Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the blue glow of twilight still in the sky and the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right. This is a frame from a time-lapse movie taken with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens on the Orion TeleTrack tracking the setting stars in a horizontal panning motion L to R, thus the odd vertical star trails.
Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right and a pink arc of aurora high overhead. This is a frame from a time-lapse movie taken with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens on the Orion TeleTrack tracking the setting stars in a horizontal panning motion L to R, thus the odd vertical star trails.
Orion and Monoceros area, taken from Painted Pony Resort, New Mexico, March 12, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 7 minute exposures at f/3.2 and the modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800, plus another layer of 2 images taken through the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows.
The northern winter Milky Way setting into the west with the Zodiacal Light at right. Taken from the Painted Pony Resort, New Mexico, March 10, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute tracked exposures with the Samyang 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Used iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure only.
The northern winter Milky Way over the main adobe house at the Painted Pony Resort, New Mexico, March 10, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute tracked exposures with the Samyang 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Used iOptron SkyTracker. Ground is from two exposures only.
Orion, Canis Major & Monoceros, taken from the Painted Pony Resort in New Mexico, March 14, 2013. A stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the 35mm Canon L-series lens and 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus a layer of 2 x 4 minutes with the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. M46, M47 and M41 clusters all visible at left and lower centre.
Orion and the Winter Triangle stars, Sirius, Procyon and Betelgeuse, taken from the Painted Pony Resort in New Mexico, March 14, 2013. A stack of 5 x 8 minute exposures at f/4 with the 35mm Canon L-series lens and 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus a layer of 2 x 4 minutes with the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. M50, M46, M47 and M41 clusters all visible at left and lower centre.
Orion and the Winter Triangle stars, Sirius, Procyon and Betelgeuse, taken from the Painted Pony Resort in New Mexico, March 13, 2013. A stack of 5 x 8 minute exposures at f/4 with the 35mm Canon lens and 5D MkII at ISO 800, plus a layer of 2 x 8 minutes with the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. M50, M46, M47 and M41 clusters all visible at left.
The northern winter Milky Way, from Perseus (at right) to Puppis (at left) with Orion and Taurus at centre. Jupiter is just right of centre above the Pleiades. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Samyanf 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from the Painted Pony Resort in southwest New Mexico, March 2013.
Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the blue glow of twilight still in the sky and the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right. This is a frame from a time-lapse movie taken with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens on the Orion TeleTrack tracking the setting stars in a horizontal panning motion L to R, thus the odd vertical star trails.
Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the blue glow of twilight still in the sky and the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right. This is a frame from a time-lapse movie taken with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens on the Orion TeleTrack tracking the setting stars in a horizontal panning motion L to R, thus the odd vertical star trails.
Orion and winter stars setting into the western sky in spring, northern hemisphere, with the blue glow of twilight still in the sky and the yellow glow of urban light pollution at right. This is a frame from a time-lapse movie taken with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens on the Orion TeleTrack tracking the setting stars in a horizontal panning motion L to R, thus the odd vertical star trails.
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