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The Cygnus Loop
50+ hours of integration time. 28 different image panels. 3 years in the making!
Found directly overhear in mid to late summer in midnorthern latitudes, the Cygnus Loop spreads its gassy tendrils across the sky. It can be found in the dusty lanes of the Milky Way just by the wing of Cygnus, the swan, glowing in various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The nebula complex is located about 2500 LY from Earth and spans 130LY and contains several named "objects" like the Eastern Veil (Witch's Broom). Pickering's Triangle, and the Western Veil. These gassy wisps are all that remain of a star that went supernova about 21000 years ago, spreading its enriched guts across the galaxy.
The bulk of this project was shot in the summer of 2019. I've now revisited with fresh eyes, new tools, and an improves post processing skillset. I've added more data to it than the original, going back and finding other images I'd previously shot of various parts of the nebula, and integrated them into this new image. This image combines nearly 50 hours of integration time with over 20 individual panels to complete the mosaic. The result is a large 56 Megapixel size image of one of the largest deep sky objects in our night sky.
- TECH DATA -
Scope: Explore Scientific ED80 @ f/6
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filtre: STC Duo-Narrowband
Guide Scope: Orion Mini Guide Scope
Guide Camera: Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Integration time: Unsure - over 50 hours total for the entire pano
Stack: Astro Pixel Processor
Process: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at Dark Sky Viewing Area near Erinsville, and the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, both in Lennox and Addington County in Eastern Ontario.
My first spontaneous spinning batt from Loop, spun up in an evening, two-plied, somewhere under 200 yards. Boy was that fun.
Someone looped this wire back at a break in the fence. To the right of the fence post is an animal trail frequented by deer, feral cats and occasional runaway chickens.
March batt of the month from Steph (Loop) It's just incredible!!!
It's greens, and coppers and these rich teals and burgandys.. with copperishgreenish sparkles and shredded money!! She even sent a little bag of sequins to spin in with it!! It's really breathtaking!
I'm SOOOOO excited to see what next month brings!!
3 oz chocolate alpaca & border locks
45 yards of craziness!!
This is going to be a skinny scarf for my step mom as a gift for throwing us a wedding shower.
Beautiful batt by Steph at Loop.etsy
Good day at the Mach Loop. Not much in the way of aircraft but the weather was glorious! These were taken on Cad East but next time I'll be on Cad West even tho the light is more challenging.
Think this is an F15 C Eagle from USAF Grim Reaper Sqdn at Lakenheath going through the Mach Loop. We were looking down from 1,350 feet if my app was correct, onto the top of some planes as their roared thro'.
The valleys from Dolgellau down to Machynlleth make up a loop of 40 miles distance where the low level high speed jet training takes place.
{The name "Mach Loop" is not derived from the air speed but from the local abbreviation of the town Machynlleth at the base of the loop incidentally.}
"US airmen have spent more than two weeks painting modern F-15 jets to look like their World War Two counterparts.
The 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath, has unveiled the first of three "heritage" aircraft to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in June.
American crews at the base in Suffolk painted the fighter jet to look like a P-47 Thunderbolt, with chequered nose, stripes and several national insignias.
Col Will Marshall said it paid tribute to "the 48th Fighter Wing legacy".
The commemorative work - which also saw a Statue of Liberty painted on the F-15's tail - took just over 640 hours and used £11,500-worth of paint." Quote from BBC website
Colas Rail 56094 crawls into Prestonpans Loop while working light engine from Millerhill to Doncaster as 0E36.
A touch on the late side, but here nonetheless: an entry for kaiju_dan's kaijugenre contest, featuring characters stuck in time loops. This is one of my favorite genres, so I hope y'all enjoy this post.
Left to right:
Nyles from Palm Springs
Colter Stevens from Source Code
Tree from Happy Death Day
Phil from Grounghog Day
Mog from Koko-di Koko-da
On one of the horseshoe curves on the Loops of the Clinchfield, the Marion local is returning northbound on March 30, 1972. This is just RR south of the grade crossing at Camp Two.
NR120/ NR31 on 1446 loaded fuel train to West Kalgoorlie leaving the Gibson crossing loop on 15 May 2022. Photo: Phil Melling.
CP nos.8953 & 9542 bring a westbound coal train around the curve and on to the start of the Notch Hill loop in the Shuswap.
Former International Railways of Central America 2-8-0 No. 111 (Baldwin, 1926) operating over the narrow gauge rails of the Georgetown Loop Railroad between Silver Plume and Georgetown, Colorado.
custom spin. spun single, sport to DK in weight. was able to get 348 yds. out of 2 sets of batts.
batt by Steph of Loop.
An eastbound NS coal train sweeps around the high side of the Southern loops near Old Fort, NC, on 4-8-16. It will be about 15 minutes before the engines reach the lower side of the loops in the foreground.
Good day at the Mach Loop. Not much in the way of aircraft but the weather was glorious! These were taken on Cad East but next time I'll be on Cad West even tho the light is more challenging.
This is actually known as the "Yurikamome Loop" as there is a train line called Yurikamome that runs on this loop and over the bridge.
In order to get this angle, I had to walk along a slanted path less than a meter wide. On one side of the path, a 4 meter wall. On the other side, the murky waters of Tokyo Bay. One false step, and into the water I go!
Lens: Tamron 15-30mm F2.8
***Shutter speed***
The shutter time was recorded as 30 seconds, but that's only because I masked in an underexposed photo to retain detail in the bridge which was blown out in the long exposure. So this photo is actually a 220 second exposure, with only the two towers of the bridge at 30 seconds.
The elevated Loop railway structure through and around the Loop area in Chicago. Amazing steel work and pillars supporting the public transport system built above the roads and traffic.
all washed and dry now. custom spun singles. separated the colors in the batt and added angelina.
batts by Steph of Loop.
A little family playtime down at the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Physics quiz: If the car is let go from here at the edge of the south rim will it make it around the first loop? Neglect friction and wind resistance and assume the north and south rim are both at the same elevation.
custom spin. spun single, sport to DK in weight. was able to get 348 yds. out of 2 sets of batts.
batt by Steph of Loop.
Always cited as being one of the most productive roads in the north of the park this loop is worth driving if only for the huge Nyala trees and Jackalberries.
If you're very lucky you may also see some wildlife :)
Mphongolo Loop (S56)
Shingwedzi area
Kruger National Park
Limpopo
South Africa
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