Starship Asterisk*

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, with the International Space Station, on July 20, 2020 between 10:08pm and 10:23pm, from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. This is a composite that incorporates 21 frames of 3.2 seconds each, taken with a Canon 40D and Canon 100mm lens. The ISS passed through during my 10:08pm ex...

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE rises above a cloud deck in the pre-dawn sky over Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
July 12, 2020 4:34 am. Canon 40D with 100mm telephoto lens; ISO 800; f/3.5.
Exposures: 8 x 2.5 seconds = 20 seconds total.

Opposition Jupiter Rising This is an image, and reflection, of Jupiter rising in the east over Spectacle Lake, in Ontario, Canada, on May 8, 2018 at 9:17 pm. According to the 2018 RASC Handbook (page 107), Jupiter reached opposition at UT 1 am on May 9, 2018. Taken with a Canon 40D DSLR set at ISO ...

Saturn and M22 in Sagittarius Saturn appears above the bright globular cluster M22. Taken on May 7, 2018, between 1:30 am and 2:00 am with a Canon 40D DSLR through a Tamron 300mm f/2.8 telephoto lens, tracked on a Super Polaris EQ mount. Taken from near Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. Exposures: 10 x...

Taken on September 20, 2017 with a Canon 40D through a Canon 100mm f/2 lens at f/2.8 and ISO 1600. Tracked on Super Polaris EQ mount. The camera was equipped with an Astronomik CLS clip filter. Exposures: 13 x 121 secs; 26 minutes & 13 seconds total Taken from near Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. ...

Location on April 24th was between the stars Upsilon Herculis and Phi Herculis. Location on April 26th is at top. North is at left. Taken with a Canon 40D through Tamron 300mm f/2.8 telephoto lens at ISO 1600. Tracked on Super Polaris EQ mount. April 26 image (23 x 90 secs; 34.5 mins total) aligned ...