Starfield Magnificence (Daniel Erickson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 24 phi Aur · IC 417 · M 36 · NGC 1907 · NGC 1931 · NGC 1960 · Sh2-230 · Sh2-234 · Sh2-237 · The star φAur

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Starfield Magnificence

No spider, no fly; no tadpole, no owls. No rings, no helmets... No dumbbells, swans or helixes. No irises, caves or veils... no bugs, nor ghosts nor eskimos...No rose nor rosettes, nor flames, crescents, nor continents... No pillars of creation, but creation nonetheless.

There are so many tutorials and descriptions on-line about how to minimize and/or remove stars. Eliminating stars, it seems to me, is a worthwhile goal if you are going to shoot gaseous clouds, but it is not a very realistic if you actually want to see what's there in front of you. Those stars hold magic themselves, certainly worthy of our attention. After all, they both come from and cause those coveted gaseous clouds so often seen in astronomical images.

What we have here is the result of me chasing some of those clouds and then, instead, recognizing the absolutely beautiful field of stars that I was about to Photoshop into oblivion.

Just the stars, please. Just the stars. I hope you look for a long while and simply enjoy the stars. Pause and look at the full window view. Find and create an asterism. Look at the myriad star classes represented, see the clusters, the binaries, the range of beauty above our heads! Stop and see the stars! Isn't that what it's all about, after all?

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Noctilucent clouds
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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	4386576
PixInsight job	9AH6G0WD29SUBGZYDYZZYM630X9FFYU1
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	05h29m27s.14
RA (top/left)	05h22m28s.40
RA (top/right)	05h36m48s.30
RA (bottom/right)	05h36m37s.70
RA (bottom/left)	05h21m56s.26

Dec (center)	+34°45′23″.9
Dec (top/left)	+33°42′52″.7
Dec (top/right)	+33°49′29″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°46′26″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°39′37″.7

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