Reaching for the Cosmos

I captured this image in early February, on my first opportunity of the season to greet the galactic core.

 

After seemingly having painted the colorful Rho Ophiuchi region and the vast Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula, the leaning Joshua Tree and its smaller companion stretch toward the heavens, their twisting limbs echoing the branching dust lanes of the Milky Way, their silhouettes forever entwined with the cosmic dance above.

 

EXIF

Canon EOS-R, astro-modified by EOS 4Astro

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART

IDAS NBZ filter

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sunwayfoto T2840CK tripod

 

Sky:

Stack of 7x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 5x 105s @ ISO6400

 

Foreground:

2 panel panorama, each a focus stack of 10x 0.5s @ ISO100 during twilight

Done