Milky Way with the Butterfly and Ptolemy Clusters, 2022
The Butterfly and Ptolemy Clusters near the tail of Scorpius. The vibrant colours of our Milky Way as photographed from Greece last month; glowing star-forming dust and gas in one of the most beautiful and rich of stars areas of our Milky Way.
Tech Card
Date / Location
2nd July 2022, Iria, GMT+2, Greece, TEMP: 26C, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.72 mag./arc sec2
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2
Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Image Quality
14 bit RAW (NEF)
Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity
22 x 60s ISO 1600 f/2.8
Total Integration Time
22mins
Calibration Frames
16 Darks, 50 Bias, 24 Flats
Software
PixInsight 1.8 Core
Lightroom
Photoshop
DEEP SKY
STARSCAPE
SOLAR SYSTEM
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