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My Latest { 84 images } Created 11 Jan 2013

This gallery presents a selection of my latest images, taken in the last few days and months, from home in Alberta, Canada and from other locations around the world. This gallery is presented in chronological order, with the newest images first.

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Harvest Aurora Panorama 2 (Oct 7, 20...jpg
Harvest Aurora Panorama 1 (Oct 7, 20...jpg
Dorothy Bridge in Autumn Moonlight.jpg
Red Deer River in Autumn Moonlight.jpg
Autumn Sunset Over Prairie Pond.jpg
Harvest Moon in Clouds.jpg
Harvest Moonrise 2018.jpg
Aurora over Downtown Yellowknife.jpg
Aurora over Celebration Sculpture.jpg
Sky-Filling Aurora at Tibbitt Lake.jpg
Auroral Convergence at Zenith #1.jpg
Auroral Convergence at Zenith #2.jpg
Auroral Arc over Tibbitt Lake.jpg
Aurora and Big Dipper over Tibbitt L...jpg
Sweeping Arc of the Northern Lights.jpg
Aurora in Twilight at Tibbitt Lake.jpg
$The large star-forming region of IC 1396 in Cepheus, taken September 5, 2018 from home in southern Alberta. The wide field includes the bright orange star Mu Cephei, or Herschel’s Garnet Star, at top. The Elephant Trunk Nebula is at centre. North is at top. This is a stack of 7 exposures: 5 x 6 minutes at ISO 1600 with an LPS light pollution reduction filter and 2 x 5 minutes at ISO 1600 without the LPS filter, all with the 77mm f/4 Borg Astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII. I refocused between unfiltered and filtered shots, and registered the images in Photoshop. The filtered shots record the red nebulosity with more intensity. The unfiltered shots provide a more natural color to the stars and background sky. So this is a composite that blends the best of both worlds. Diffraction spikes added with Astronomy Tools actions.$

IC 1396 (77mm 5DII with and without ...jpg
$The periodic comet 21P, Giacobini-Zinner in Auriga on September 4, 2018 as it passed east of the triangle of stars at right called The Kids, near Capella. The comet is distinctly cyan and red. It was plainly visible in binoculars at about 7th magnitude. Some faint HII emission nebulosity, including a couple of Sharpless nebulas, permeate the field at left. This is stack of 3 x 4-minute exposures with the 77mm f/4 Borg Astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600. Guided on the stars - the comet did move a little between exposures but not enough to blur its image much at this focal length. Taken from home with the field low in the northeast but on a fine night. Diffraction spikes added with AstronomyTools.$

Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21p) Near Th...jpg
$The large star-forming region of IC 1396 in Cepheus, taken September 4, 2018 from home in southern Alberta. The wide field includes the bright orange star Mu Cephei, or Herschel’s Garnet Star, at upper left. The Elephant Trunk Nebula is just right of centre. North is at top. This is a stack of 9 exposures: 5 x 4 minutes at ISO 1600 and 4 x 8 minutes at ISO 800, all with the 77mm f/4 Borg Astrograph and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII, an old but very excellent camera! With the 300mm focal length and full frame camera the field is about 7° by 4°. Star diffraction spikes added with AstronomyTools actions. StarShrink filter also applied. Focused with Bahtinov mask. Autoguided with SG4.$

IC 1396 (77mm 5DII).jpg
Sunset Trail in Smoke (August 17, 20...jpg
Sunset in Smoke (August 17, 2018).jpg
Milky Way over Great Sandhills Panor...jpg
Four Planets Panorama at Great Sandh...jpg
Sunset at the Great Sandhills.jpg
Perseids over SSSP (Aug 10, 2018).jpg