Nightscapes

Moon and Venus


Date: 10/19/2025
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: Canon 100-400mm zoom lens at 100mm
Exposure: 4sec at f/7 and ISO 400


Moon, Venus and Jupiter


Date: 8/20/2025
Camera: Canon EOS 850D (modified)
Lens: 24mm f/1.4 sigma art
Exposure: 1/20sec at f/1.4 and ISO 3200
Processed using PixInsight and NoiseXterminator


Milky Way


Date: 8/12/2025
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: 15mm f/2.8 sigma art
Exposure: 10sec at f/2.8 and ISO 3200
Processed using PixInsight and NoiseXterminator


Milky Way


Date: 5/6/2025
Camera: Canon EOS 850D (modified)
Lens: 24mm f/1.4 sigma art
Exposure: 100x6sec (10min total) at f/1.4 and ISO 3200
Processed using PixInsight, BlurXterminator and NoiseXterminator



Date: 6/29/2024
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: 24mm f/1.4 sigma art
Exposure: 83x5sec (6min 55sec total) at f/1.4 and ISO 3200


Orion


Date: 3/3/2024
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: 28mm f/1.4 sigma art
Exposure: 40x5sec (3min 20sec total) at f/1.4 and ISO 3200


Milky Way Core Rising


Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: 28mm f/1.4 sigma art
Exposure: 83x6sec (8min 18sec total) at f/1.4 and ISO 3200
Date: 2/17/2024


M31 and Cassiopeia



Camera: Canon Rebel T8i (modified)
Lens: 28mm f/1.4 Sigma
Exposure: 119x4sec (9min 53s total) at ISO 3200 and f/1.4


Cygnus


Date: 7/21/2022
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i
Lens: 28mm f/1.4 sigma
Exposure: 58x4sec (4min 48s total) at ISO 3200 and f/1.4


Orion and Taurus regions



Date: 1/20/2022
Camera: Canon Rebel T8i
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Exposure: 32x120sec (1hr 4min total) at f/3.5 and ISO 800
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight


Cygnus portrait



Date: 9/5/2021
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposure: 24x120sec (48min total) at ISO 800 and f/3.5
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight and gimp to incorporate the foreground


Orion Rising



Date: 9/5/2021
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposure: 28x120 sec (56min total) at ISO 800 and f/3.5
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight


Taurus



Date: 9/5/2021
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposure: 9x120sec (18min total) at ISO 800 and f/3.5
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight


Cygnus region of Milky Way




Date: 8/31/2021
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposure: 35x120 sec (1hr 10min total) at ISO 800 and f/3.5
Acquired using BackyardEOS, stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight



Date: 8/29/2021
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i
Lens: Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Mount: Tripod with iOptron SkyGuider Pro
Exposure: 24x120sec (48 minutes total) at ISO 800 and f/3.5
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, Processed using PixInsight

Milky Way from rural Iowa


Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: 15mm f/2.8 sigma
Exposure: 23x20sec exposures at ISO 1600 and f/2.8, untracked
Stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed using PixInsight

Wide field shots of the stars, the milky way, etc.

Circumpolar Star Trails


Camera: Canon Rebel T4i (modified)
Lens: 50mm f/1.2 lens
Exposure: Single 20 minute exposure at f/5 and ISO 100


Milky way


Date: 6/14/2017
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i
Lens: 50mm f/1.2 (Canon)
Exposure: 6 seconds at f/1.2 and ISO 1600



Date: 5/27/2017
Camera: Canon Rebel T4i
Lens: 15mm f/2.8 (Sigma)
Exposure: 20 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 1600


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