Hotel California [Explored]

On a dark desert highway

Cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas

Rising up through the air

 

Up ahead in the distance

I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night

 

There she stood by a tripod

In the silence of the night

And I was thinking to myself:

"This could be heaven, if the lights are not too bright"

 

Then she lit up a head lamp

And she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor

I thought I heard them say

 

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

 

Plenty of stars above the Hotel California

Any time of year (any time of year)

you can find them here

 

Her cameras were astro-modified

She got two EOS-Ra's

She got a lot of pretty-pretty lenses

she called her glass

 

How they capture that night sky

Sweet summer air

Some nebulae I remembered

Just were not there

 

So I called up the assistant

"Please bring me my narrowband, fine"

He said: "We haven't had that filter here since 1999"

 

And still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the day

Just to hear them say

 

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face

 

They're shooting the stars at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)

Bring your alibis

 

Mirrors in the telescope

Pink nebulae look so nice

And she said: "We are all just working here with our own device"

 

In the telescopes chamber

They gathered for the night

They collimate it with their steely tools

But they just can't get the focus right

 

Last thing I remember

I was running for the door

Had to get the astrograph back

I had used before

 

"Relax", said the night man

"We are programmed to receive"

You can check out any scope you like, but you can never leave"

 

EXIF

Canon EOS R

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L ll @ 70mm

iOptron SkyTracker

@astrohutech IDAS NBZ filter

Sky:

Stack of 10x 45s @ ISO1600, f/2.8, fitered & 5x 105s @ ISO6400, f/2.8, unfiltered

Foreground:

Focus stack of 5x 10s @ ISO400, f/8 during blue hour

Done