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Cygnus Area Widefield
This is a quick 3 panel mosaic with the 50mm lens. Each panel is a single 5 minute exposure. I shot this intending it to be part of a much larger mosaic, and it still might be as i did take quite a few more panels heading towards Cepheus and Cassiopeia but i am having a lot of trouble getting them all to blend together so i will start with small chunks of sky first.
The most noticeable object here is the North American Nebula, you'll never guess why its called that! Theres a whole bunch of other nebulosity in this area of sky that is more prominent in deep exposures such as the Butterfly nebula around centre and the Veil complex barely visible here to the left. There is also a very bright star seen in the bottom right which is Vega. If you have even seen or read Contact by Carl Sagan, Vega is the star they receive the message from. At only 25 light years away its pretty close and the 5th brightest star in our night sky.
Exposure Details:
3* 300 seconds, f4, ISO 800, 50mm
Camera: Canon 600Da
Mount: NEQ6
Cygnus Area Widefield
This is a quick 3 panel mosaic with the 50mm lens. Each panel is a single 5 minute exposure. I shot this intending it to be part of a much larger mosaic, and it still might be as i did take quite a few more panels heading towards Cepheus and Cassiopeia but i am having a lot of trouble getting them all to blend together so i will start with small chunks of sky first.
The most noticeable object here is the North American Nebula, you'll never guess why its called that! Theres a whole bunch of other nebulosity in this area of sky that is more prominent in deep exposures such as the Butterfly nebula around centre and the Veil complex barely visible here to the left. There is also a very bright star seen in the bottom right which is Vega. If you have even seen or read Contact by Carl Sagan, Vega is the star they receive the message from. At only 25 light years away its pretty close and the 5th brightest star in our night sky.
Exposure Details:
3* 300 seconds, f4, ISO 800, 50mm
Camera: Canon 600Da
Mount: NEQ6