The above image was my reward for enduring a couple of nights in the cold, harsh conditions on top of Parnonas mountain, Greece. Orion is one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky, especially prominent during winter in the Northern Hemisphere (and summer in the Southern Hemisphere). Note the airglow, the colourful horizontal banding at the lower part of the image. Several tracked and untracked photos were combined to make this photo. Equipment: Star Adventurer mount, Full Spectrum Modified Canon 6D by Space Tinkerer, Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens, UV/IR cut 400-700nm and Astronomik CLS/CCD clip filters. Software: Sequator, Siril, Photoshop, Startrails.de.
Profitis Ilias church, the plateau and the characteristic peaks, Megali Tourla and Mikri Tourla.
This was an unscheduled shot. I saw the thin crescent Moon -just over a day old- on my way to Parnonas mountain, and I rushed out of my car to capture it. The small dot on top of the frame is the elusive Mercury, a difficult planet to see and capture as it orbits closer to the Sun than any other planet, and it’s only visible just after sunset or just before sunrise.