial park, in southern Alberta. On the horizon are the volcanic Sweetgrass Hills in Montana. The red tint at top is from an aurora active that night and the ground is partly illuminated by green auroral light from the north. The Summer Triangle stars are at top left. Sagittarius is on the horizon sinking into the low clouds at botton right which are illuminated by lights from Sweetgrass, Montana. Clouds and smoke from forest fires to the west cut down the transparency and clarity of the sky this night, especially toward the horizon. This is a stack of 4 x 3-minute tracked exposures for the sky, and 4 x 5-minute untracked exposures for the ground, all with the 15mm Canon full-frame fish-eye and Canon 6D at ISO 1000, on the iOptron Sky-Tracker unit.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/milky-way-and-meteor-at-writing-on-stone.jpgMilky Way and Meteor over Milk RiverThe summer Milky Way with a meteor streaking at centre as a bonus. An aurora to the north off frame is lighting the foreground with a green glow. Haze and forest fire smoke obscure the horizon. I shot this at the Battle Scene viewpoint at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, in southern Alberta. Sagittarius and the galactic centre is on the horizon at left of centre. Capricornus is amid the haze at left of centre. On the horizon are the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana. The Milk River winds below amid the sandstone formations that are home to historic First Nations petroglyphs. This is a single 30-second exposure with the Nikon D750 at ISO 3200 and Sigma 24mm Art lens at f/2, taken as part of a time-lapse sequence.2015-07-24T22:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/19/worlds-amid-the-sunset-clouds/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/moon-venus-in-sunset-clouds.jpgMoon and Venus in Sunset CloudsThe waxing crescent Moon below Venus low in the sunset colours of a July summer evening over the waters of Little Fish Lake, in southern Alberta. Jupiter is at upper right but much fainter. This is a 3-segment panorama taken with the Canon 60Da and 18-200mm Sigma zoom.2015-07-20T01:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/17/live-from-pluto-under-the-planetarium-dome/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/live-from-pluto-talk04.jpgLive From Pluto Talk042015-07-18T13:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/11/riding-along-with-new-horizons-at-pluto/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/philaecometlander.jpgPhilaeCometLanderhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/scenefrompluto.jpgScenefromPlutohttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lowellobservatory.jpgLowellObservatoryhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kuiperbelt.jpgKuiperBelthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/flybyscene1.jpgFlyByScene1https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/firstimages.jpgFirstImages2016-04-04T11:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/02/waterton-lakes-by-moonlight/2015-07-05T17:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/07/01/waterton-lakes-in-the-twilight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blakiston-valley-by-moonlight.jpgBlakiston Valley by MoonlightA panorama of the flower-filled Blakiston Valley on a moody moonlit cloudy night at Waterton Lakes National Park, June 24, 2015. The Big Dipper is at upper right, with its handle pointing to Arcturus at left of centre. Spica is at far left. A subtle halo surrounds the first quarter Moon which has just set behind Crandell Mountain at left. This is a 9-segment panorama with the Nikon D750 and 24mm lens, mounted portrait, and stitched with Photoshop using spherical geometry and corrected with Wide Angle Adaptive Lens Correction to straighten the scene. Liberal use of Highlight and Shadow recovery in ACR and Shadows and Highlights in PS brought out the flower-filled foreground while retaining detail in the bright sky. Each segment was 30 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/moon-over-maskinonge.jpgMoon over MaskinongeThe rising waxing gibbous Moon in the sunset sky over Maskinonge Wetlands at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, June 2015. The last rays of sunset are illuminating the peaks in alpen glow. This is an HDR stack of 3 exposures with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/moonlit-flowers-and-anderson-peak.jpgMoonlit Flowers and Anderson PeakAlpine flowers in the moonlight at Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, with the scene lit by light from the waxing gibbous Moon. The “Matterhorn” style peak is Anderson Peak. This is a blend of two exposures: 30 seconds for the sky and 50 seconds for the ground, all with the 24mm lens at f/5 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/shooting-in-the-moonlight.jpgShooting in the MoonlightA nightscape photographer from one of my workshops, shooting in the moonlight at Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Clouds partly obscure the gibbous Moon but add a colourful iridescent corona around the Moon, which is reflected in the Red Rock Canyon Creek. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures with the 14mm lens and Canon 6D, to preserve detail in the bright clouds and the disk of the Moon, and in the dark shadows.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/workshop-photographers-in-the-moonlight.jpgPhotographers in the MoonlightPhotographers at a Nightscapes Workshop at Red Rock Canyon in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, June 2015, in the moonlight.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/twilight-moon-over-waterton-lakes.jpgTwilight Moon over Waterton LakesThe waxing gibbous Moon over Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta with the iconic Prince of Wales Hotel in the distance, on a calm evening with still waters, rare in Waterton. This is an HDR stack of 3 exposures with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens, shot from Driftwood Beach.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/stars-over-red-rock-canyon.jpgStars over Red Rock CanyonCassiopeia and the northern stars over Red Rock Canyon in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, with illumination from a waxing gibbous Moon. This is a composite of three 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one 30-second exposure for the sky, all with the 24mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600.2015-07-01T17:35:21+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/29/double-star-in-the-dusk/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/venus-jupiter-over-lake.jpgVenus and Jupiter Over Lake (June 28, 2015)Venus and Jupiter on June 28, 2015 approaching a close conjunction two nights later, as seen over the water of Little Fish Lake Provincial Park, Alberta in the evening twilight. Venus is the brighter of the pair. This is an HDR stack of 3 exposures with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens. The long exposure blurs the ripples and waves on the water.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/venus-jupiter-in-twlight.jpgVenus and Jupiter in Twilight (June 28, 2015)Venus and Jupiter on June 28, 2015 approaching a close conjunction two nights later, as seen over the water of Little Fish Lake Provincial Park, Alberta in the evening twilight. Venus is the brighter of the pair. Some subtle crepuscular rays from cloud shadows are at right. This is an HDR stack of 3 exposures with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens.2015-06-29T20:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/28/heads-up-the-great-evening-conjunction-of-2015/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/venus-jupiter-with-windmill-2-march-12-2012.jpgVenus & Jupiter with Windmill #2 (March 12, 2012)Venus and Jupiter behind old farm water pump windmill, taken March 12, 2012 near home on Glenmore Trail road east of Langdon. Car headlights provide the illumination. Taken with a Canon 5D MkII at ISO 400 and 16-35mm lens at f/4 and 26mm for 20 seconds. A mixture of twilight and light pollution on thin cluds provided the sky colours. Pleiades and Hyades also visible.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/june-30-jupiter-venus.jpgJune 30 Jupiter & Venus2015-06-29T01:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/23/the-great-solstice-aurora-the-movie/2015-06-24T19:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/23/the-great-solstice-aurora-of-2015/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-over-thunderstorm-2-june-22-2015.jpgAurora over Thunderstorm #2 (June 22, 2015)A sky-covering display of Northern Lights, here in the western sky over a distant thunderstorm on the Alberta prairies. I shot this June 22, 2015 on a night with a grand display over most of the sky, with the sky bright with solstice twilight. The site was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake in southern Alberta. This is one frame from a 350-frame time-lapse, taken with the Nikon D750 and 24mm lens,https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-over-thunderstorm-1-june-22-2015.jpgAurora over Thunderstorm #1 (June 22, 2015)A sky-covering display of Northern Lights, here in the western sky over a distant thunderstorm on the Alberta prairies. I shot this June 22, 2015 on a night with a grand display over most of the sky, with the sky bright with solstice twilight. The site was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake in southern Alberta. This is one frame from a 350-frame time-lapse, taken with the Nikon D750 and 24mm lens,https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-in-solstice-twilight-2-june-22-2015.jpgAurora in Solstice Twilight #2 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display began already active in the twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 960-frame time-lapse, taken with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and with the Canon 60Da, looking north to the perpetual twilight of solstice. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-in-solstice-twilight-1-june-22-2015.jpgAurora in Solstice Twilight #1 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display began already active in the darkening twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 960-frame time-lapse, taken with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and with the Canon 60Da, looking north to the perpetual twilight of solstice. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/all-sky-aurora-5-june-22-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #5 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display brightened again in the middle of the night at about 1 am, with rays converging at the zenith in the perpetual twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 568-frame time-lapse, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens at f/3.5 and with the Canon 6D, composed for projection in tilt-dome digital planetariums. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/all-sky-aurora-4-june-22-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #4 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display brightened again in the middle of the night at about 1 am, with rays converging at the zenith in the perpetual twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 568-frame time-lapse, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens at f/3.5 and with the Canon 6D, composed for projection in tilt-dome digital planetariums. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/all-sky-aurora-3-june-22-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #3 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display peaked in a substorm with rays converging at the zenith in the darkening twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 568-frame time-lapse, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens at f/3.5 and with the Canon 6D, composed for projection in tilt-dome digital planetariums. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/all-sky-aurora-2-june-22-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #2 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display peaked in a substorm with rays converging at the zenith in the darkening twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 568-frame time-lapse, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens at f/3.5 and with the Canon 6D, composed for projection in tilt-dome digital planetariums. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/all-sky-aurora-1-june-22-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora #1 (June 22, 2015)The all-sky aurora of June 22, 2015, during a level 7 to 9 geomagnetic storm, as the display began already active in the darkening twilight of a solstice night. This is one frame from a 568-frame time-lapse, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens at f/3.5 and with the Canon 6D, composed for projection in tilt-dome digital planetariums. I was on the south shore of Crawling Valley Lake and Reservoir in southern Alberta.2015-06-23T18:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/22/reflections-of-solstice-planets-and-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/solstice-aurora-3-june-21-2015.jpgSolstice Aurora Reflections #2An aurora display on the evening of summer solstice, June 21, 2015, overlooking Crawling Valley Reservoir in southern Alberta. This is one frame of 360 shot as part of a time-lapse, each frame being 15 seconds at f/2.5 with the 24mm lens, and with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/evening-planet-reflections-2.jpgEvening Planet ReflectionsThe evening planets of Venus (right) and Jupiter (left), to the right of the waxing crescent Moon on the evening of summer sosltice, June 21, 2015. The star Regulus is to the upper right of the Moon, between Jupiter and the Moon. The view is overlooking Crawling Lake in southern Alberta. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures to retain detail in the bright twilight sky and the dark foreground.2015-06-22T18:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/20/a-twilight-triangle-of-worlds/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/storm-front-panorama-june-19-2015.jpgStorm Front PanoramaA wicker looking storm front moving in quickly over the Crawling Lake Reservoir in southern Alberta. I had just a few minutes to get set up for this after shooting the gathering of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter in the evening twilight from a nearby spot. Then clouds soon covered the planets. By the time I got back to the car to change lenses the storm front was almost on top of me. I grabbed segments for this panorama using a 24mm lens and Canon 6D. While the outflow winds really picked up, the storm didn’t amount to much and cleared off shortly after as it moved to the east from the northwest.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/moon-venus-and-jupiter-over-lake-june-19-2015.jpgMoon, Venus and Jupiter over Crawling LakeThe waxing crescent Moon below Venus and dimmer Jupiter above, all over Crawling Lake Reservoir, in southern Alberta, on June 19, 2015. This is a 5-exposure HDR stack to preserve deatails in the dark foreground and bright sky. Shortly after I took this shot clouds from an approaching storm front obscured the planets and the sky.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/moon-venus-and-jupiter-june-19-2015.jpgTriangle in the TwilightThe waxing crescent Moon below Venus and fainter Jupiter above, with the three worlds forming a triangle in the twilight, on the evening of June 19, 2015, from a site north of Bassano, Alberta. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures to retain detail in the dark foreground and bright twilight sky. This is with the 50mm lens and Canon 6D.2015-06-20T14:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/16/solstice-sky-at-dinosaur-park/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/solstice-star-trails-at-dinosaur-park.jpgSolstice Star Trails at Dinosaur ParkSummer solstice twilight and circumpolar star trails over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Some bright noctilucent clouds are visible low on the northern horizon. I shot this June 15, 2015 as part of a shoot for a “star trail” video tutorial, as an example image. This is a stack of the first 200 frames of 275 shot for a time-lapse, each 15 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 1600. I stacked them in Advanced Stacker Actions with the ultrastreak mode. The foreground comes from a mean blend of the first 8 frames, to smooth noise, and to provide a brighter foreground from early in the sequence when the sky and ground were brighter.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/noctilucent-clouds-over-dinosaur-park.jpgNoctilucent Clouds over Dinosaur ParkNoctilucent clouds (NLCs) over the silhouette of the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta, on the night of June 15/16, 2015. The clouds remained low on the northern horizon and faded as the Sun angle dropped through the night but then reappeared in the northwest prior to dawn. The bright star at left is Capella, circumpolar at this latitude of 50° N. This is a single exposure for 10 seconds at f/3.2 with the 16-35mm lens and at ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da.2015-06-17T03:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/15/heads-up-june-moon-passes-the-planets/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/june-moon-near-planets.jpgJune Moon near Planets2015-06-15T23:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/13/venus-and-jupiter-converging/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/venus-jupiter-with-windmill.jpgVenus and Jupiter ConvergingVenus (right) and Jupiter (centre), on June 12, 2015, as they are converging toward a close conjunction on June 30, 2015. The star Regulus is at left, left of the windmill. Photographed from an old farm yard north of Vulcan, Alberta. This is an HDR-stack of 3 exposures to record detail in the ground and sky. Shot with the Canon 60Da and 16-35mm lens.2015-10-29T21:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/08/aurora-and-the-old-farm-truck/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-and-old-truck-4-june-7-2015.jpgAurora & Old Truck #4An aurora display on the night of June 7/8, 2015 from southern Alberta, with an old rustic farm truck as the foreground. This is a frame from a 450-frame time-lapse with the Nikon D740 at ISO 1600 and the Sigma 24mm lens at f/2.8, for 8 second each. The foreground is from a stack of 8 images adjacent in time to the sky image stacked in Mean mode for smoothing of noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-and-old-truck-3-june-7-2015.jpgAurora & Old Truck #3An aurora display on the night of June 7/8, 2015 from southern Alberta, with an old rustic farm truck as the foreground. This is a frame from a 450-frame time-lapse with the Nikon D750 at ISO 1600 and the Sigma 24mm lens at f/2.8, for 8 seconds each. The foreground is from a stack of 8 images adjacent in time to the sky image stacked in Mean mode for smoothing of noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aurora-and-old-truck-1-june-7-2015.jpgAurora & Old Truck #1An aurora display on the night of June 7/8, 2015 from southern Alberta, with an old rustic farm truck as the foreground. This is a frame from a 450-frame time-lapse with the Nikon D740 at ISO 1600 and the Sigma 24mm lens at f/2.8, for 8 second each. The foreground is from a stack of 8 images adjacent in time to the sky image stacked in Mean mode for smoothing of noise.2015-06-12T10:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/06/01/night-of-the-space-station/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iss-pass-1-may-31-2015.jpgSpace Station Pass in the MoonlightA pass of the International Space Station in the bright moonlight, on the evening of May 31, 2015, with the gibbous Moon to the south at centre. The view is looking south, with the ISS travelling from right (west) to left (east) over several minutes. This was the first pass of a 4-pass night, May 31/June 1, starting at 11:06 pm MDT this evening. Numerous other fainter satellite trails are also visible. This is a composite stack of 95 exposures, each 2 seconds at f/2.8 with the 14mm lens and ISO 6400 with the Canon 6D. The gaps are from the 1-second interval between exposures. The length of the trails and gaps reflects the changing apparent speed of the ISS as it approaches, passes closest, then flies away. I stacked the exposures with the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCIrcleAcademy.com, using the Lighten mode. The ground comes from a Mean blend of just 8 of the exposures to prevent shadows from blurring but to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iss-pass-4-may-31-2015.jpgSpace Station in the Summer DawnA pass of the International Space Station in the brightening twilight of dawn, on the morning of June 1, 2015, with the gibbous Moon setting to the southwest at right. The view is looking south, with the ISS travelling from right (west) to left (southeast) over several minutes. This was the last pass of a 4-pass night, May 31/June 1, starting at 3:55 am MDT this morning. This is a composite stack of 144 exposures, each 2 seconds at f/2.8 with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. The gaps are from the 1-second interval between exposures. The length of the trails and gaps reflects the changing apparent speed of the ISS as it approaches, passes closest, then flies away. I stacked the exposures with the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCIrcleAcademy.com, using the Lighten mode. The ground comes from a Mean blend of just 8 of the exposures to prevent shadows from blurring but to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iss-pass-3-may-31-2015.jpgSpace Station Overhead Pass #2An overhead pass of the International Space Station in a bright moonlit sky on the night of May 31/ June 1, 2015, with the gibbous Moon in the southwest, below. The view is looking south, with the ISS travelling from right (west) to left (east) over several minutes. This was the third pass of a 4-pass night, May 31/June 1, starting at 2:21 am MDT this morning. This is a composite stack of 66 exposures, each 4 seconds at f/3.5 with the 8mm fish-eye lens and ISO 6400 with the Canon 6D. The gaps are from the 1-second interval between exposures. The length of the trails and gaps reflects the changing apparent speed of the ISS as it approaches, passes closest, then flies away. The stars are trailing around Polaris at top. Unfortunately, I missed catching the start of this pass. I stacked the exposures with the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCIrcleAcademy.com, using the Lighten mode. The ground comes from a Mean blend of just 8 of the exposures to prevent shadows from blurring but to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iss-pass-2-may-31-2015.jpgSpace Station Overhead Pass #1An overhead pass of the International Space Station in a bright moonlit sky on the night of May 31/ June 1, 2015, with the gibbous Moon in to the south, below. The view is looking south, with the ISS travelling from right (west) to left (east) over several minutes. This was the second pass of a 4-pass night, May 31/June 1, starting at 12:44 am MDT this morning. This is a composite stack of 91 exposures, each 4 seconds at f/3.5 with the 8mm fish-eye lens and ISO 6400 with the Canon 6D. The gaps are from the 1-second interval between exposures. The length of the trails and gaps reflects the changing apparent speed of the ISS as it approaches, passes closest, then flies away. The stars are trailing around Polaris at top. An aircraft supplies the other dashed trail across the top and intersecting with the ISS trail. I stacked the exposures with the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCIrcleAcademy.com, using the Lighten mode. The ground comes from a Mean blend of just 8 of the exposures to prevent shadows from blurring but to smooth noise.2015-06-02T19:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/25/under-an-endless-open-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/milky-way-over-old-farm-machines1.jpgMilky Way Over Old Farm MachinesA nightscape of antique farm combines illuminated by starlight, with the Milky Way behind. The galactic centre area of Sagittarius and Scorpius lie to the south, with Saturn the brightest object at right. I shot this at the Visitor Centre at the Old Man on His Back Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan. The sky is a single 30-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 6400. The ground comes from a stack of 8 exposures to smooth noise, all part of a time-lapse/star trail sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/star-trails-over-butala-homestead-dawn.jpgStar Trails over Pioneer Homestead at DawnCircumpolar star trails at dawn over the historic Butala homestead at the Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan, taken May 2015. This is a stack of 70 frames from a larger time-lapse sequence, from the end of the sequence in the dawn twilight. Each exposure is 40 seconds with the 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 60Da at ISO 1600. Stacked with Advanced Stacker Actions. The foreground comes from a stack of 8 of the final exposures, mean combined, to smooth noise.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/old-man-on-his-back-farmyard-panorama.jpgMilky Way over a Prairie FarmyardA 360° panorama of the night sky and prairie landscape from the Visitor Centre and farmyard at the Old Man on His Back Prairie & Heritage Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan. The Milky Way arches across the eastern sky from north to south, while an aurora display (faint to the naked eye) glows in an arch of green and magenta across the northern horizon. The pioneer house was built in the 1920s and this was a working ranch until the 1990s when the land was turned over to the Nature Conservancy of Canada to turn into a natural area to preserve the short grass prairie habitat. This a stitch of 8 segments, each a 1 minute untracked exposure at f/3.5 with the 15mm lens and ISO 4000 with the Canon 6D. Stitched with PTGui software. I shot these May 18, 2015.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/moon-in-twilight-over-pioneer-house1.jpgTwilight Moon Over Pioneer HouseThe waxing crescent Moon and Venus (above) over the old farm house at the Visitor Centre at the Old Man on His Back Natural and Historical Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan, May 20, 2015, on a very clear night. The old house was the original house lived in by the Butala family who settled the area in the 1920s. This is a single exposure taken as part of an 850-frame time-lapse sequence with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 60Da camera.2015-06-08T01:19:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/22/urban-and-rural-moons/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/moon-in-twilight-over-pioneer-house.jpgTwilight Moon Over Pioneer HouseThe waxing crescent Moon and Venus (above) over the old farm house at the Visitor Centre at the Old Man on His Back Natural and Historical Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan, May 20, 2015, on a very clear night. The old house was the original house lived in by the Butala family who settled the area in the 1920s. This is a single exposure taken as part of an 850-frame time-lapse sequence with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 60Da camera.