A panorama of the Milky Way from Scutum (at left) to Serpens (at right), taking in the Scutum Starcloud just left of centre and the Messier 16 and 17
A panorama of the Milky Way from Scutum (at left) to Serpens (at right), taking in the Scutum Starcloud just left of centre and the Messier 16 and 17 nebulas (the Eagle and Swan respectively) at right. The large faint patch of red above and left of M16 is Sharpless 2-54. The star cluster M25 is at lower right. The M11 and M26 clusters are visible at centre in Scutum. The panorama records the rich mix of bright star clouds and dark lanes of dust in this area of the Milky Way. This is a panorama of just 2 segments, each with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the filter-modified Canon R at ISO 1600, and on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. Each segment is a stack of seven 1-minute exposures, stacked and stitched in Photoshop. I shot a segment for the section in Sagittarius that would have extended the panorama to the right to include the Sagittarius Starcloud but the frames were out of focus and could not be used. Another night! These were shot August 16, 2023 at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party in the Cypress Hills, but with some smoke reducing transparency.
Size: 11340px × 4445px
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 16, 2023, 6649, adventurer, amazing, astro, astronomical, astronomy, astrophotography, canon, clouds, cluster, collection, contrast, cosmos, cypress, dark, hills, lanes, m11, m17, m25, messier, milky, mini, nebula, ngc, nik, panorama, photomerge, pro, rf135mm, science, scutum, serpens, sh2-54, sharpless, skies, sky, sssp, star, starclouds, unique
