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Monday, November 9, 2020

Milky Way

Astrophotography of the Milky Way, in the Scorpio and Sagittarius zone, taken from La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, on September 20, 2020, by Rómulo Márquez and Federico Arribas.


Fig. 1 Processed and cropped picture.
Frames: 16 lights, 15 darks, 20 flats, 15 bias
Exposure Time: 60 sec (16 minutes total)
Camera: Canon EOS 80D 
Optics: 18-135 mm Canon lens @18 mm, f/4.5, ISO400
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro
Software: Stacked on Deep Sky Stacker & processed with Photoshop 
Location: N  28° 45' 57.5"   W 17° 54' 00.6"

Fig. 2 Processing steps video


Fig. 3 Approximate camera field in Stellarium.