Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  IC 417  ·  M 36  ·  M 38  ·  NGC 1907  ·  NGC 1912  ·  NGC 1931  ·  NGC 1960  ·  The star φAur
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M36, M38 and surroundings, Victor Land
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M36, M38 and surroundings

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M36, M38 and surroundings, Victor Land
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M36, M38 and surroundings

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Wide field shot of Auriga (M36 top left, M38 top right) using 70/420 ED with 0.8X reducer, semi-apo filter and an unmodified Canon EOS 700D.

Shooting at ISO 1600, 30 second subs. Total time: 54 minutes.

Shooting through thin high clouds.

Stacked in DSS post-processing in GIMP.

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Description: I added about an hour at ISO 800, 25 second subs (unguided).
I reduced the stretch on the resulting image.
It preserves the colors better and is less noisy.

I can not get the fly and spider properly this way. That really requires guided long exposures under a dark sky.

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M36, M38 and surroundings, Victor Land