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Big Dipper { 150 images } Created 19 Feb 2011

A gallery of images of the Big Dipper (a.k.a. Plough or Wagon) and/or Ursa Major, the Great Bear, in the northern hemisphere sky. This includes close-ups and wide-angle nightscapes. This gallery is presented in chronological order, with the newest images first.
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  • A wide-angle image of the main northern spring sky constellations — with the Big Dipper and Ursa Major at top, and Leo below it. At left is Arcturus in Bootes and at bottom left, Spica in Virgo. Leo is flanked by two large star clusters: Mel111, the Coma Berenices cluster at left of Leo (but in the centre of the image), and M44, the Beehive cluster at right of Leo in Cancer (at lower right in the image). <br />
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This is a good image for illustrating the "Arc to Arcturus and Speed to Spica" expression, as well as the placement of Leo below the Bowl of the Dipper. And the location of the North Galactic Pole and Realm of the Galaxies. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 2.5 minute exposures with the RF15-35mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 800. The camera was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker. Taken from home April 27, 2022.
    Spring Sky Constellations - Big Dipp...jpg
  • The Big Dipper over hoodoo formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Arcturus is at left. Illumination of the foreground is from starlight. <br />
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This is a blend of 2 x 3-minute stacked exposures for the ground at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with a single 30-second untracked exposure at f/2 and ISO 6400 for the sky, all with the 24mm Canon L lens on the Canon EOS Ra camera. A mild Orton glow added to the foreground with Luminar AI. ON1 NoNoise applied to the sky. Taken August 29, 2021.
    Big Dipper over Hoodoo.jpg
  • Bands of green airglow in the northern sky through the area of the two Dippers (Big and Little), on a June night. This was from Red Rock Canyon road in Waterton Lakes National Park, June 3, 2021. Clouds coming in add the glows on the stars. The Big Dipper is at top; the Little Dipper is at right. All of Ursa Major is visible above the peak.<br />
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This is a single tracked 2-minute exposure with the MSM Tracker, and 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2.8 adapted to the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 1600.
    Airglow in the Dippers.jpg
  • A portrait of the Big Dipper and Little Dipper high in the northern spring sky on a moonlit April night. Polaris is at lower left at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens adapted to the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 400, blended with a single image taken through an Alyn Wallace/Kase StarGlow filter plus an exposure taken through a Tiffen 6-point Star filter for added effect. Filter layers blended in with Lighten mode and masked to just the stars to prevent them from affecting the background sky illumination and uniformity. Taken April 20, 2021 from Dinosaur Provincial Park with the camera on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker with the quarter Moon off frame at top.
    Two Dippers in Moonlight (24mm EOS R...jpg
  • Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) on July 22-23, 2020 below the Big Dipper and in Ursa Major, and with prominent red and green bands of airglow which were more obvious tonight than on previous nights shooting the comet. Even with the bright sky the comet’s faint blue ion tail can be traced up past the Bowl of the Big Dipper.<br />
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This is a stack of 5 x 2-minute tracked exposures with the 35mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, on the iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracker. Taken from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. An active thunderstorm was on the horizon below this scene, lighting the sky with flashes. Stacked and aligned in Photoshop. I’ve made only minimal effort here to eliminate the sky gradients and colours, but instead embraced them! The air was also dusty this night with reduced transparency.
    Comet NEOWISE in Ursa Major with Air...jpg
  • Another incredible sky this night!<br />
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This is Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the badlands formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta on July 22-23, 2020, with the Big Dipper above. A very active thunderstorm system moving northeastward this night but well to the west of me lights the horizon. Parallel bands of red and green airglow tint the sky, as does the blue of lingering summer twilight. Even with the bright sky the comet’s blue ion tail can be traced up to and past the Bowl of the Big Dipper. <br />
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This is an exposure blend, with the landscape from a stack of seven exposures from 2.5 to 3.5 minutes long at f/2.8 and ISO 1600, stacked to smooth noise, blended with a single untracked 30-second exposure for the sky at ISO 6400 at f/2, all with the Sigma 24mm lens and Canon EOS Ra camera. The ground is illuminated by starlight and sky light only; no light painting was used here. Topaz DeNoise AI applied to the sky; Sharpen AI applied to the ground. Some light sculpting applied to the ground with a Dodge and Burn layer and a luminosity mask, to make the foreground less flat in lighting.
