The Scutum Starcloud (at top) in the Milky Way, with the Milky Way also bright to the south in Serpens. The nebulas M16 and M17 are at the bottom of the field. The bright star cluster M11, the Wild Duck Cluster, is at the top on the northern edge of the Scutum Starcloud. The area is rife with dark nebulas and dust lanes. This is a stack of 6 x 3-minute exposures with the 85mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800 plus an additional exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows. Tracked on the Star Adventurer tracker which tracked very well through all the exposures.
Serpens Caput (western part) taken with 90mm lens at f/4 with Fujchrome 400F slide film, 120-format and Pentax 6x7 camera. 25 minute exposure. Taken April 17, 2004 from home. Glow layer added in Photoshop to add enhanced glow around brighter stars and to enlarge star images. Gradient due to low altitude.
The constellation of Serpens, the west segment known as Serpens Caput (its head) in the northern spring and summer sky, with parts of Ophiuchus at left and Hercules and Corona Borealis at top. Blue Rasalhague and orange Rasalgethi are at top left. This is a stack of 4 x 1-minute exposures with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600, plus an additional 1 min exposure through the Kenko Softon filter to add the star glows. All tracked on the MSM SiFo Tracker from China. Taken from home July 24, 2019.
