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Wanted Milky Way, got Star Clusters!

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#1 Umesh

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Posted 03 February 2025 - 09:36 PM

Hello All,

 

I have been hooked on to Orion Constellation and the wonders within it past month or so.. thought this time will try and target Milky Way and pointed my DSLR towards AURIGA constellation.

Used Rokinon 14mm 2.8 which turned out to be a disaster, no MW but sht loads of light pollution and noise.

 

Tried with a Sigma 90mm f2.8, to my surprise the random region I pointed my camera at contained so many star clusters,,, It was mesmerizing. So went little deeper with 200mm f4 lens and got M36 on second night. I am new to imaging Clusters, so please take a look and share your thoughts and tips on better processing methods.

 

Sigma 90mm f2.8 AURIGA region PS_proc.jpg

 

AURIGA star cluster 200mm f5.6 03feb2025 PS_proc.jpg

 

 

60"x60 Lights

10 Darks

30 Biases

40 Flats

 

Canon 450D (LPF removed)

Pentax M 200mm f4 Lens

Sigma 90mm f2.8 Lens

SW SA 2i

DSS and PS

 

Regards,

UB

 

 


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