    Comet NEOWISE with Big Dipper at Din...jpg
  • A faint aurora in the moonlight over the coastal mountains of northern Norway north of Tromsø, from at sea on the ms Trollfjord. The Big Dipper is at centre. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon.<br />
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A single 1.3-second exposure at f/2 with the 15mm lens and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
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  • A faint aurora in the moonlight over the coastal mountains of northern Norway north of Tromsø, from at sea. The Big Dipper is at left. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon. This is from Deck 6 forward from the ms Trollfjord.<br />
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A single 1.3-second exposure at f/2 with the 15mm lens and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
    Faint Aurora with Big Dipper from De...jpg
  • The Big Dipper and Ursa Major over the Viking Hall at the Lofotr Viking Museum in the Lofoten Islands, Norway on an unusally clear night, but alas with no aurora. Illumination is from moonlight and the sidewalk lights along the pathnways there. In Viking skylore, the Big Dipper was Karlwagn, the Men’s Chariot. The Little Dipper was Kvennavagn, the Woman's chariot.<br />
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The Lofotr Viking Museum (Lofotr Vikingmuseum) is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in the municipality of Vestvågøy.<br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 5-second exposures with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
    Big Dipper over Viking Hall.jpg
  • The Big Dipper and Ursa Major plus the Little Dipper or Ursa Minor over the Viking Hall at the Lofotr Viking Museum in the Lofoten Islands, Norway on an unusally clear night, but alas with no aurora. Illumination is from moonlight and the sidewalk lights along the pathnways there. In Viking skylore, the Big Dipper was Karlwagn, the Men’s Chariot. The Little Dipper was Kvennavagn, the Woman's chariot.<br />
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The Lofotr Viking Museum (Lofotr Vikingmuseum) is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in the municipality of Vestvågøy.<br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 5-second exposures with the 15mm Venus Optics lens at f/2 and Sony a7III at ISO 3200.
    Big and Little Dippers over Viking H...jpg
  • The Big Dipper and all of Ursa Major in the deep twilight of an August evening, at Eastend, Saskatchewan, with an old farmstead building in the foreground. Shot August 28, 2019. <br />
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This is a blend of a single long 5-minute exposure at ISO 400 for the dark ground, and a single short 30-second exposure at ISO 1600 for the bright sky. Both with the 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750. LENR not applied (by mistake — I forgot!) to the long ground exposure, so I had to employ a Dust and Scratches filter in post to eliminate all the hot pixels on this warm night. Serves as a good demo of why you should use LENR. A mild Orton glow added to the sky, and a mild application of a “Dramatic Landscape” filter added to the ground, both with Luminar Flex.
    Big Dipper over Old Farmstead.jpg
  • The constellation of Ursa Major, with the Big Dipper or Plough,  photographed in deep twilight on May 27, 2019 from home. I shot this before the sky gat completely dark but before this area of sky got too low in the northwest. At bottom are the line of paired stars called The Three Leaps of the Gazelle. <br />
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This is a stack of 3 x 1-minute tracked exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus a similar exposure blended in but taken through the Kenko Softon diffusion filter to add the star glows. GradientXterminator filter applied to even out twilight gradients.
    Ursa Major in Twilight (35mm 6DII).jpg
  • The SpaceX Starlink satellite train from the first group of 60 satellites launched, captured May 26/27, 2019 from home in southern Alberta as they traveled through the Big Dipper high overhead at approximately 12:55 a.m. May 27, 2019. <br />
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Most of the few dozen satellites were faint but on this pass 4 were quite bright, and easily naked eye, and similar to the Big Dipper stars in magnitude. Polaris is at lower right at the end of the Little Dipper handle.<br />
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This is a frame grab from a 4K video at ISO 52000 with the Sony a7III and Canon 24mm lens at f/1.4. I stacked 8 frames to smooth noise but the satellites themselves are from one frame to keep them point like. Taking a longer exposure still image at a lower ISO was not an option here as the moving satellites would have blurred into a streak looking much like any single satellite trail. So taking a video at an ultra-high ISO speed, then extracting still frames was the method of choice though it produces a noisy image.
    Starlink Satellite Train in Big Dipp...jpg
  • The northern spring constellation of Ursa Major framed to include the three pairs of stars at bottom that mark his paws and that are also known as the “Three Leaps of the Gazelle” from Arabic star lore. This asterism is very prominent to the naked eye as a series of similarly paired double stars across the sky, high overhead in spring. The Big Dipper asterism is at top, aka the Plough or Saucepan, or Wagon. I framed this to also include the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, at lower left. <br />
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This is a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019.
    Ursa Major with the Three Leaps of t...jpg
  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus in the evening twilight at Tibbitt Lake on the Ingraham Trail near Yellowknife, NWT on September 8, 2018. <br />
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This is a single exposure, not HDR, as the HDR produced double stars and odd artifacts on the star images do to their motion. This is 13 seconds at f/2.8 with the Sigma 14mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 400.
