Astrophotography by John Mirtle

Southern horizon from my imaging location near Cayley, Alberta, overlooking the Porcupine Hills.

Thanks for visiting my web page! I have a Facebook page for family events and personal things, this web site is geared towards my astrophotography interests. You will find a number of image galleries and some details on the equipment I use, but articles I used to post on "how to" I have removed, as there are so many better and up-to-date ones on the Internet. You will find here many images spanning about 38 years or so using a fair number of different technologies. Hopefully you will find something you like! I haven't posted much over the last couple of years but be assured that new images and content are coming!

Thanks again for stopping by! Feel free to poke around for a while. I am in the process of rebuilding this site with bigger graphics, it will be a while before it is completed or properly sorted. Plus, I am always adding new images. Sometimes this can take a while as we seem to swing from a frozen wasteland to the land of the midnight sun! There is a brief window between these extremes that allows me to get out and shoot new pictures.