Spiked

During my Milky Way shooting last week, I was standing under the trig point on Mt. Schäfler. When the clouds got too thick in the southwest, I started packing my gear.

 

Looking up from where I had layed down my backpack, I noticed the spire of the trig station pointing to some of my favorite constellations near the zenith, where the sky still was mostly clear.

 

The sight was awe inspiring and I therefore immediatly unpacked and set up my gear again to immortalize this moment.

 

Some of the better known deep sky objects visible in this image are:

 

- California Nebula NGC1499

- Heart and Soul Nebulas IC1805 & IC1848

- Double Cluster NGC869 & NGC884

- Triangulum Galaxy M33

- Andromeda Galaxy M31

- Pac-Man Nebula NGC281

- Elephant Trunk Nebula IC1396

- North America Nebula NGC7000

- Sadr Region IC1318

 

EXIF

Canon EOS 6D astro modified

Tamron 15-30mm f2.8

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Low Level Lighting with one Goal Zero micro light

 

Sky

26 x 90s ISO1600, tracked

Foreground

6 x 90s ISO1600

Done