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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II @ f5.6
Imaging camera:Canon EOS 60D mod
Mount:SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Software:Adobe Lighroom , Photoshop , Pleiades PixInsight
Filter:Hutech IDAS LPS-D1 EOS CLIP
Accessory:Berlebach Report 312 Astro
Dates:Sept. 30, 2018
Frames: 40x180" ISO800
Integration: 2.0 hours
Darks: ~20
Bias: ~200
Avg. Moon age: 20.13 days
Avg. Moon phase: 70.83%
Astrometry.net job: 3259825
RA center: 3h 27' 41"
DEC center: +54° 56' 16"
Pixel scale: 17.096 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 64.239 degrees
Field radius: 14.725 degrees
Resolution: 5160x3440
Locations: Balkon, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Data source: Backyard
Actually planned as a test of the modified Star Adventurer Wedge. I modified some small details as described here: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/604284-my-star-adventurer-wedge-modifications/ Especially the new washer for the Alt section made my wedge more stable and reduced the side to side movement while turning the Alt knob.
However, the image shows the region between Perseus and Camelopardalis which does not seem to be photographed very often although a lot of open clusters can be discovered. On the right side is the Alpha Persei Cluster which is a moving cluster and is only 601 light years away from earth. The age is about 50-70 million years. On the left side there is the asterism Kemble's Cascade which is a straight line of more than 20 stars and the open cluster NGC 1502 at the end. The well known Soul Nebula (IC 1848) is in the upper area of the image. Some more clusters and faint nebulas can be discovered in the middle of the image.
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