Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Big and Little Dipper, Gary Leavitt
Big and Little Dipper
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Big and Little Dipper

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Big and Little Dipper, Gary Leavitt
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Big and Little Dipper

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Wanted to get back into imaging asterisms. But after checking my inventory, I found two of the most popular ones were not there. Had a nice, clear, windless and moonless night recently so I attempted to get the Big and Little Dipper in same FOV from my Bortle 5 home site.

Used my Star Adventurer tracking mount along with a Nikon D5300 and 18-55mm kit lens at 18mm and f/3.5. Took 30 images, each at 800 ISO and each at 30sec. Stacked, calibrated and aligned using DSS and enhanced in photoshop. Did not use darks, flats or bias frames.

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Big and Little Dipper, Gary Leavitt