ExtrA-ordinary sky!

This wide-view of the Milky Way was taken in front of the ExtrA telescopes installed at La Silla Observatory, in Chile. This network of three 60-centimetre telescopes (whose only 2 of them are visible here) is owned by the Institute of Planetary Science and Astrophysics of Grenoble (IPAG) and aims to discover transiting exoplanets around M-dwarf stars in our galaxy. ExtrA means "Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres" and studies planetary transits combining a joint photometric and spectroscopic novel technique...

 

I took this picture in July 2019, during the #MeetESO event. The night sky there was absolutely stunning and the brightest part of the Milky Way was just right above our head! This unforgettable astrophotography shooting was supervised by two professional international astrophotographers: Petr Horàlek and Mahdi Zamani! What a treat!

 

TECHNICAL DETAILS

 

📷 Canon 6D + Sigma Art 14 mm + Standard Tripod

→ Single 20 seconds exposure

→ ISO 6400

→ 14 mm

→ f/1.8

→ 2 stitched images (vertical panorama)

→ No photo blending

Softwares: Dxo Optics pro 9 for noise reduction / Microsoft ICE for panorama / Photoshop/Lightroom for all the edits.

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