Milky Way in the U.S.A (Riccardo Civati)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul) · Contains: 14 Lyr) · 17 Aql) · 18 Cyg) · 37 Cyg) · 50 Aql) · 50 Cyg) · 53 Aql) · 53 Cyg) · 6 Cyg A) · 64 Cyg) · Al Janah (ε Cyg · Arided · Aridif · Arrioph (α Cyg · Deneb al Okab Australis · Deneb el Okab (ζ Aql · Fawaris II (δ Cyg · Gienah Cygni · IC 5070 · Jugum (γ Lyr · NGC 6960 · NGC 6992 · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · Part of the constellation Aquila (Aql) · Part of the constellation Cygnus (Cyg) · Part of the constellation Lyra (Lyr) · Pelican Nebula · Reda (γ Aql · The constellation Sagitta (Sge) · And 12 more.

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this is a mosaic composed of 3 masters done during my honeymoon in the United States.

I had set myself the goal of photographing the whole arc but inevitably I had to settle.

I had to carry an extra trolley on the plane just for night photographic equipment.

the first master was taken in death valley with daytime temperatures above 50 degrees.
the second frame I did in under canvas grand canyon while the third frame was done in bryce canyon near the hotel ( much IL)..

all 3 frames was shooting in different time and different place and it was very hard to mach the background

merging the 3 frames was very complex due to the distortion of the 35mm. I had to perform a distortion correction via dynamic alignment using the real position of the stars created via the catalog star generation as a reference

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