The Milky Way through the Perseus to Auriga area, populated by clusters and nebulas of the next spiral arm out from ours, in the Perseus Arm. The Double Cluster is at right, with the Heart and Soul Nebulas above it, while the Auriga clusters and nebulas are at left. At bottom is the California Nebula and Messier 34 cluster. The Perseus OB Association of hot blue stars is at centre. Capella is the bright star at upper left. The Taurus Dark Clouds are at lower left. This is a stack of 8 x 3-minute exposures with the 35mm Canon lens at f/2.8 and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 800. 4 shots were through the NISI Natural Night light pollution reduction filter and 4 were through the Hoya Red Enhancer filter, taken as part of testing. An additional exposure through the Kenko Softon filter adds the star glows. Taken from home on a very clear night, December 29, 2019 on the iOptron SkyGuider Pro.
Pipe Nebula area, field oriented equatorially, with Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera with 135mm f/2 Canon L lens at f/4 for 6 minutes each at ISO400. Stack of 4 exposures, averaged stacked. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, July 2006.
The Pleiades star cluster, Messier 45, amid the faint and dusty nebulosity that surrounds it. The stars of the Pleiades are passing through the dust clouds in Taurus and are lighting them up as examples of reflection nebulas. This is a stack of 8 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 400 with the Canon EOS Ra on the SharpStar HNT150 Hyperbolic Newtonian astrograph at f/2.8. Flat-fielded in PixInsight using T-shirt flats, and developed in Photoshop. Taken from home January 27, 2020.
