Scorpion Set - Tighter Crop
The constellation Scorpius sets behind Mono Craters near Mono Lake in CA. While one camera was happily clicking away facing the other direction for Perseid Meteors, I set up my tracker to capture Scorpius, Antares, and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex setting behind a nearby cinder cone.
The concept was similar to the Andromeda Rising image from a month ago, except this time, the stars were setting. I used the tracker to take multiple images of the Milky Way and Rho Ophiuchi while still higher in the sky. I then stopped the tracker when the complex came close to setting and the mountain and trees were in view. I then took more images of the mountain to get the noise down and composited them in Photoshop. The scale and positions have been maintained.
Sony A7Rii, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/3.2, ISO1600, 45s, on a StarAdventurer tracker. Lights, Darks, Flats, and Bias images stacked in Siril then processed in Lightroom
Scorpion Set - Tighter Crop
The constellation Scorpius sets behind Mono Craters near Mono Lake in CA. While one camera was happily clicking away facing the other direction for Perseid Meteors, I set up my tracker to capture Scorpius, Antares, and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex setting behind a nearby cinder cone.
The concept was similar to the Andromeda Rising image from a month ago, except this time, the stars were setting. I used the tracker to take multiple images of the Milky Way and Rho Ophiuchi while still higher in the sky. I then stopped the tracker when the complex came close to setting and the mountain and trees were in view. I then took more images of the mountain to get the noise down and composited them in Photoshop. The scale and positions have been maintained.
Sony A7Rii, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/3.2, ISO1600, 45s, on a StarAdventurer tracker. Lights, Darks, Flats, and Bias images stacked in Siril then processed in Lightroom