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 winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180° panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwestern New Mexico, March 11, 2013. The panorama is a composite of 4 segments, each a two layer stack, and each exposure 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 14mm Samyang lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, and each exposure tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure per segment. Jupiter is the bright object near the centre.
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 Zodiacal Light in the springtime evening sky from the northern hemisphere, from New Mexico, March 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. An Iridium satellite flare is at upper right.
The winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180° panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwestern New Mexico, March 11, 2013. The panorama is a composite of 4 segments, each a two layer stack, and each exposure 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 14mm Samyang lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, and each exposure tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure per segment. Jupiter is the bright object near the centre.
The Gegenschein glow at lower left, in southern Leo, taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwest New Mexico, March 14, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 plus a layer of two exposures taken through the Softon filter for the star glows. M44 the Beehive in Cancer is at upper right, the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, is at upper left. The stars of Leo are above centre. The streak is from geotationary satellites flaring in brightness near the oppostion point, but not moving as the sky turned.
The Zodiacal Light in the springtime evening sky from the northern hemisphere, from New Mexico, March 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. An Iridium satellite flare is at upper right.
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 winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180° panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwestern New Mexico, March 11, 2013. The panorama is a composite of 4 segments, each a two layer stack, and each exposure 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 14mm Samyang lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, and each exposure tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure per segment. Jupiter is the bright object near the centre.
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 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 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.
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