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/crescent-moon-venus-over-calgary.jpgCrescent Moon and Venus over CalgaryThe waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the spring evening sky over the skyline of Calgary, Alberta, May 21, 2015. I shot this from Tom Campbell Hill near the Telus Spark science centre. This is a single exposure with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 60Da, shot as part of a 360-frame time-lapse sequence.2015-05-22T21:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/20/evening-planet-parade-in-may/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/milky-way-over-old-farm-machines.jpgMilky Way Over Old Farm MachinesA nightscape of antique farm combines illuminated by starlight, with the Milky Way behind. The galactic centre area of Sagittarius and Scorpius lie to the south, with Saturn the brightest object at right. I shot this at the Visitor Centre at the Old Man on His Back Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan. The sky is a single 30-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 6400. The ground comes from a stack of 8 exposures to smooth noise, all part of a time-lapse/star trail sequence.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/may-21-venus-moon.jpgMay 21 Venus & Moonhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/may-20-saturn.jpgMay 20 Saturn2015-05-20T18:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/17/scenes-at-the-texas-star-party/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/texas-star-party-star-trails.jpgStar Trails over the Texas Star PartyCircumpolar star trails over the upper field of the Texas Star Party, May 13, 2015. The star party attracts hundreds of avid stargazers to the Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas each year to enjoy the dark skies. The three observing fields are filled with telescopes from the basic to sophisticated rigs for astrophotography. I aimed the camera to look north over the field to capture the stars circling around Polaris in circumpolar trails over about 1 hour. Some cloud and haze obscured parts of the sky. Lights from cities to the north add the sky glow at right. The streaks at top are from the stars of the Big Dipper. This is a stack of 55 exposures, each 1 minute long, at f/2.8 with the 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. The foreground comes from a single image in the series, masked and layered in Photoshop. The images were stacked using the Long Trails tapering effect with the Advanced Stacker Actions from Star Circle Academy.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/texas-star-party-panorama-at-twilight.jpgTexas Star Party Panorma at TwilightA 360° panorama of the upper field of the Texas Star Party at the Prde Ranch near Fort Davis, TX, May 13, 2015, taken in deep twilight. The panorama shows the field of telescopes and observers getting ready for the night of deep-sky viewing and imaging. Venus is the bright object at right of centre and Jupiter is above it. The Zodiacal Light stretches up from the horizon and continues left across the sky in the Zodiacal Band to brighten in the east (left of centre) as the Gegeneschein. I shot this with a 14mm lens, oriented vertically, with each segment 40 seconds at f/2.8 and with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. The panorama is made of 8 segements at 45° spacings. The segments were stitched with PTGui software.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/texas-star-party-panorama-at-night.jpgTexas Star Party Panorama at NightA 360° panorama of the upper field of the Texas Star Party at the Prde Ranch near Fort Davis, TX, May 13, 2015, taken once the sky got astronomically dark. The panorama shows the field of telescopes and observers enjoying a night of deep-sky viewing and imaging. Venus is the bright object at right of centre and Jupiter is above it. The Zodiacal Light stretches up from the horizon and continues left across the sky in the Zodiacal Band to brighten in the east (left of centre) as the Gegeneschein. I shot this with a 14mm lens, oriented vertically, with each segment 60 seconds at f/2.8 and with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. The panorama is made of 8 segements at 45° spacings. The segments were stitched with PTGui software.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/observer-with-tall-dobsonian.jpgObserver with Tall DobsonianA deep-sky observer at the top of a tall ladder looking through a tall and large Dobsonian telescope, at the Texas Star Party, May 2015. Scorpius is rising in the background; Saturn is in the head of Scorpius as the bright star above centre. Anatares is just below Saturn. This is a single 30-second exposure at f/2.5 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 6400.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/milky-way-over-texas-star-party-may-2015.jpgCentre of the Galaxy over Texas Star PartyThe galactic centre region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius, over the upper field of the Texas Star Party, near Fort Davis, Texas, May 13, 2015. About 600 people gather here each spring for a star party under very dark skies near the MacDonald Observatory. Sagittarius is left of centre and Scorpius is right of centre with the planet Saturn the bright object at the top edge right of centre. The dark lanes of the Dark Horse and Pipe Nebula areas lead from the Milky Way to the stars of Scorpius, including Antares. The semi-circular Corona Australis is just clearing the hilltop at left of centre. This is a composite of 5 x 3 minute exposures with the camera tracking the sky for more detail in the Milky Way without trailing. Each tracked exposure was at ISO 1600. The ground comes from 3 x 1.5-minute exposures at ISO 3200 taken immediately after the tracked exposures but with the drive turned off on the tracker. All are with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera. The ground and sky layers were stacked and layered in Photoshop. The tracker was the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer. High haze added the natural glows around the stars — no filter was employed here.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/deep-sky-observers-with-dobsonian.jpgDeep Sky Observers with DobsonianExpert deep-sky observers Larry Mitchell and Barbara Wilson gaze skyward with Larry’s giant 36-inch Dobsonian telescope at the Texas Star Party, May 2015. This is a single 60-second exposure with the 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/deep-sky-observers-under-the-milky-way.jpgDeep Sky Observers Under the Milky WayObservers at the Texas Star Party explore the wonders of the deep sky under the rising Milky Way, in May 2015. Sagittarius and Scorpius are in the background, with the centre of the Galaxy rising in the southeast. This is a single 30-second exposure at f/2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 4000.2015-05-25T17:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/11/the-red-aurora-of-may-10/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/red-aurora-may-10-2015-3.jpgRed Auroral Arc #3 (May 10, 2015)A strange red/magenta auroral arc overhead across the sky, with a more normal green diffuse glow to the north, as seen on May 10, 2015. The Big Dipper is overhead in the centre of the frame, Jupiter is at left in the west and Arcturus is at top to the south. I shot this from home, using an 8mm fish-eye lens to take in most of the sky, with the camera looking north. It is part of a 170-frame time-lapse sequence. Exposure was 32 seconds at f/3.6 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/red-aurora-may-10-2015-1.jpgRed Auroral Arc #1 (May 10, 2015)A strange red/magenta auroral arc overhead across the sky, with a more normal green diffuse glow to the north, as seen on May 10, 2015. The Big Dipper is overhead in the centre of the frame, Jupiter is at left in the west and Arcturus is at top to the south. I shot this from home, using an 8mm fish-eye lens to take in most of the sky, with the camera looking north. It is part of a 170-frame time-lapse sequence. Exposure was 32 seconds at f/3.6 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/all-sky-aurora-star-trails-may-10-2015.jpgAll-Sky Aurora & Circumpolar Star TrailsA strange red/magenta auroral arc overhead across the sky, with a more normal green diffuse glow to the north, as seen on May 10, 2015, in a stack of 80 frames taken over 45 minutes. The Big Dipper is overhead in the centre of the frame, Jupiter is at left in the west and Arcturus is at top to the south. I shot this from home, using an 8mm fish-eye lens to take in most of the sky, with the camera looking north. The 80 exposures were stacked and blended with Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCircleAcademy.com using the Long Trails effect. Each exposure was 32 seconds at f/3.6 and ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D. An individual exposure adds the more point-like stars at the start