    Big Dipper in Twilight at Tibbitt La...jpg
  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus (at left) over a single tipi at the Two Trees site at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 6, 2018. <br />
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This is a stack of 10 exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, for the ground, and one untracked exposure for the sky, all 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the 20mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. <br />
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Light cloud passing through added the natural star glows, enlarging the stars and making the pattern stand out. No soft focus filter was employed, and illumination is from starlight. No light painting was employed. Some airglow and aurora colour the sky.<br />
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A Glow filter from ON1 Photo Raw applied to the sky to further soften the sky.
    Big Dipper over Tipi at Grasslands.jpg
  • The circumpolar stars in the northern sky above trees at Herbert Lake, Banff National Park. At left is Ursa Major and the Big Dipper; at right is the W of Cassiopeia; at centre is Polaris and Ursa Minor or the Little Dipper. <br />
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A blue glow of twilight to the north, and some faint red and green bands of airglow tint the sky. <br />
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This is a stack of four exposures for the trees, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky, all 30 seconds at f/2 with the Laowa 15mm lens, and Sony a7III at ISO 6400.
    Northern Sky Above Trees.jpg
  • The Big Dipper over the iconic Castle Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, with a backdrop of a faint aurora in the northern sky. <br />
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This was at 3 am on July 16, 2018, and taken from the Castle Cliffs viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway. The sky was also brightening with dawn twilight blue. <br />
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This is a stack of 8 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky. All 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm Art lens, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. LENR dark frame subtraction applied in camera.
    Big Dipper over Castle Mountain.jpg
  • The Big and Little Dippers, and Polaris, over Castle Mountain in Banff National Park, with the scene lit by starlight. A faint aurora adds the sky colour, as does the oncoming morning twilight. <br />
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This is a 3-segment vertical panorama, each 30 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
    Dippers over Castle Mountain.jpg
  • A scene of Earth and sky, with Big Dipper over the late Cretaceous sedimentary layers of the Red Deer River Badlands.<br />
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The Big Dipper is at top pointing down to Polaris and the Little Dipper, over the moonlit Badlands on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta. Light from the waxing gibbous Moon provides the illumination on April 26, 2018. <br />
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This is a stack of 5 x 15-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and one 15-second exposure for the sky, all at f/4 with the Rokinon 14mm SP lens and Sony a7III camera at ISO 800. Nik Sharpener applied to the ground.<br />
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The Dipper is distorted slightly by the pincushion distortion of the 14mm lens. The Moon off frame to the right adds the gradient to the sky.
    Big Dipper over the Badlands.jpg
  • A dim arc of aurora below the constellations of Ursa Minor (at top left below Polaris) and Ursa Major (at centre), with the Big Dipper most prominent at centre.<br />
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A stack of 3 x 15 second exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all at f/2 with the 14mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Taken from home January 13, 2018. Star diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools actions.
    Aurora and the Two Bears (14mm D750).jpg
  • The Big Dipper dipping below the Badland hills on a late autumn or early winter evening at the Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley near Drumheller, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon. <br />
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A stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and a single exposure for the sky, all 10 seconds at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
    Big Dipper at the Hoodoos.jpg
  • A selfie looking north to the Big and Little Dippers at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on a very clear moonlit night November 27, 2017. Polaris is at top; Vega is setting at far left. <br />
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A single 15-second exposure with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.5 lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 2000, with LENR applied. The Moon was just past first quarter.
    Selfie at Dino Park Looking North.jpg
  • A moonlit nightscape of the badlands loop road in Dinosaur Provincial Park, arcing off toward the Big Dipper in the northern sky. Vega is setting at far left. Polaris is at top centre. Light is from the 8-day waxing Moon. <br />
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A stack of 6 x 15-second exposures mean combined to smooth noise for the ground, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all at f/2.5 with the Rokinon 14mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 2000.
    Road to Big Dipper at Dino Park.jpg
  • The northern circumpolar sky with the Big Dipper at right rising, and Deneb in Cygnus and Vega in Lyra at left settting, over the moonlit badland hills of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. The Dipper points up to Polaris and the Little Dipper. The Moon was a day past first quarter. Polaris and the Little Dipper are at centre, so this is looking north to the circumpolar sky.<br />
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This is a stack of 6 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
    Circumpolar Sky over Dino Park.jpg
  • The Big Dipper at right rising, and Deneb and Cygnus at left settting, over the moonlit badland hills of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. The DIpper points up to Polaris and the Little Dipper. The Moon was a day past first quarter. Polaris and the Little Dipper are at centre, so this is looking north to the circumpolar sky. Deneb is setting at left.<br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
    Northern Sky over Dino Park.jpg
  • The Big Dipper on the ascent over the moonlit badland hills of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on November 27, 2017. The DIpper points up to Polaris and the Little Dipper. The Moon was a day past first quarter. <br />
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This is a stack of 6 x 15-second exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and a single 15-second exposure for the sky, all with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600, with LENR on. I applied a 3-pixel Gaussian blur to a duplicate sky layer, blended with Lighten, to add an “Orton effect” style glow to the stars.
