Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez
Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA
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Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA

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Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez
Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA
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Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA

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After a session shooting comet P12/Pons-Brooks, I set the R5 loose on the Auriga Milky Way to see what some longer, tracked exposures could grab up there. Which then led to applying recent, tormented learnings in PixInsight on those images. But with the mercy of not having to separate a reluctant comet from the star field. 

A LOT of deep sky objects started showing up. It's an unmodified R5, so the H-alpha emission nebula aren't wildly obvious, but they're still showing up along with an expected sprinkling of open clusters. But what I really appreciate are the small, tight knots of dark nebulae dabbed around. I sense a Barnard & Lynd catalog hunt coming up.
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Canon R5 (unmodified)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM @ 58mm
iOptron Sky Guider Pro
10 x 180 sec., f/5.0, ISO 1600
PixInsight and Photoshop

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Auriga Milky Way | 9 March 2024 | Robinson Crater, Arizona, USA, Jeremy Perez