Wide field around the Cats Paw nebula

[RobertM]

My first posting here for quite some while...

This image apture was with some of my older kit but processed in PixInsight using modern tools available now.

Capture was with a Samyang 135mm lens fully open at f/2 and a 2 second exposure at ISO 40,000 with an astromodified Sony A7S.  Unfortunately to reach focus I had to use a Baader Neodymium filter which added unnecessary filtering.


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TFL Robert

[Carole]

Oh Wow, so great to get these targets below our UK horizon.

Is this really only a 2 sec exposure in total?  Not a batch of 2 sec exposures stacked?  If so amazing. 

[RobertM]

Yes Carole it was one 2 second exposure with the camera on a tripod.  SQM reading overhead was 21.9 at the time but not quite so good where the exposure was taken.