    The Dippers over Badlands.jpg
  • The Big Dipper and Ursa Major (at upper right), Arcturus (left of centre), and the waxing 6-day Moon (overexposed at left) in the deep twilight at Reesor Lake in the Cypress Hills, Alberta, July 29, 2017. The Big Dipper is slightly distorted by the wide-angle lens. <br />
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This is a single 30-second exposure with the Rokinon 14mm SP lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 800.
    Big Dipper and Waxing Moon at Reesor...jpg
  • A panorama of the western sky in deep twilight at Reesor Lake in the Cypress Hills of southeast Alberta, in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, a Dark Sky Preserve. The sky is still deep blue with twilight and the sky to the northwest bright with the last of the sunset glow. The bright object at left to the southwest is the 5-day-old waxing crescent Moon, overexposed. Jupiter is just below the Moon. Spica is below and to the left of the Moon. Arcturus is the bright star at upper left. The Big Dipper is at upper right, distorted slightly due to the equirectangular map projection of the panorama stitching. Polaris is at upper right. <br />
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Shot from the east end of Reesor Lake, near the dam and causeway over to the campground. <br />
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This is a 6-panel panorama with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750, with the camera turned portrait for more vertical coverage. Stitched with PTGui.
    Deep Twilight at Reesor Lake Panoram...jpg
  • The Big Dipper in deep sunset twilight over Reesor Lake in the Cypress Hills of southeast Alberta. Taken July 28, 2017. <br />
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This is a single exposure with the 20mm Sigma Art lens (13 seconds at f/2/2) and Nikon D750 (ISO 100).
    Big Dipper over Reesor Lake in Twili...jpg
  • A 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). <br />
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The diffuse glow of Gegenschein is visible between Leo and Virgo, upper right of Jupiter and Spica.<br />
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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. <br />
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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.
    Spring Sky Panorama (March 18, 2017).jpg
  • The Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain and Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, October 19, 2016, taken after moonrise of the waning Moon, now lighting the sky and clouds. Some foreground illumination comes from lights across the lake on the Pyramid Lake Lodge. Clouds were moving in but add a nice texture and colours to the sky.<br />
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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. <br />
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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 the end of 350 frames shot for a time-lapse sequence.
    Big Dipper in Clouds over Pyramid Mo...jpg
  • 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.<br />
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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. <br />
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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.
    Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain.jpg
  • The 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.<br />
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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.
    Big Dipper Reflection.jpg
  • The Big Dipper in hazy clouds over the Waterton River at Maskinonge Pond, September 23, 2016, taken at the Night Photography Workshop I conducted there that night. The glow at right is light pollution from the Shell Waterton Gas Plant and from Pincher Creek to the north. <br />
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This is a stack of 5 x 30 second exposures, mean combined to smooth noise, and one 30-second exposure for the sky, all with the Sigma 20mm lens at f/2.2, and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200.
    Big Dipper over Waterton River.jpg
  • The 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. <br />
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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.
    Big Dipper and Aurora over Old Barn ...jpg
  • The 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. <br />
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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.
    Big Dipper and Aurora over Old Barn ...jpg
  • The Big Dipper and the complete constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, in the northwest on a summer evening, amid the solstice twilight at Forget-Me-Not Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta. Polaris is at the very top. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and 1 exposure for the sky, all 30 seconds at f/2.2 and ISO 3200 with the Sigma 24mm lens and Nikon D750.
    Ursa Major Above The Pines.jpg
  • The Big Dipper (at right) and Arcturus (at left) above the treetops at Forget-Me-Not Pond at Kananaskis, Alberta, June 26/27, 2016, in the deep blue of summer solstice twilight. The “arc to Arcturus” path from the Dipper down to Arcturus is well-shown here. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise, and 1 exposure for the sky, all 25 seconds at f/2.2 and ISO 3200 with the Sigma 24mm and Nikon D750. Diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools.
    Big Dipper Above the Pines.jpg
  • The Big Dipper on a cold frosty night in December from home in Alberta, with aurora active. Moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon provides the illumination. This is a single exposure with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm Art lens.
