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The Cygnus Loop @ 135mm

Here is the Cygnus Loop shot using the Rokinon 135mm F/2.0 lens.

 

Rokinon 135mm Lens Review: astrobackyard.com/rokinon-135mm-f2-astrophotography/

 

The image was processed to view the image as a whole. The veil nebula complex is clearly overexposed when when up-close, but I wanted a dramatic look at the entire structure from a glance.

 

Those stars have been minimized like crazy as well. I wanted to create as much separation between the nebula in the background sky as possible!

 

As you can tell, I chose to frame in NGC 6940 in there as well, a star cluster I have never shot before.

 

I'm loving the creative shots this lens provides:)

 

About 2 hours in RGB (2-minute exposures @ ISO 800 using the Optolong L-Pro filter)

 

Another 2 hours in H-Alpha (3-minute exposures @ ISO 1600 using the Astronomik 12nm Ha clip-in filter)

 

Canon EOS Rebel T3i (modified)

Rokinon 135mm F/2.0 ED UMC Lens

iOptron SkyGuider Pro

 

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Uploaded on August 30, 2019