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Old 22-06-2021, 03:13 PM
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Retrograde (Pete)
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We'll be Counting Stars...

Hi all,

In addition to the big scope & mount I also took my 35 year-old Vixen SP mount away with me on last month's dark-sky trip.
One night I set up my old DSLR and 135mm lens on the Vixen and let it run in 'set and forget' mode whilst I went back to imaging with the ZWO/MN190

It's one of the richest regions of the Milky Way and no doubt well known to most here. I managed to fit in the Lagoon and Trifid, as well as the Sagittarius Star Cloud along with IC 1284 at lower left and open cluster M23 at top left.

40 x 90 sec subs at ISO 400 and at f2.8 tracked but unguided.
Astro-modded Pentax K-5iis and Samyang 135mm ED UMC lens.

The high-res version (HD) is here: astrobin

C & CC welcome as always.

Pete
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