Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Minor (UMi)  ·  Contains:  1 alf UMi  ·  11 UMi  ·  13 gam UMi  ·  14 UMi  ·  15 A Dra  ·  15 tet UMi  ·  16 zet UMi  ·  18 UMi  ·  19 UMi  ·  20 UMi  ·  21 eta UMi  ·  22 eps UMi  ·  23 del UMi  ·  24 UMi  ·  3 UMi  ·  4 UMi  ·  40 Dra  ·  41 Dra  ·  5 UMi  ·  7 bet UMi  ·  8 UMi  ·  9 UMi  ·  IC 1046  ·  IC 1139  ·  IC 1143  ·  IC 1146  ·  IC 1147  ·  IC 1154  ·  IC 1187  ·  IC 1200  ·  And 68 more.
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The Polaris Flare and Little Dipper, Todd Stephens
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The Polaris Flare and Little Dipper

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The Polaris Flare and Little Dipper

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This is an image of Ursa Minor and the Polaris Flare, a filamentary dust cloud in the Polaris region. The IFN took a good 11 hours of integration time at f/2.0 to show any definition.

I shot this with both my stock Canon 500D and H-a modded 600D, 2 minute subs with my Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4 at f/2.0, unguided on a Skyguider Pro camera tracker. Calibrated with 30 each darks, flats, and dark flats.

Calibrated and stacked in APP, with final adjustments with Starnet++ and GIMP. C&C welcome!

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The Polaris Flare and Little Dipper, Todd Stephens