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Cygnus Mosaic
My first attempt at a mosaic (where you create several images and stitch them together to get a larger field of view in one larger image). This is a mosaic of four 40 minute calibrated integrations of 2 minute exposures. Each image is about 12 degrees on a side creating a final image that reveals most of the constellation Cygnus, The Swan. Many well known deep sky objects are visible including the North American Nebula , The Pelican Nebula, the Veil Supernova Remnant, all the Nebulosity around Sadr including the Crescent Nebula and the Tulip Nebula, and several more objects...
The exposures were taken with a Nikkor 50mm Lens working at f/2.8, attached to a ZWO ASI533MC Pro Camera. An Optolong L-Ultimate narrowband filter was also used, which goes a long way to combat the Bortle 8 light pollution of Toronto. Everything was mounted on a ZWO AM5 and controlled by the ASI Air Plus. The exposures were guided. Images were processed in SIRIL and PixInsight
I'm really pleased with this as a first attempt, it certainly can be tweaked and processes further - when I have time...
Cygnus Mosaic
My first attempt at a mosaic (where you create several images and stitch them together to get a larger field of view in one larger image). This is a mosaic of four 40 minute calibrated integrations of 2 minute exposures. Each image is about 12 degrees on a side creating a final image that reveals most of the constellation Cygnus, The Swan. Many well known deep sky objects are visible including the North American Nebula , The Pelican Nebula, the Veil Supernova Remnant, all the Nebulosity around Sadr including the Crescent Nebula and the Tulip Nebula, and several more objects...
The exposures were taken with a Nikkor 50mm Lens working at f/2.8, attached to a ZWO ASI533MC Pro Camera. An Optolong L-Ultimate narrowband filter was also used, which goes a long way to combat the Bortle 8 light pollution of Toronto. Everything was mounted on a ZWO AM5 and controlled by the ASI Air Plus. The exposures were guided. Images were processed in SIRIL and PixInsight
I'm really pleased with this as a first attempt, it certainly can be tweaked and processes further - when I have time...