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Pleiades & California Nebula Through The Trees, JDJ

Pleiades & California Nebula Through The Trees

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Pleiades & California Nebula Through The Trees, JDJ

Pleiades & California Nebula Through The Trees

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Here is another shot from our trip to the area around Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. We had clear, dark skies but lots of very tall trees, so all my astrophotos from this trip follow a "through the trees" motif. This one captures the Pleiades and California Nebula.

Imaged using a Nikon D5300 (full spectrum modified), IDAS HEUIB-II (H-α Enhanced UV IR Blocking) filter, and 14 mm Rokinon lens at F2.8. Exposures were 20 seconds at ISO-3200.

Combined 5 subs using Sequator (composition = accumulation/align stars, auto brightness=OFF, HDR=ON, LP reduction = ON). Post-processed the stack in PixInsight using histogram transformation (modified STF stretch parameters), curves transformation, and color saturation adjustment.

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