Gamma Cygni (Sadr)
Cutting through the Milky Way, the constellation of Cygnus is home to some of the best sights in the night sky; the North America Nebula, the Dumbell nebula and another one I plan on tackling soon, the Vail nebula.
At the heart of the constellation, bright star Gamma Cygni (Sadr) is surrounded by nebulosity. I first captured this a couple of years ago – a shot which made me realise the potential of a simple DSLR and barn door tracker. I felt it was high time I revisited this old favourite with the 180mm lens.
The butterfly nebula sits to the left of Sadr, with some good structure visible. The intricate bubble-like structure of the crescent nebula can be seen (lower right) amid the vast sea of stars which make up the Milky Way.
Image details: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 180mm f2.8 at f2.8. 56 minutes (112 x 30 seconds) at iso 800 using didymium filter. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and tracked with barn door tracker.
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Hi
I love your web and all your images. You explain very well the technical details of every photo (ISO, f stop, number of subs…) but I would like something about your post processing.
Regards
Hi Pedro – glad you like the site. I always do the post-processing in Photoshop, but you’re right, I haven’t got much info about this on the site. I’ve just started putting a page together to document all different techniques and tools I use for processing the images. I’m aiming to have it up in the next week or so, so keep checking back as it should be up soon! Cheers… Nick
Great news
It sounds good. I will check it.
cheers
Pedro