Southern Crux & Star Clusters (Vivek Bannore)

Southern Crux & Star Clusters

I had started this project in 2022 to capture 144 panels. By the time I got to processing all the data Crux was long gone from my backyard view and due to technical issues and silly silly mistakes around camera rotation I only had a partial mosaic. Feeling disappointed at all that effort, I restarted early in 2023 as soon as Crux was visible and high. Dealt with storage issues, gradient issues etc etc - finally I got to the level I was satisfied.

Southern Crux - 12x12 Mosaic
Once the mosaic was completed, I started capturing data on all individual clusters and stars present in the mosaic so that I'm able to present it the way I wanted -
a full view of Southern Crux and Star Clusters around it.

It has given me a feeling of accomplishment in what I had set to achieve back in 2022. Just in time before 2024 kicks in

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Thank you for viewing my captures.

Following are the star clusters & stars shown in the above composite image

Original
Final
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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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