    Big Dipper on a Frosty Moonlit Night.jpg
  • The Big and Little Dippers over Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona, as the Big Dipper rises in the northeast, with all but the end star of the handle visible. Polaris is at upper left, and the Little Dipper hangs down from it. Airglow adds the green streaks at right. <br />
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This is a blend of 4 tracked exposures for the sky and 4 untracked exposures for the ground, blended along the tree line, as a sharp mask dividing earth and sky was not possible. In fact for the ground shots the camera was moved down to include more of the ground, as the 35mm lens used here wasn’t quite wide enough to include all the scene in one frame. So this is a small vertical panorama. Each exposure was 2 minutes at f/2 and at ISO 1600. Plus an additional shot taken thru the Kenko Softon filter was layered in for the star glows. Shot Dec 10, on the last clear night of a fine week-long run of shooting.
    The Dippers over Quailway Cottage.jpg
  • Public stargazing at the Rothney Observatory Open House on November 21, 2015, on a cool but clear late autumn night, with the Big Dipper low in the north over the Visitor Centre, and the waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination. About 400 people attended.
    Public Stargazing on a Moonlit Night.jpg
  • The Big Dipper (at right) trailing over Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park, on a moonlit night on October 24/25, 2015. An Iridium satellite, in fact two following each other on the same path, streak at left. <br />
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This is a stack of 130 exposures, each 15 seconds at f/4, for the star trails with the ground coming from 8 of the frames, to reduce the lack of contrast from the moving moonshadows, with the ground layers mean combined stacked to smooth noise.  The point-like stars at the end comes from an additional exposure taken a minute after the last trail frame. <br />
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Stacking of the trails performed in Photoshop with the Advanced Stacker Actions from StarCircle Academy.
    Big Dipper Trails over Pyramid Mount...jpg
  • The Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain at Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, on Oct 24, 2015. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon.<br />
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This is a stack of 4 exposures, mean combined, for the ground to smooth noise with one of the exposures adding the sky, to prevent trailing. Each was 15 seconds at f/4 and ISO 800 with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens.
    Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain.jpg
  • The Big Dipper with a satellite trail in high haze on a moonlit autumn night at ForgetMeNot Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon.<br />
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This is a stack of 5 exposures, 1 for the sky and 4 for the ground, with the latter mean combined stacked for smoothing noise. All are 30-second exposures at ISO 1000 with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens at f/4.
    Big Dipper and Satellite over Forget...jpg
  • The Big Dipper low in the northern sky on a moonlit autumn night at Forget-Me-Not Pond in Kananaskis Country, southern Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon. <br />
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This is a stack of 5 exposures: 1 for the sky and 4 for the ground, with the latter mean combined stacked to smooth noise, with all 30-second exposures, with the 24mm lens at f/4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 1000.
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  • The Big Dipper trailing across the northern sky over ForgetMeNot Pond in Kananaskis Country, in southern Alberta, on a moonlit autumn night in September 2015. <br />
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This is a stack of two exposures: 30 seconds at f/4 and ISO 1250 for the short point-like stars followed by an 8-minute exposure at f/5.6 at ISO 160, both with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750. LENR used on both images.
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  • The Big Dipper low in the north on a moonlit autumn night, with the aspen trees in full autumn colour. I shot this at Elboe Falls in Kananaskis area of southern Alberta. <br />
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This is a single 20-second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Nikon D750 at ISO 1000.
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  • The Big Dipper with its handle pointing left in an arc to Arcturus in the northwest on a moonlit autumn evening at Elbow Falls, in Kananaskis Country, Alberta.<br />
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This is a single 20-second exposure at f/2.5 with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
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  • The Big Dipper over moonlit aspens in full fall colour, at Elbow Falls, Kananaskis, Alberta, in September 2015. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon. <br />
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This is a single 15-second exposure at f/2.5 with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 800.
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  • The Big Dipper, with its handle pointing to Arcturus at left, on a moonlit autumn evening, over the Waterton River at the Maskinonge picnic area at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. I shot this September 20, 2015, before clouds and eventually rain moved in. Illumination is from a First Quarter Moon.<br />
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This is a single 20-second exposure at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 with the Nijon D750 and Sigma 24mm lens, untracked on a tripod. The night was very windy, thus the blurred grass and bushes.
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  • The 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.<br />
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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.
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  • The Big Dipper over Double Arch in the moonlight, at Arches National Park, Utah, on April 6, 2015 with illumination from a waning gibbous Moon. <br />
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This is a two-panel vertical panorama with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D, each panel a stack of 4 x 40-second exposures at f/4 and ISO 1600 to reduce noise in the landscape and shadows, but the sky coming from just one frame in each panel to keep the stars as points. Stitched in Photoshop with reposition command.
