Observation by Nick James: Sagittarius

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Jun 28 - 00:27

Uploaded

2019 Jul 11 - 23:04

Objects

The Butterfly Cluster (M6)
The Lagoon Nebula (M8)
Widefield

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 17^h48^m
Dec: -31°33'
Position angle: -63°17'

Field size

38° × 26°

Equipment

Sony A7s + 50mm f/1.8 lens

Exposure

20x10s, ISO6400

Location

San Pedro de Atacama

Target name

Sgr through Sco

Title

Sagittarius

About this image

A stack of 20x10s frames looking towards the centre of our galaxy taken just outside San Pedro de Atacama a few days before the eclipse. The skies there were stunning. This was with my Sony A7s on a fixed tripod at ISO 6400 and a 50mm, f/1.8 lens at f/2.8. The individual 10s frames are pretty impressive and this stack was done using Deeop Sky Stacker with no calibration frames.

Jupiter is the bright object top centre. This was practically at the zenith. An awesome sight in a very dark sky.

Files associated with this observation

sgr_20190628_0127_ndj.jpg (1.8 MB)

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