Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon Nikkor 50mm F/1.4
Imaging cameras: NIKON D700 (ñ mod)
Mounts: Fixed Tripod
Software: Nik Colection Plugins · Photoshop CS5 · PixInsight · ProDigital Software Astronomy tools for Photoshop
Frames: 100x4" ISO4525
Integration: 0.1 hours
Darks: ~30
Astrometry.net job: 677850
RA center: 11h 34' 23"
DEC center: -61° 51' 10"
Pixel scale: 19.119 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 97.906 degrees
Field radius: 14.666 degrees
Resolution: 3082x4585
Locations: Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
I'm thrilled that this image was published as an APOD on 2015 Out 19 !
APOD archive link: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151019.html
Image taken with a fixed tripod. Stacked 100 frames for the sky reference. For the ground reference I've used information from one of the stacked pictures, making a composition with it in the final image.
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