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Mosaic of the Cygnus Region of the Milky Way

This is a mosaic of 18 separate panels taken through an H-Alpha filter with the Rokinon 135mm f2.0 lens piggy backed on the Celestron C11 telescope.  Each panel was produced by stacking 20 images comprised of 5 and 10 minute exposures.  The total exposure time was 45 hours.  The picture includes the Veil Nebula, North American Nebula, Pelican Nebula, TulipContinue reading “Mosaic of the Cygnus Region of the Milky Way”

Rho Ophiuchi

Some things look best when they are photographed with a 135mm lens. From Wikipedia: “The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust that is located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of 131 ± 3 parsecs, this cloud is one ofContinue reading “Rho Ophiuchi”