of the tapered star trails, and add the blue from the last twilight glow still illuminating the sky at the start of the sequence.2015-05-11T21:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/04/moonrise-over-calgary/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tpe-screenshot.jpgTPE Screenshothttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/full-moonrise-over-calgary-may-4-2015.jpgFull Moonrise over Calgary2015-05-04T23:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/05/03/evening-stars-over-the-red-deer-river/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/venus-over-atlas-coal-mine.jpgVenus over the Atlas Coal Minehttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mercury-venus-over-red-river-river.jpgEvening Stars Over Red Deer Riverhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dalum-church-by-moonlight.jpgDalum Church by Moonlighthttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cassiopeia-over-the-dalum-church.jpgCassiopeia over the Dalum Church2015-05-03T18:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/30/heads-up-mercury-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/078_mascs50mono_2500.jpg078_MASCS50Mono_2500A global false-color map of the mineral composition of Mercury from Messenger data.https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/may-6-mercury.jpgMay 6 Mercury2015-04-30T17:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/26/amazing-scenery-on-the-eight-day-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eight-day-moon.jpgAlong the Terminator of the Eight-Day Moon2015-04-27T20:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/21/conjunction-over-the-old-barn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/moon-venus-over-old-barn1.jpgMoon & Venus over Old Barn2015-04-22T05:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/17/heads-up-dual-conjunctions-in-the-spring-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/april-21-moon-venus.jpgApril 21 Moon & Venus2015-04-17T17:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/16/back-under-the-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aurora-over-prairie-pond-april-15-2015.jpgAurora over Prairie Pondhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aurora-old-house-april-15-2015.jpgAurora & Old Pioneer House2015-04-16T07:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2015/04/09/heads-up-planets-pair-with-clusters/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/april-11-jupter-m44.jpgApril 11 Jupter & M44https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/april-11-venus-m45-cu.jpgApril 11 Venus & M45 CUhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/april-11-venus-m45.jpgApril 11 Venus & 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5DII)2013-05-10T16:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/05/08/milky-way-and-the-northern-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aurora-milky-way-may-6-2013-14mm-5dii.jpgAurora and the Milky Way (May 6, 2013)2013-05-09T03:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/05/06/the-milky-way-of-spring-on-the-prairies/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/summer-milky-way-rising-over-field-may-6-2013-14mm-5dii.jpgSummer Milky Way over Field (May 2013)2013-05-06T21:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/04/26/piercing-the-night/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bright-meteor-over-old-farmstead-april-25-2013.jpgBright Meteor over Old Farmstead (April 25, 2013)2013-05-02T03:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/04/23/returning-to-the-earth/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/old-farmstead-star-trails-april-22-2013.jpgStar Trails over Old Farmstead (April 22, 2013)2013-04-24T05:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/04/17/commander-chris-flies-over-my-house/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/iss-pass-with-chris-hadfield-april-17-2013.jpgISS Pass with Chris Hadfield (April 17, 2013)2013-04-18T06:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/04/02/goodbye-winter-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/orion-winter-sky-setting-april-1-2013.jpgOrion & Winter Sky Setting (24mm 5DMkII)2013-07-18T17:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/04/01/conjunction-of-comet-and-galaxy/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/comet-panstarrs-m31-april-1-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS & M31 (March 31, 2013)2013-04-02T05:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/31/comet-caught-in-the-trees/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-march-31-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS (March 31, 2013)2013-04-03T16:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/30/the-easter-aurora/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/aurora-light-pollution-march-29-2013.jpgAurora (March 29, 2013)2013-04-03T01:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/28/panstarrs-rises-into-darkness/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-march-28-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS (March 28, 2013)2013-03-29T10:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/23/panstarrs-in-the-moonlight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-in-moonlight-march-23-2013-200mm-60da.jpgComet PANSTARRS in Moonlight (March 23, 2013)2013-03-24T04:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/20/the-ghostly-glow-of-gegenschein/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gegenschein-from-new-mexico-14mm-5dii.jpgGegenschein from New Mexico (14mm 5DII)2013-03-21T01:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/19/the-zodiacal-light-from-the-desert/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/zodiacal-light-from-new-mexico-14mm-5dii.jpgZodiacal Light in Evening Sky (New Mexico)2013-03-20T01:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/18/vla-dishes-at-sunset/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vla-at-sunset-with-crepuscular-rays.jpgVLA at Sunset with Crepuscular Rays2013-03-22T00:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/18/the-moon-meets-jupiter-and-the-hyades/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/moon-near-jupiter-hyades-march-17-20132.jpgMoon near Jupiter & Hyades (March 17, 2013)2013-03-18T15:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/17/comet-panstarrs-over-the-vla/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-over-vla-march-17-20131.jpgComet PANSTARRS over the VLA (March 17, 2013)2013-03-22T17:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/16/the-magnificent-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sagittarius-scorpius-over-adobe-house-35mm-5dii-copy.jpgSagittarius & Scorpius Over Adobe House (35mm 5DII)2013-03-16T16:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/15/orion-and-the-winter-triangle/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/orion-winter-triangle-2-35mm-5dii.jpgWinter Triangle & Orion (35mm 5DII)2013-03-16T13:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/15/celestial-scorpion-in-the-desert/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scorpius-over-adobe-house-35mm-5dii.jpgScorpius over Adobe House (35mm 5DII)2013-03-15T20:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/14/the-arch-of-the-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-mexico-milky-way-panorama.jpgNew Mexico Milky Way Panorama2013-03-14T21:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/13/a-comet-and-earthlit-moon-amid-the-stars/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-the-moon-march-13-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS & the Moon (March 13, 2013)2013-03-14T03:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/13/night-of-the-comet-on-a-desert-highway/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-moon-montage-50mm-5dii.jpgComet PANSTARRS & the Moon in Twilight (March 12, 2013)2013-03-14T03:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/12/comet-panstarrs-spectacle-with-the-waxing-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-the-moon-march-12-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS & the Moon (March 12, 2013)2019-03-13T18:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/12/sagittarius-and-scorpius-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sagittarius-scorpius-rising-24mm-5dii-copy.jpgSagittarius & Scorpius Rising (24mm 5DII)2014-09-18T01:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/12/comet-panstarrs-in-twilight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-march-11-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS C/2011 L4 (March 11, 2013)2013-03-12T16:21:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/11/skies-of-enchantment-summer-milky-way-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/summer-milky-way-over-adobe-house-14mm-5dii.jpgSummer Milky Rising over Adobe House (14mm 5DII)2013-03-11T19:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/10/comet-panstarrs-at-perihelion/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/comet-panstarrs-march-10-2013.jpgComet PANSTARRS C/2011 L4 (March 10, 2013)2013-03-11T19:45:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/11/skies-of-enchantment-winter-milky-way-setting/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/winter-milky-way-over-adobe-house-14mm-5dii.jpgWinter Milky Way over Adobe House (14mm 5DII)2013-03-11T19:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/03/02/the-wide-angle-winter-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wide-angle-winter-sky-14mm-5dii-horiz.jpgWide-Angle Winter Sky (March 1, 2013)2013-03-03T23:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/15/flying-through-a-moonlit-winter-night/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/iss-pass-with-chris-hadfield-feb-15-2013.jpgISS Pass with Astronaut Chris Hadfield (Feb 15, 2013)2013-02-16T04:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/14/a-luminous-starfield/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/m38-ic405-410-417-complex-in-auriga-92mm-6d.jpgM38 & IC 405-410-417 Complex (92mm 6D)2013-02-14T19:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/12/mercury-and-the-razor-thin-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mercury-mars-thin-moon-feb-10-2013-annotated.jpgMercury, Mars and the Thin Crescent Moon (Feb 10, 2013)2013-02-13T02:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/11/commander-hadfield-sailing-through-the-stars/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/iss-with-chris-hadfield-feb-10-2013.jpgISS Pass with Astronaut Chris Hadfield (Feb 10, 2013)2013-02-11T07:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/10/see-thats-the-orion-nebula/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rothney-observatory-open-house-feb-9-2013-2.jpgRAO Open House (February 9, 2013)2013-02-11T00:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/07/snapshots-of-starlife/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ic-443-m35-in-gemini-92mm-6d2.jpgIC 443 Jellyfish Nebula & M35 (92mm 6D)2013-02-11T00:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/31/a-truly-amazing-sky-a-new-years-gift/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/timor-cottage-panorama-3.jpgTimor Cottage Panorama #32013-02-09T20:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/05/jupiter-amid-the-clusters-of-taurus/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jupiter-in-taurus-50mm-60da.jpgJupiter in Taurus (January 4, 2013)2013-02-09T20:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/06/winter-stars-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/winter-sky-northern-hemisphere-15mm-5dii.jpgThe Winter Sky, Northern Hemisphere2013-02-09T20:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/11/an-orion-portrait-from-alberta/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/orion-from-alberta-portrait-50mm-60da.jpgOrion in Porttrait Format2013-08-23T00:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/14/timor-cottage-r-i-p/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/magellanic-clouds-in-moonlight.jpgMagellanic Clouds in Moonlight2014-01-15T09:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/21/the-moon-meets-jupiter/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moon-jupiter-jan-21-2013-hdr-200mm.jpgMoon & Jupiter (Jan 21, 2013) HDR with 320mm2013-02-09T20:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/21/moon-and-jupiter-amid-the-winter-stars/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moon-jupiter-in-winter-sky-jan-21-2013.jpgThe Moon near Jupiter in the Winter Sky, January 21, 20132013-02-09T20:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/01/27/winter-sky-in-moonlight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/orion-winter-stars-over-old-house-jan-26-2013.jpgOrion & Winter Stars over Old House2013-02-09T20:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/03/the-natural-naked-eye-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/centre-of-milky-way-panorama-2011-final-ev.jpgCentre of the Milky Way Panorama (2011)2013-02-09T20:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/07/constellation-of-the-queen/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cassiopeia-135mm-5dii.jpgCassiopeia (135mm 5DII)2013-02-09T20:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/08/a-crisp-winters-night-under-the-stars/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fish-eye-winter-sky-8mm-5dii.jpgFish-Eye Winter Sky (8mm 5DII) (Feb 7, 2013)2013-02-09T20:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/08/the-beautiful-belt-of-orion/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/belt-of-orion-b33-horsehead-92mm-6d.jpgBelt of Orion & B33 Horsehead Nebula (92mm 6D)2014-05-04T23:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2013/02/09/the-subtle-glow-of-comet-dust/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/zodiacal-light-feb-8-2013.jpgZodiacal Light rfrom Home (Feb 8, 2013)2013-02-09T20:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/28/zooming-into-canis-major-3/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ngc-2359-thors-helmet-105mm-5dii.jpgNGC 2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula2012-12-29T02:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/28/zooming-into-canis-major-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ic-2177-seagull-nebula-105mm-5dii.jpgIC 2177 Seagull Nebula Complex2012-12-29T00:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/28/zooming-into-canis-major-1/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/m46-m47-to-m50-area-bino-field-135mm-5dii.jpgM50 - M46/M47 Area Bino Field2013-10-11T14:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/27/canis-major-and-the-dog-star/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/canis-major-from-australia-50mm-5dii.jpgCanis Major from Australia (50mm 5DII)2012-12-28T00:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/26/the-christmas-tree-cluster/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ngc-2264-christmas-tree-cluster-cone-nebula-105mm-5dii1.jpgNGC 2264 Christmas Tree Cluster & Cone Nebula2012-12-27T13:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/26/a-cosmic-wreath-in-the-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ngc-2237-rosette-nebula-105mm-5dii5.jpgNGC 2237 Rosette Nebula2012-12-27T06:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/19/the-down-under-waxing-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/earthshine-on-australian-waning-crescent-moon-hdr.jpgEarthshine on Australian Waxing Crescent Moon (HDR)2012-12-20T05:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/18/the-colourful-clouds-of-orion-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nebulas-of-orion-135mm-5dii-v2.jpgThe Nebulas of Orion v22012-12-19T04:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/18/the-colourful-clouds-of-orion-1/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/orion-from-australia-50mm-5dii.jpgOrion from Australia (50mm 5DII)2012-12-19T04:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/17/remains-of-a-star-the-vela-supernova-remnant/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/vela-supernova-remnant-135mm-5dii.jpgVela Supernova Remnant and Gum Nebulas2012-12-18T04:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/17/giant-bubble-in-the-southern-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gum-nebula-in-vela-50mm-5dii.jpgGum Nebula in Vela2012-12-18T04:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/16/ultrawide-southern-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ultrawide-southern-milky-way-december-2012-15mm-5dii.jpgUltrawide Angle Southern Milky Way - December 20122013-01-04T19:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/12/the-amazing-orion-nebula/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/m42-orion-nebula-complex-105mm-5dii1.jpgOrion Nebula Complex, M42, M43, NGC 1973-5-72012-12-21T13:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/11/southern-milky-way-in-the-blue-of-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/southern-milky-way-at-dawn-december-2012.jpgSouthern Milky Way at Dawn (December 2012)2012-12-12T05:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/11/southern-spectacular-in-carina/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ngc-3372-carina-nebula-105mm-5dii.jpgCarina Nebula2012-12-21T13:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/10/in-the-lair-of-the-tarantula-nebula/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ngc-2070-tarantula-nebula-area-of-lmc-105mm-5dii.jpgNGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula area of LMC (105mm 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(135mm)2012-12-21T14:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/05/cottage-under-the-southern-stars/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/timor-cottage-and-magellanic-clouds.jpgTimor Cottage & Magellanic Clouds2014-09-04T14:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/02/whitsunday-sunset/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/whitsunday-sunset-1.jpgWhitsunday Sunset #12012-12-21T14:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/12/02/island-moon-at-sunset/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moon-over-baur-bay-whitsundays.jpgMoon