Veil Nebula and NGC 6940, taken August 15, 2007 from home. Stack of 3 x 4 minute exposures at ISO800 with Canon 20Da and 135mm L-lens at f/2.8. Field equals 7° bino field. Soft focus and slight trailing (not guided).
Veil Nebula and NGC 6940, with 135mm Canon L-lens at f/2.8 and Canon 20Da camera at ISO 800 for stack of 3 x 4 minute exposures. Taken Sept. 6, 2007, on hazy night.
Stack of two 6-minute exposures with Canon 20Da camera at ISO400 and Astro-Physics 4-inch apo refractor at f/4.5. Second layer median filtered and gaussian blurred to add glows around brighter stars, and mixed in with Lighten mode at 100%, and contrast boosted by +50 to brighten stars.