Some of my recent images
Nightscape "Road to the Stars"
Camera: Canon R6 Mark ii modified
Lens: Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art
Mount: iOtpron SkyGuider Pro
Exposures:
Stars: 8 panel panorama, single row, portrait mode,
each panel 120 seconds, f2, ISO 640 no filter
each panel 120 seconds, f2, ISO 6400, IDAS NBZ ii filter
Landscape:
single row panorama with 20mm lens, each panel 3 seconds, f16, ISO 100 at twilight
Date: June 24, 2025
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan Atlas and the Milky Way
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art
Tracker: iOptron Skyguider Pro
Exposures:
Stars: 1 X 60 seconds, f2, ISO 400
Foreground: 1 X 120 seconds, f11, ISO 1600, just after moonrise
Date: October 19, 2024
Summer Milky Way over mountain meadow
Camera: Canon R6 Mark ii (modified)
Lens: Sigma 20mm, f1.4 Art
Stars:
10 X 17 seconds, f2, ISO 2500
10 X 17 seconds, f2, ISO 6400, IDAS NBZ ii filter
Landscape:
1 X 5 seconds, f16, ISO 100 at twilight
Date: July 16, 2025
Milky Way from Bryce Canyon National Park, Sunset Point
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art
Mount: iOptron Skyguider Pro
Stars: 3 X 120 seconds, f2, ISO 400
Stars: 1 X 300 seconds, f2, ISO 3200, IDAS NB 12 filter
Foreground: 1 X 2 seconds, f14, ISO 200 at dusk
Date: April 11, 2024
Published in Astronomy magazine, December, 2024 issue, page 55
Milky Way rising over the South Fork Yuba River near Nevada City, California
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art
Mount: iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposures:
Stars: 1 X 180 seconds, f2, ISO 400
Stars: 1 X 300 seconds, f2, ISO 3200, IDAS NB12 filter
Landscape: 1X 5 seconds, f16, ISO 100, taken at twilight (same location as stars)
Date: May 29, 2024
Milky Way over pond
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 14mm f1.8
Mount: iOptron Skyguider Pro
Exposure for stars:
ISO 800, 2 minutes, f2.8, tracked
Exposure foreground:
ISO 400, 4 minutes, f5 at twilight
Date: July 9, 2021
Cygnus widefield
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 40mm f1.4 Art
Mount: Sky-watcher Adventurer GTi
Stars: 20 X 120 seconds, f2, ISO 800
Stars: 20 X 120 seconds, f2, ISO 6400, IDAS NB12 filter
Date: September 6, 2023
Bortle 3-4 sky
Rho Ophiuchus complex and the Blue Horsehead
Camera: Canon Ra
Lens: Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art
Mount: iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposures:
Stars: 15 X 180 seconds, f2, ISO 400
Stars: 3 X 300 seconds, f2, ISO 3200, IDAS NB 12 filter
Date: 6/30/2024
Lagoon Nebula and star clouds
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM
Lens: Rokinon 135mm @ f2.2
Mount: Skywatcher EQM35 Pro
Exposures:
Luminance: 30 X 60 seconds
Ha: 15 X 60 seconds
Red: 10 X 60 seconds
Green: 10 X 60 seconds
Blue: 10 X 60 seconds
Date: June 16, 2023
Bortle 2 sky