I am an astrophotographer and astronomy author living in Alberta, Canada.
Alan Dyer
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Here is a time-lapse movie the "satellite strewn sky," illustrating the proliferation of satellites now above us. This was over 2.5 hours on June 13-14, 2026. Details are in the video description on YouTube. Do share!
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Take a couple of minutes out to enjoy an aurora, from May 15, 2026. Two hours of Northern Lights compressed into two minutes! This was from Alberta. Details in the video description on YouTube. Enjoy!
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Here's a wider view of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction from June 8, over the Badlands scenery of the Red Deer River valley at Horsethief Canyon north of Drumheller, Alberta. The planets appear amid blue noctilucent clouds, in my first sighting of NLCs this year. Tech details are in the Alt Text.
Alan Dyer
This is an "all-sky" fish-eye view of the night sky a week before summer solstice, taken June 13-14. 2026, from home in southern Alberta at latitude of 51º N. So the sky is not astronomically dark and is lit a deep blue by all-night perpetual twilight. Details in Alt Text.
This frames the pairing of Venus above Jupiter in the evening sky on June 10, 2026. They are over the windy waters of Crawling Lake Reservoir in southern Alberta near Bassano. Above the pair of planets are the stars Pollux (at left) and Castor (at top) in Gemini.
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This frames the conjunction of Venus above Jupiter in the evening twilight of June 8, 2026. They are below Pollux, the bright star at top. Dim Mercury is at right above the dark clouds. However, the two bright planets are embedded in what look like noctilucent clouds.
Here are views of the fine close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon above Venus in the evening sky, May 18. The conjunction is reflected in Crawling Lake, Alberta.
The wide views frame Jupiter and the stars of Gemini, while the panorama takes in the sky and stars from west to north over 120º.
In my latest review I test five fish-eye lenses for astrophotography. A fish-eye can be great for capturing an all-sky aurora show or the Milky Way. Two are circular fish-eyes, three are full-frame fish-eyes, all from China for under $300 US.
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This is an accumulation of exposures showing the number of satellites across the Milky Way during 35 minutes, from 12:28 am to 1:03 am on June 14, 2026. The field of view here is 54º by 37º, framing the Summer Triangle stars.
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The article reviews five affordable fish-eye lenses ideal for astrophotography, highlighting their performance under night sky conditions. Notable recommendations include the 7Artisans 10mm for its…