Over Baur Bay, Whitsundays2012-12-02T12:58:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/30/sailing-toward-orion/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sailing-toward-orion.jpgSailing Toward Orion2012-12-04T03:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/22/tropical-twilight/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sunset-on-magnetic-island.jpgSunset on Magnetic Island2012-11-22T11:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/21/cloud-shadows-on-the-beach/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/crepususcular-rays-at-sunset-magnetic-island-2.jpgCrepuscular Rays at Sunset from Magnetic Island2012-11-22T01:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/20/the-great-australian-eclipse-the-closeup-movie/2012-12-04T03:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/19/southern-milky-way-setting-zodiacal-light/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/milky-way-zodiacal-light-southern-sky.jpgMilky Way and Zodiacal Light, Southern Sky2012-11-19T21:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/18/the-great-australian-eclipse-stars-planets-in-the-darkened-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/total-eclipse-2012-stars-planets.jpgStars and Planets in Eclipse 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(Motion2012-11-16T17:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/12/our-eclipse-group-at-work/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/eclipse-briefing-1.jpgEclipse Briefing2012-11-16T17:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/12/sign-on-the-centreline/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cook-shire-eclipse-sign.jpgCook Shire Eclipse Sign2012-11-16T17:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/11/two-days-to-go-until-the-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/eclipse-time-2-days-to-go.jpgEclipse Time - 2 Days to Go2012-11-11T21:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/11/on-the-beach-stargazing/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stargazers-on-the-beach.jpgStargazers on the Beach2012-11-11T20:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/10/three-days-to-go-until-the-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sunrise-at-oak-beach-nov-11.jpgSunrise at Oak Beach-Nov 112012-11-11T20:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/09/four-days-to-go-until-the-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/southern-hemisphere-sunrise-1-nov-10-2012.jpgSunrise & Waning Moon in Southern Hemisphere2012-11-11T20:31:22+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/11/06/crossing-the-tropic-of-capricorn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tropic-of-capricorn-queensland.jpgTropic of Capricorn2012-11-11T20:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/30/halo-over-the-harbour/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/solar-halo-over-the-opera-house.jpgSolar Halo over the Opera House2012-11-01T01:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/31/endeavour-in-dock/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/endeavour-in-dock.jpgHMB Endeavour in Dock2012-11-01T02:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/21/eclipse-site-bound/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oak-beach-view-2.jpgOak Beach View #22012-10-21T17:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/15/jupiter-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jupiter-rising-1-oct-9-2012.jpgJupiter Rising (Oct 9, 2012)2012-10-16T18:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/07/regal-colours-of-cassiopeia/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ngc-7822-ced214-80mm-5dii1.jpgNGC 7822/Ced 214 Nebulahttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ngc-7822-ced214-80mm-5dii.jpgNGC 7822/Ced 214 Nebula2012-10-16T15:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/02/big-dipper-over-badlands/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/big-dipper-over-badlands-sept-30-2012.jpgBig Dipper over Badlands2012-10-16T15:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/10/02/aurora_highway/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/aurora-over-highway-one-sept-30-2012.jpgAurora over Highway 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2012)2012-09-24T04:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/09/23/right-angle-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/equinox-sunset-quarter-moon-sept-22-2012-1.jpgEquinox Sunset & Quarter Moon (Sept. 22, 2012)2012-09-23T17:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/09/16/star-party-sunset-in-the-badlands/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/alberta-star-party-panorama.jpgAlberta Star Party Panorama2012-10-16T14:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/09/14/star_trail_reflections/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/herbert-lake-star-trails-sept-7-2012.jpgHerbert Lake Star Trails2012-09-15T05:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/09/12/september-dawn/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/venus-moon-at-dawn-sept-12-2012-1.jpgVenus & Moon at Dawn (Sept 12, 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Planets2012-08-28T06:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/26/the-northern-nebulas-of-the-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/milky-way-from-cygnus-to-cassiopeia-24mm-5dii1.jpgCygnus to Cassiopeia Milky Wayhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/milky-way-from-cygnus-to-cassiopeia-24mm-5dii.jpgCygnus to Cassiopeia Milky Way2012-08-26T21:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/25/the-subtle-shades-of-cepheus/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ic-1396-cepheus-nebulosity-135mm-5dii.jpgNebulosity in Cepheus2012-08-25T18:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/24/star-gazing/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/vance-petriew-at-dobsonian-telescope-sssp-2012.jpgObserver at Dobsonian Telescope2012-08-25T04:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/23/horizon-to-horizon-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fish-eye-star-party-sssp-8mm-5dii2.jpgFish-Eye Milky Way at 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Starcloudhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/scutum-starcloud-200mm-5dii.jpgScutum Starcloud2012-08-09T17:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/08/continent-in-the-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ngc7000-north-america-nebula-200mm-5dii.jpgNGC 7000 North America Nebula2012-08-09T04:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/04/driving-to-andromeda/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/autumn-constellations-over-mountain-road-july-29-2012.jpgAutumn Constellations over Mountain Road2012-08-04T23:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/03/moon-over-banff/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moon-over-banff-townsite-july-29-2012-2.jpgMoon Over Banff Townsite, Banff National Park2012-08-04T05:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/08/03/stars_over_cascade_mountain/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/big-dipper-arcturus-over-cascade-mountain-july-29-2012.jpgBig Dipper & Arcturus over 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Night2012-07-31T01:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/29/athabasca-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/athabasca-moon-july-2012.jpgAthabasca Moon2012-07-31T04:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/26/river-of-starlight-and-dust/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-milky-way-july-2012-15mm-5dii.jpgSummer Milky Way-July 24, 20122016-11-23T07:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/22/under-the-milky-way/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rao-milky-way-night-18-july-21-2012.jpgMilky Way Night @ the RAO (July 21, 2012)2012-07-22T23:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/22/waiting-for-the-sky-show/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rao-milky-way-night-11-july-21-2012.jpgMilky Way Night @ the RAO (July 21, 2012)2012-07-22T23:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/16/star-trail-reflections-at-bow-lake-banff/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/star-trails-over-bow-lake-july-6-2012-60da-10mm.jpgStar Trails over Bow Lake, July 6, 20122012-07-16T18:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/14/dawns-early-lights-ii/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/venus-jupiter-moon-july-14-2012-3.jpgMoon with Venus & Jupiter (July 14, 2012)2012-07-14T17:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/14/dawns-early-lights/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/venus-jupiter-moon-july-14-2012-1.jpgMoon with Venus & Jupiter (July 14, 2012)2012-07-14T17:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/14/circling-star-trails-in-the-rockies/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/circumpolar-star-trails-over-num-ti-lodge-banff-july-7-2012.jpgNum-Ti-Jah