A contrasting region of the Milky Way — with the bright emission nebula, the North America (aka NGC 7000), below the dark mass of the Funnel Cloud Neb
A contrasting region of the Milky Way — with the bright emission nebula, the North America (aka NGC 7000), below the dark mass of the Funnel Cloud Nebula at top, aka LeGentil 3, an obvious naked-eye sight under a dark sky. To the right of the North America below bright Deneb is the less obvious dark region known as the Northern Coalsack. This is a stack of 10 x exposures with the 135mm Canon L lens at , on the old (2009-vintage!) Canon 5D Mark II camera at ISO 1600. The 5D II is a filter-modified camera from AstroHutech. The camera was on the Star Adventurer tracker. About 1/3 of the frames were slightly trailed. I used the best 10 for this stack. Light cloud or haze added the natural star glows, However I did have a NiSi Natural Night light pollution filter in place to further enhance the contrast and nebulosity. Faint nebulosity brought out with luminosity masks. A mild Orton Glow artistic effect added with Luminar AI. Taken from home September 7, 2021.
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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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