The Cygnus and Lyra area of the northern summer Milky Way, including the original Kepler FIeld. Deneb is at left, Vega at right. This is a stack of 5 x 10 minute exposures with the Sigma 50mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800. Taken as test of the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracking platform.
The constellations of Cygnus and Lyra in the northern summer Milky Way, shot from Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27, 2019. Dew intervened before I could shoot more frames or ones through the Softon filter. This is a stack of 3 x 3-minute exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600 on the Star Adventurer tracker.
Cygnus and Lyra, in a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 50mm Sigma lens at f/3.2. Plus two exposures taken thru the Kenko Softon filter for the star glows. Takes in the North America Nebula at top left and Gamma Cygni nebulosity left of centre. The Cygnus Starcloud is at centre. The Veil Nebula is at lower left. Deneb is at upper left, Vega at upper right. The Kepler field is at top, the area surveyed by the NASA Kepler exoplanet search satellite. Taken from home Sept, 29, 2013.