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  • The Big and Little Dippers circling Polaris over South Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, with the rising waning Moon lighting the landscape and sky. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 40-second exposures with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200. taken April 6, 2015.
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  • The Big Dipper and the Little Dipper turning around Polaris (at left) over the North Window Arch at Arches National Park, Utah, with a sky brightening with moonlight. A wash from an LED flashlight provided some foreground illumination. <br />
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This is a stack of 4 x 45-second exposures with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.
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  • The Big Dipper on its handle swinging up over the West Mitten butte at Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah border. This is a single exposure illuminated by moonlight, of 60 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 500 with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D. I shot this April 4, 2015 on a partly cloudy night, with the nearly Full Moon rising in the east.
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  • The Big Dipper over water and a fountain at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, near Ruidoso, New Mexico, taken on March 22, 2015. This is a two-image “panorama” to include more of the water, each shot with the 24mm lens and Canon 60Da.
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  • A 180° panorama from southwest to northeast of the Columbia Icefields by night, under bright moonlight. The Big Dipper and Arcturus are at right and centre, respectively, to the north. Pity there was no aurora! Light from the waxing gibbous Moon off frame to the left in the south illuminates the landscape. The Milky Way is barely visible at left, washed out by the moonlight.<br />
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Taken from the upper parking lot, not far from the Icefields Parkway, a higher vantage point for a better view of Athabasca Glacier at left, which cannot now be seen well from the lower parking lot as it has receded so far. The Stutfield Glacier is at centre.<br />
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This is a 6-segment pan with the 16-35mm lens at 22mm and at f/2.8, each 20 seconds at ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII. Stitched with PTGui — Photoshop did nearly as good a job but left some gradient banding beween segments; PTGui blended them better.
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  • The Big Dipper in bright moonlight over Wilcox Peak and the Glacier View Inn and parking area at the Columbia Icefields. The unshielded sodium vapour lights provide unwanted glare at an otherwise pristine dark site in a Dark Sky Preserve. This is a single 20-second exposure with the 16-35mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1000.
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  • A star trail sequence shot at Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, showing two cameras at work shooting a time-lapse dolly motion control sequence (at left) and a static camera star trail sequence (at right). This is a stack of 100 frames out of 400 shot by the third camera, with one frame shot a couple of minutes after the sequence and layered in to add the blurry but point-like stars at the ends of the trails, including the Big Dipper. Each frame was 32 seconds at f/4.5 (stopped down too much by accident) with the 24mm lens at Canon 6D at ISO 800 in bright moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon.
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  • Pyramid Mountain and the Big Dipper, shot from Pyramid Island looking north, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the setting waxing gibbous Moon off camera to the left. Some faint aurora is to the right. This is a single 45-second exposure with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 2000.
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  • The Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain at Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta. I shot this Sept 4, 2014 as part of a 450-frame time-lapse sequence with a static camera. This is a 20-second exposure with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 on the Canon 60Da at ISO 1600. Light is from the waxing gibbous Moon.
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  • An Iridium satellite flare over Pyramid Mountain and Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park, Sept 4, 2014. This is a stack of 4 frames, each 20 seconds at f/2.8 with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 1600, taken as part of a 400-frame time-lapse sequence. The gaps are from the 1 second interval between frames.
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  • The Big Dipper (or Plough in the UK) over Pyramid Mountain and Patricia Lake in Jasper, Alberta. I shot this on a cloudy night, obviously, but with some clear breaks, after a day of cloud and rain on Labour Day, Sept 1, 2014. The waxing Moon was still providing some sky illumination, and there might have been some low level aurora adding a general glow to the north. This is a single exposure, for 30 seconds at f/2.2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 3200.
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  • The Big Dipper over the peak of Mt. Wilson at Saskatchewan River Crossing on the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. A single 20 second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600 under the light of the waning gibbous Moon. From the parking lot of the Howse Pass Viewpoint.
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  • The stars of the Big Dipper trailing above Bow Falls on the Bow River in Banff, Alberta, under the light of the Full “supermoon” of August 10 2014. <br />
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This is a stack of one 30-second exposure at ISO 800 for the point-like trails and five 4-minute exposures at ISO 100 for the long trails, all with the 24mm lens at f/4 and Canon 5D MkII.
