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A view of the Constellation from the other direction. I love this city!
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After almost 3 months of drought, a timid rain has come and is celebrated in Explore!
A widefield look at the Constellation Orion. I've been meaning to do this for awhile and I'm pretty happy with the results!
Equipment:
Skywatcher EQ6-R Mount
Noct-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 Ai-S
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
10 x 300" for 50 min and 20 sec of exposure time.
4 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bias frames
Software:
SharpCap
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I then mounted my a7RIII and adapted Noct-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 Ai-S lens at f/2/8 to the top rail of my scope. I used SharpCap to achieve "excellent" polar alignment. I shot ISO 400, f/2.8 and 300" exposures. I stacked lights/darks/flats/bias frames in deepskystacker. I then processed the TIFF file in photoshop stretching the file, minimal cropping and I used Astronomy Tools Action Set to help bring back star color and to enhance the brighter star colors. Topaz Labs Sharpen and Denoise used as well.
After so long, I managed to create a self portrait that I'm genuinely proud of. I've spent a few months with this concept in my head and I'm glad I finally got a moment to shoot it. It's also the start of a new self portrait series I am starting.
I go back to school tomorrow, so I may be rather absent from flickr for a while. I'm also hoping to take a couple of weeks away from photography, but I'll be back soon. I just need to re-evaluate my concepts and ideas, as well as give my school work a bit more attention.
p.s. I finally dyed my hair red.
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IC 1396 is an open star cluster embedded in a galactic nebula. The entire complex, often called the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, is a diffuse emission nebula. It is located in the constellation Cepheus and is about 2400 light years from Earth.
The nebula is huge, so it takes about 150 years for light to travel through it.
The entire area is crisscrossed by countless globules, dust knots and dark nebulae that barely let any light through. The most dramatic part of this is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A, VdB142) in the lower part of the image.
Lacerta 72/432, reducer 0,79x
IOptron SkyGuider Pro
Nikon D5500 modified
Optolong L-eNhance
Guiding w. MGEN-2
SIRIL / GraXpert / Photoshop
67x 2 min. @ ISO 3.200
This is a long-time exposure of Ursa Major (Big Dipper) rising over the antenna farm at Sandia Peak, New Mexico. I took this shot from the Kiwanis Cabin overlook at an altitude of 10,500 feet. I love the combination of natural and man-made "stars". The tower lights even look like the Big Dipper.. Well they kinda do when you've got hypoxia. :)
The complete set from this trip can be seen here.
DESCRIPTION: Wide field image of whole Cygnus (Swan) Constellation, sometimes called Northern Cross, has been taken by 50 mm lens… If you have comment or tips I would very appreciate your advise…
OBJECT: Cygnus (Swan) Constellation. FOV 40 x 27 arcdeg, no cropped image.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor Z 50/1,8, Kolari UV/IR/H+ filter, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.
ACQUISITION: July 22, 2020, Struz, CZ, Exposure 60s, f 1,8, ISO 400, Light 22x, Dark 5x, Bias 5x, Flat 20x. Total exposure time 22 min. Taken during Astronomical twilight, clear sky, no wind, approx. 18 C.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background and stars colors), Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction, enhance DSO, noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening).