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The Milky Way - Cygnus

 

Click the image for a larger (40% sized) view. (2100 x 1400 1.90 MB)

Instrument

Canon EF-S55-250mm @ 55mm & f/5.0. Aquired at 15.8 arcsec/pixel. Shown at 109.7 and 39.2 arcsec/pixel.

Mount

iOptron SkyTracker

Camera

Canon EOS Rebel T5i (no modifications)

Acquisition Data

10/4/2015 Chino Valley, AZ  with the EOS Utility software

Exposure

Raw  ISO 400  No Filters

125 min (25 x 5 min)

Software

  • Pixinsight and Photoshop CS6.

  • PixInsight processing includes calibration, debayering,  registeration, stacking, gradient repair and non-linear stretching with HistogramTransformation.

  • PhotoShop for the final touch-up. 

  • Noiseware 5, a PhotoShop plug-in.

Comment

North is to the right.

The image is centered on the stars Deneb and Sadr in the constellation Cygnus.  Featured, near the top, is NGC 7000... The North American Nebula.  In the upper-left corner is NGC 6992 The Veil Nebula.