Kemble’s Cascade and the star cluster NGC 1502 in Camelopardalis. The northern portion of the Cascade of stars is cut off at left here. The field includes the southern portion and the star cluster NGC 1502 at the south end of the chain of stars. Taken from home Nov. 25, 2016 with the 130mm AP f/6 apo refactor with the 6x7 field flattener and Canon 6D at ISO 800 for a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures. Named for Father Lucien Kemble, an ardent deep-sky observer from Canada. Natural haze added some star glows, plus additional glows added with a Gaussian blur layer.
The region of the summer sky just off the Milky Way containing the inocuous constellation of Lacerta the Lizard at centre here, as a zig-zag line of stars. The field contains the large open clusters NGC 7209 (at right) and NGC 7243 (just right of upper centre). B168 and the Cocoon Nebula are at upper right in Cygnus. 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, on the Sky-Watcher Star Adverturer tracker. An additional exposure taken through a Kenko Softon A filter adds the star glows. Taken on a very clear night from home August 1, 2019.
The obscure contelllation of Lacerta the Lizard near Cepheus and Cygnus off the northern Milky Way. This is with the 135mm telephoto lens and so the field is similar to low-power binoculars. The open clusters NGC 7243 (left) and NGC 7209 (right) are at top. This is a stack of 5 x 30-second exposures at f/2 with the Canon 135mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200 on the Star Adventurer Tracker, layered with a stack of 2 x 30s exposures taken through the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows.
