Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Cassiopeia and Andromeda, John Willis
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Cassiopeia and Andromeda

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Cassiopeia and Andromeda

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Widefield of the constellation Cassiopeia, the surrounding Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Shot with a Canon 6D (astromodified) and a 50mm lens @F5, ISO 1600 for 100x 2 minute exposures.

I reduced most of the stars, but blanked out the mask for the brightest stars of Cassiopeia to highlight the constellation. Under dark skies, it feels like that constellation is lounging back on the Milky Way, looking toward Andremeda. I tried to capture that feeling in this shot.

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Cassiopeia and Andromeda, John Willis