Cassiopeia (centre), Cepheus (right of centre), and the Andromeda Galaxy (at bottom) in a vertical segment from an attempted panorama along the Milky Way, from New Mexico, December 6, 2013. Perseus and the Double Cluster are at left. This is a stack of 4 x 3 minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/4 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, plus a single shot through the Kenko Softon diffusion filter for the star glows.
Northern hemisphere autumn Milky Way in Cassiopeia and Perseus - taken from home on Oct 1 2008 with Canon 20Da camera and 24mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 400. Glow layer added to punch up stars.
Cassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda area of the northern autumn sky and Milky Way, taken from home, Sept 24, 2011. Several deep-sky objects are visible: Double Cluster; M31 Andromeda Galaxy, M33 Triangulum Galaxy, NGC 752 cluster, M34 cluster, Perseus Association.Taken with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and Canon L-series 35mm lens at f/4 for stack of 4 x 6 minutes plus 2 x 6 minutes with Kenko Softon filter for star glows.