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  • The Big Dipper and Ursa Major at the end of the backroad on the summit of Mt Kobau, near Osoyoos, BC, taken at the Mt Kobau Star Party, July 28, 2014. A meteor streaks down at left. <br />
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This is a stack of two exposures, with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400, but one for the sky at 40 seconds and one for the ground at 1m40s to expose more detail in the ground lit only by starlight.
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  • The Big Dipper (right of centre) and Arcturus (left) as shot from Mt Kobau at the Mt Kobau Star Party, July 28, 2014. This is a single untracked 40-second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.
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  • The Big Dipper (left) and Little Dippers, Polaris (centre) and Cassiopeia (right) over the sandstone concretions of Red Rock Coulee Natural Area in southern Alberta. Capella is just above the horizon. Perseus is rising at right. Illumination is from the Full Moon. This is a single 19 second exposure at f/5 and ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da and 10-22mm lens.
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  • The Big and Little Dippers, Polaris and Cassiopeia in the northern sky, in the moonlight, July 8, 2014, from Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, on the Saskatchewan side. This is a single 30-second exposure at f/4 with the Canon 10-22mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 1600. The focus is a little soft. Slight star glows added in Photoshop.
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  • The northern circumpolar constellations including Ursa Major and Minor, the Big and Little Dippers, and Polaris, as shot from Reesor Ranch in the Cypress Hills, Alberta. Taken at 3 am with dawn twilight breaking and some low noctilucent clouds on the horizon.<br />
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This is a single 30 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 2000. Star glows added in Photoshop to emphasize Big Dipper and Polaris.
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  • The Big Dipper pointing to Arcturus at left, as seen from Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta at the Graburn Overlook. This is a single 30 second exposure at ISO 2500 with the Canon 6D and 24mm lens at f/2.2.
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  • A pre-dawn display of noctilucent clouds on the morning of June 23, 2014, two days after solstice. The NLC clouds are low in the northeast, in the twilight, but the entire sky is blue with perpetual twilight. The Big Dipper is at upper left, the Little Dipper and Polaris at top centre. This is a single 10 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens at 16mm and Canon 6D at ISO 1600.
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  • Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) in the early evening sky sky on November 27, 2013, just off the handle of the Big Dipper low in the north. This is a stack of 5 x 75 second exposures with the 50mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, tracking on the iOptron SkyTracker, plus two exposures taken thru the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Taken from home at -10° C.
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  • The Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley on Highway 10 east of Drumheller. Taken September 21, 2013 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens with a single 30-second exposure. Light from waning gibbous Moon provided the illumination.
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  • The Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley on Highway 10 east of Drumheller. Taken September 21, 2013 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens with a single 30-second exposure. Light from waning gibbous Moon provided the illumination.
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  • The Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley on Highway 10 east of Drumheller. Taken September 21, 2013 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens with a single 30-second exposure. Light from waning gibbous Moon provided the illumination.
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  • The Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley on Highway 10 east of Drumheller. Taken September 21, 2013 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens with a single 30-second exposure. Light from waning gibbous Moon and passing car headlights provided the illumination.
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  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus (at left) over the peaks of Waterton Lakes National Park, Aug 30, 2013. Taken with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200 for 30 seconds. A faint aurora adds colour at right, and airglow adds the greenish tint to the sky.
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  • An Iridium satellite flare over Castle Mountain, Banff, Aug 24, 2013, above the Big Dipper. The scene is lit by light from the waning gibbous Moon. Part of a 150-frame time-lapse sequece.
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  • The Big Dipper over Castle Mountain, Banff, on a partly cloudy and dewy night. Taken as part of a 150-frame time-lapse. With the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII for 30 seconds at f/2 and ISO 1600.
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  • The Big Dipper over a moonlit canola field, near home in southern Alberta, July 26, 2013. This is a single 14 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2000. This is one frame from a time-lapse dolly sequence.
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  • The Big Dipper and Polaris over a moonlit canola field, near home in southern Alberta, July 26, 2013. This is a single 1 minute exposure at f/3.5 with the 10-22mm lens and Canon 60Da at ISO 1600.
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  • A cummulative star trail of northern stars around the Big Dipper, created with a stack of images from a time-lapse sequence, and stacked with StarCircleAcademy Advanced Stacker Actions - Comet Trails, which stacks a series of consecutive images at decreasing opacity. A neat effect. Each image was a 30 second exposure at f/2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Taken from Ressor Ranch, July 12, 2013. A faint aurora tints the sky magenta.
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  • Star trails with the Big Dipper and two Iridium flare satellite trails, July 12, 2013, taken from Reesor Ranch, SK. This is a stack of 11 images, each 30 seconds with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 and 24mm lens at f/2. Taken as part of a time-lapse sequence. A faint purple aurora is at right.
