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A 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.
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© 2015 Alan Dyer
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A panorama of the pre-dawn sky on October 8, 2015, with a sky full of wonders:<br /> • the Northern Lights, or aurora<br /> • The Big Dipper above the aurora, somewhat distorted by the panorama projection<br /> • 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<br /> • The Beehive star cluster well above the planet grouping<br /> • Orion and Canis Major in the winter sky at right with the Milky Way.<br /> <br /> 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.