Lodge Star Trails2012-07-14T16:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/11/big-dipper-over-num-ti-jah-lodge/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-dipper-over-num-ti-jah-lodge-july-7-2012-2.jpgBig Dipper over Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, Bow Lake, Banff, July 7, 20122012-07-11T15:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/07/08/bow-lake-by-moonlight-2012/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bow-lake-by-moonlight-july-6-2012-1.jpgMoonlight on Bow Lake #1 (July 6, 2012)2012-07-10T00:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/06/16/old-moon-waning/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rising-waning-crescent-moon-june-16-2012-3.jpgWaning Crescent Moon (June 16, 2012)2020-04-16T11:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/06/09/venus-six-degrees-of-separation/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/venus-post-transit-june-9-2012.jpgVenus, Post-Transit, June 9, 20122012-06-09T23:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/06/05/transit-of-venus-from-one-cloudy-planet-to-another/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/transit-of-venus-june-5-2012-calgary-area-2-crop.jpgTransit of Venus (June 5, 2012)2012-07-04T06:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/06/04/a-prairie-partial-eclipse/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/partial-lunar-eclipse-june-4-2012.jpgPartial Lunar Eclipse (June 4, 2012)2017-08-24T05:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/06/03/somewhere-over-the-rainbow/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/double-rainbow-10mm-lens-june-2-2012.jpgDouble Rainbow (June 2, 2012)2012-06-03T23:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/05/30/venus-descending/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/venus-in-twilight-may-30-2012.jpgVenus in Twilight, 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Road2012-03-07T05:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/03/06/planet-trio-in-the-west/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mercury-venus-jupiter-march-4-2012.jpgMercury, Venus & Jupiter (March 4, 2012)2012-03-07T15:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/03/04/a-panorama-of-planets/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/four-planet-panorama-march-4-2012.jpgFour Planet Panorama2012-03-05T14:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/03/01/mercury-rising-over-calgary/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/moon-mercury-venus-jupiter-over-calgary-fev-27-2012.jpgMercury, Venus, Jupiter & Moon over Calgary2012-03-01T08:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/26/the-great-sky-show-of-2012-begins/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moon-with-jupiter-venus-feb-26-2012.jpgThe Moon near Jupiter & Venus (Feb 26, 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2012)2012-02-11T02:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/08/snow-moon-over-the-science-centre/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rising-full-snow-moon-over-telus-spark-feb-7-2012-5.jpgFull "Snow" Moon over TELUS Spark2012-02-09T17:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/07/the-venus-express/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/venus-over-morants-curve-feb-2012-3.jpgVenus over Morant's Curve, Banff #3 (with Train)2012-02-08T13:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/06/trails-of-orion-over-fairview/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/orion-over-mount-fairview-long-exposure-feb-2012.jpgOrion Over Mount Fairview, Lake Louise (February 2012) - Long Ex2012-02-07T15:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/06/lake-louise-by-moonlight-in-winter/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lake-louise-by-moonlight-february-2012-1.jpgLake Louise by Moonlight (February 2012)2012-02-06T16:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/02/06/orion-over-the-cozy-cabin/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/orion-over-guides-chalet-lake-louise-february-2012.jpgOrion Over Guides Chalet, Lake Louise (February 2012)2012-02-06T16:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/01/29/celestial-pinks-and-blues/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/m45-pleiades-and-ngc-1499-california-nebula-135mm-5dii.jpgPleiades and California Nebula (135mm 5DII)2012-02-01T15:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/01/08/a-prairie-palette-of-earth-and-sky-tones/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/full-moonrise-and-sunset-colours-jan-8-2012-2.jpgFull Moonrise and Sunset Clouds (January 8, 2012)2012-01-09T07:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/01/08/winter-moon-rising/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/full-moonrise-jan-8-2012-3.jpgFull Moonrise (January 8. 2012)2012-01-09T07:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2012/01/01/new-years-moon/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/new-years-moon-jan-1-2012.jpgNew Year's Day Quarter Moon in Twilight2012-01-02T23:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/12/11/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-december-10-2011-3/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-10-2011-200mm.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (Dec 10, 2011)2011-12-14T09:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/12/10/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-december-10-2011-2/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-10-2011-50mm-twilight.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (Dec 10, 2011)2011-12-13T14:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/12/10/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-december-10-2011-1/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/total-lunar-eclipse-dec-10-2011-50mm-dark-sky.jpgTotal Lunar Eclipse (Dec 10, 2011)2011-12-11T06:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/10/16/calgary-lights-up/2011-10-18T04:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/10/10/little-church-on-the-prairie/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dorothy-church-oct-9-2011-10mm-7d.jpgDorothy Church near Drumheller, Alberta2011-10-10T18:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/10/07/set-the-controls-for-triangulum/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/m33-triangulum-spiral-130mm-7d.jpgM33 Triangulum Spiral2011-10-10T18:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/10/01/legends-of-the-fall/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cassiopeia-perseus-and-andromeda-sept-2011-35mm-5dii1.jpgCassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda (Sept 2011)https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cassiopeia-perseus-and-andromeda-sept-2011-35mm-5dii.jpgCassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda (Sept 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Zenith2011-10-11T19:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/09/18/saturday-night-stargazing/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rothney-observatory-open-house-sept-17-2011-4.jpgObservers at RAO Open House (Sept 17, 2011)2011-09-20T06:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/09/12/time-lapse-of-a-time-lapse/2014-05-06T18:39:58+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/09/12/time-lapse-test-adding-motion-control/2011-09-13T04:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/09/11/a-super-star-party-sky/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/twilight-at-starfest-2011-panorama.jpgTwilight at Starfest 2011, Ontario2011-09-11T16:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/09/05/milky-way-over-peyto-lake/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/milky-way-over-peyto-lake-sept-4-2011-8mm-5dii.jpgMilky Way over Peyto Lake (Sept 4, 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Dinosaur Parkhttps://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/moon-in-twlight-at-dinosaur-park-aug-6-2011-10mm-7d.jpgMoon in Twilight at Dinosaur Park2011-08-08T02:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/08/06/auroras-at-last/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/aurora-on-aug-5-2011-frame2064-10mm-7d.jpgAurora August 5, 20112011-08-07T02:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/08/02/the-comet-and-the-cluster/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/comet-garradd-aug-1-2-2011-130mm-7d.jpgComet Garradd (C/2009 P1) & M152011-08-04T16:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/08/01/the-glowing-heart-of-cygnus/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ic-1318-and-ngc-6888-77mm-5dii.jpgGamma Cygni (IC 1318) and Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)2011-08-02T01:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://amazingsky.net/2011/07/31/eagle-and-the-swan/https://amazingsky.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/m16-eagle-m17-swan-nebulas-77mm-5dii.jpgMessier 16 and 17 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