Crux (The Southern Cross) (David Wright)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Crux (Cru) · Contains: 256 Cru · 35 Cru · 39 Cru · Acrux · Becrux · Coalsack Cluster · Crux · Gacrux · Mimosa (βCru) · NGC 4337 · NGC 4349 · NGC 4439 · NGC 4609 · PK299+00.1 · PK299+02.1 · PK300+00.1 · PK300-00.1 · PK300-01.1 · PK302+02.1 · PK302-00.1 · The constellation Crux (Cru) · The star Becrux · The star Gacrux (γCru) · The star α1Cru · The star α2Cru · The star δCru · The star εCru · The star ιCru · alf01 Cru · alf02 Cru · And 5 more.

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Crux (The Southern Cross)

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Crux (The Southern Cross)

This is my first attempt at an astro mosaic. I completely mucked up the framing of the panels (i suspect that my camera was rotated inappropriately) so I wound up having to crop a great deal to get the current image. But for a first attempt, I'm quite pleased. Took a while to work out how to process the panels in APP, but once I did, as though by magic, the mosaic came together quite well. Just love the way this technique retains detail in wide-field images!

Would love to receive any (constructive) feedback!

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Description: Second attempt; transferred a 16 bit image to PS from PI rather than the previous attempt at 32 bit. Gave a much improved contrast.

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RA (center)	12h32m33s.34
RA (top/left)	12h09m51s.39
RA (top/right)	12h25m14s.77
RA (bottom/right)	12h59m38s.89
RA (bottom/left)	12h38m13s.60

Dec (center)	-59°54′21″.8
Dec (top/left)	-56°50′43″.9
Dec (top/right)	-64°05′10″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-62°40′30″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	-55°43′23″.8

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