Archiwum zagraniczne East News 2023-11

This is a panorama of the Milky Way from Vulpecula and Sagitta (at left) to Serpens and Sagittarius (at right). The Coathanger asterism of stars, aka CR399, is at upper left. At centre is the constellation of Aquila with the bright star Altair at bottom. The Scutum Starcloud with Messier 11 is right of centre. The pink Eagle and Swan Nebulas, (M16 and M17) are at far right, as is the Small Sagittarius Starcloud, Messier 24. Flanking M24 are the two large star clusters, M25 (below) and M23 (above), amid the trees. The globular cluster M22 is at bottom right, also just clearing the trees. The large diffuse nebula upper left of M16 is Sharpless 2-54. Above Altair is the dark nebula known as Barnard's E, aka B142-3. The snake-like dark nebula below centre is B137-8. The panorama records the rich mix of bright star clouds and dark lanes of dust in this area of the northern Milky Way. This is a panorama of 4 segments, each with the rare Rokinon RF85mm lens at f/2.8 on the filter-modified Canon Ra at ISO 1600, and on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Each segment is a stack of six to nine 1.5-minute exposures, stacked and stitched in Photoshop. These were shot August 14, 2023 from home, but with light cloud intervening for the last segment frames, adding the natural star glows. The lens had an URTH broadband filter on it. A mild Orton glow effect added with Nik Collection Color EFX Soft Focus filter.