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Milky Way over Kos, Greece with many Nebulae and Jupiter

My lovely wife and I traveled to Kos, Greece. The night sky was excellent: Dark sky, many stars and if you knew where to look, you could see the Milky Way with your own eyes. In this case, the camera pointed to a region in the night sky where the sea border of Greece meets the border of Turkey.

Since the sky was so dark, it was enough to just point the camera to the sky and collect a couple of frames without having guiding active.

Guiding is a technique where a mechanism helps your camera follow the movement of the stars so you can have longer exposure times.

In this case, as already mentioned, guiding was not necessary. So many pictures were shot in a row and stacked afterwards to a final composition.

This image was slightly edited and cropped since the edges had blurred stars. For better sharpness, the image was downscaled to 50%.

In addition to the Milky Way, this image shows Jupiter at the top right and many interesting deep sky objects, such as:

- Eagle Nebula (top left)

- Omega Nebula (below Eagle Nebula)

- Lagoon Nebula (bright red object in the center of the image, also containing the Hourglass Nebula)

- Trifid Nebula (on top of the Lagoon Nebula)

Please view the annotated version (link below) if you are interested in knowing what objects can be seen in detail.

Picture data:

- 41 pictures with 3.2s each

- ISO 3200

Equipment used:

- Canon 1200D (astro-modded)

- Canon 50mm f/1.8 lense

- No guiding

Editing:

- 41 frames stacked to a final composition

- 16 dark frames used

- Slightly reduced red colors for color balance

- Slightly increased the contrast

- Image resolution downscaled to 50% of the original image

Annotated version here: nova.astrometry.net/user_image…

Description

Milky Way over Kos, Greece with many Nebulae and Jupiter

My lovely wife and I traveled to Kos, Greece. The night sky was excellent: Dark sky, many stars and if you knew where to look, you could see the Milky Way with your own eyes. In this case, the camera pointed to a region in the night sky where the sea border of Greece meets the border of Turkey.

Since the sky was so dark, it was enough to just point the camera to the sky and collect a couple of frames without having guiding active.

Guiding is a technique where a mechanism helps your camera follow the movement of the stars so you can have longer exposure times.

In this case, as already mentioned, guiding was not necessary. So many pictures were shot in a row and stacked afterwards to a final composition.

This image was slightly edited and cropped since the edges had blurred stars. For better sharpness, the image was downscaled to 50%.

In addition to the Milky Way, this image shows Jupiter at the top right and many interesting deep sky objects, such as:

- Eagle Nebula (top left)

- Omega Nebula (below Eagle Nebula)

- Lagoon Nebula (bright red object in the center of the image, also containing the Hourglass Nebula)

- Trifid Nebula (on top of the Lagoon Nebula)

Please view the annotated version (link below) if you are interested in knowing what objects can be seen in detail.

Picture data:

- 41 pictures with 3.2s each

- ISO 3200

Equipment used:

- Canon 1200D (astro-modded)

- Canon 50mm f/1.8 lense

- No guiding

Editing:

- 41 frames stacked to a final composition

- 16 dark frames used

- Slightly reduced red colors for color balance

- Slightly increased the contrast

- Image resolution downscaled to 50% of the original image

Annotated version here: nova.astrometry.net/user_image…