Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019, Scott Stirling
Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019
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Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019

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Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019, Scott Stirling
Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019
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Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019

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The Milky Way from Staunton River State Park in VA last weekend. Staunton River is an International Dark Sky Park, and skies were clear, but the 80%+ waning moon was still quite bright once it was up. I had no working intervalometer with me, so kept to the max bulb setting on the 6D, 30 seconds, for exposures. The field of view shown here goes from Cygnus in the upper left where the North American Nebula is visible, down to Serpens, as much as would fit in the frame by the tree line horizon, cropped at the bottom.

45x 30s light images @ ISO 3200 via:

Canon 6D modified for HA

Canon 24 - 105mm lens set to 24mm, f/4.0

iOptron SkyGuider Pro mount and iOptron tripod

PixInsight 1.8 for processing

- 32 bias

- 30 darks

- 42 flats

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Milky Way, Staunton River State Park, VA July 2019, Scott Stirling