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Winter Milk Way, Rodney Watters

Winter Milk Way

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Winter Milk Way, Rodney Watters

Winter Milk Way

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The Winter Milky Way taken from Nyngan, NSW Australia. Image is a mosaic consisting of 3 rows of 8 panels per row. In addition, three frames were taken with each panel and integrated in Pixinsight with the objective of managing the background noise. Processing software included Photoshop for initial exposure adjustment and noise reduction, PtGUI (for stitching mosaic) and Pixinsight for stacking and image processing.

Camera was mounted on a tripod and a panoramic head was used which has a graduated scale in degrees to assist with making sure to move the camera the same amount between frames. Target for image overlap between frames was 20%. Each frame was 20 seconds @ ISO3200. Image data captured in July 2018.

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Winter Milk Way, Rodney Watters