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50mm Panorama of the Milky Way Arch, La Palma, Egor Goryachev

50mm Panorama of the Milky Way Arch, La Palma

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50mm Panorama of the Milky Way Arch, La Palma, Egor Goryachev

50mm Panorama of the Milky Way Arch, La Palma

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During spring months Milky Way core starts to appear in the early morning sky in the southeast so it becomes possible to photograph the whole Milky Way Arch almost at 180 degrees angle from north to the south. I chose Pico de la Cruz, one of the summits of La Palma Island as a location to spend the night of shooting. Around 4 am Milky Way was high enough in the sky so I was able to start shooting at 50mm and got pretty decent arch shape later in the post processing without any distortion of the surrounding stars. As the night goes on and the Milky Way moves higher and higher in the sky it’s very important to find the time window when the curve of the Arch still looks nice. Although the place was very windy protecting my gear with clothes, I was able to make some sharp shots. My recent post processing revealed hidden beauty of the night sky that day. All these colors of the Arch, green airglow emission, purely dark sky and the lights of the neighboring Tenerife Island on the horizon become visible and remind about that unforgettable experience. 

Camera: Nikon D750a 
Lens: Sigma 50mm F1.4 Nikon Art, 
Star tracker: iOptron SkyGuider Pro,
Motion control device: Syrp Genie Mini 

Sky: panorama - 7 images per panel stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker (noise reduction), 40 panels with 50% overlap blended in PS. Settings: 50mm, f2.8, exp. 15 sec, ISO 6400, light pollution filter - Optolong Clear Sky

Foreground: panorama – 1 image per panel taken with use of in camera LNR, 33 panels with 50% overlap blended in LR. Settings: 50mm, f1.4, exp. 1 min, ISO 800, no light pollution filter

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50mm Panorama of the Milky Way Arch, La Palma, Egor Goryachev