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  • The Big Dipper with a purple aurora from the Reesor Ranch looking northwest to the prairie from Cypress Hills. This is a single frame from a time-lapse movie, taken with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 and 24mm lens at f/2 for 30 seconds.
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  • The Big Dipper and Polaris witha faint green and purple aurora in the north, from the Reesor Ranch looking north to the prairie from Cypress Hills. This is a single frame from a time-lapse movie, taken with the Canon 60Da at ISO 1600 and 10-22mm lens at f/3.5 for 60 seconds.
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  • The old Atlas Coal Mine near East Coulee, Alberta, now a museum and tourist attraction. This is a composite of 20 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8, and ISO 1250. Taken June 27, 2013. While the Moon was up it was in some cloud and most of the illumination of the foreground comes from a sodium vapour light just off camera at right. Images stacked with StarCircleAcademy's Advanced Stacker Actions, Comet Streaks option.
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  • The old Atlas Coal Mine near East Coulee, Alberta, now a museum and tourist attraction. This is a composite of 20 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8, and ISO 1250. Taken June 27, 2013. While the Moon was up it was in some cloud and most of the illumination of the foreground comes from a sodium vapour light just off camera at right.
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  • The old Atlas Coal Mine near East Coulee, Alberta, now a museum and tourist attraction. This is a single 1 minute exposure with the Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens at 16mm and f/3.2, and ISO 800 Taken June 27, 2013. While the Moon was up it was in some cloud and most of the illumination of the foreground comes from a sodium vapour light just off camera at right.
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  • The Big Dipper (left) and Little Dipper (upper right) and Polaris (upper right) over the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, May 26, 2013. Taken under nearly Full Moon light. A single 32 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800, untracked.
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  • A wide-angle view from horizon to past the zenith of the northern hemisphere spring sky, taken early May 2013 from home, using 15mm Canon lens at f/3.2, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 for stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures, tracked. The ground is from one exposure. Leo and Regulus are at right, Arcturus at left, and Spica and Saturn at lower left. The Big Dipper is at top. Corvus is at bottom. In the centre is the Coma Berenices star cluster, aka Mel111.
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  • A wide-angle view from horizon to the zenith of the northern hemisphere spring sky, taken early May 2013 from home, using 14mm Samyang lens at f/2.8, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 for stack of 5 x 3 minute exposures, tracked. The ground is from one exposure. Leo and Regulus are at right, Arcturus at left, and Spica and Saturn at lower left. The Big Dipper is at top. Corvus is at bottom. In the centre is the Coma Berenices star cluster, aka Mel111.
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  • Big Dipper just grazing above Mount Wilson at Saskatchewan River Crossing, Banff, Alberta, on Sept,8, 2012. Polaris and Little Dipper at top. Bands of green airglow visible. Taken with the Canon 7D at ISO 1600 and 10-22mm lens at f/3.5 for 80 seconds.
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  • The 1909 Liberty School, a one-room pioneer schoolhouse on the wide open Canadian Prairie, at Majorville, Alberta, in moonlight with the Big Dipper. Taken Aug 4, 2012 under a gibbous Moon with the Canon 7D and 10-22mm lens at 13mm for 30 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 800.
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  • The 1909 Liberty School, a one-room pioneer schoolhouse on the wide open Canadian Prairie, at Majorville, Alberta, in moonlight with the Big Dipper. Taken Aug 4, 2012 under a gibbous Moon with the Canon 7D and 10-22mm lens at 13mm for 30 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 800.
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  • The 1909 Liberty School, a one-room pioneer schoolhouse, at Majorville, Alberta, in moonlight with Big Dipper. Taken Aug 4, 2012 under a gibbous Moon with the Canon 7D and 10-22mm lens at 11mm for 30 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 800.
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  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus (at left) over Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta. Taken July 29, 2012 with Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens for 48s at f/4 and ISO 800. Moonlight from waxing gibbous Moon (off camera) provides the illumination. Taken on meadows near Johnson Lake turnoff on Lake Minnewanka loop road.
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  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus (at left) over Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta. Taken July 29, 2012 with Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens for 48s at f/4 and ISO 800. Moonlight from waxing gibbous Moon (off camera) provides the illumination. Taken on meadows near Johnson Lake turnoff on Lake Minnewanka loop road.
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  • The Big Dipper and Arcturus (just over the mountain top) over Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta. Taken July 29, 2012 with Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens for 48s at f/4 and ISO 800. Moonlight from waxing gibbous Moon (off camera) provides the illumination. Taken from Upper Bankhead picnic area on Lake Minnewanka loop road.
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