LMC from New Zealand, a phenomenal sight under dark skies, 2024
This is one of my best astrophoto I took during my recent trip to New Zealand, taken from various places (such as Kaikoura, Foxton and Raglen) with dark skies in New Zealand all on February 2024. A fantastic sight with the naked eye. With binoculars a great galaxy to explore and with a small telescope a phenomenal sight. So lucky to image it for more than 3 hrs. I really like the details of the various nebulae of the galaxy and the cosmic dust that I managed to captured around it.
Tech Card
Date / Location
11th February 2024, Kaikoura, New Zealand, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.71 mag./arc sec2, 15th February 2024, Raglan, New Zealand, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.73 mag./arc sec2
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D810A
Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2
Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Image Quality
14 bit RAW (NEF)
Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity
138 x 90s ISO 1600 f/2.8
Total Integration Time
3 hrs and 27 mins
Calibration Frames
20 Darks, 50 Bias, 20 Flats
Software
PixInsight 1.8 Core
Photoshop
DEEP SKY
STARSCAPE
SOLAR SYSTEM
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