The Milky Way Passing Through Cygnus

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Another outing for the kit lens the week before last, showing Cygnus and the Summer Triangle. IC1396 is just showing at the left. I actually had two attempts on consecutive nights but both were stopped early by dew on the lens. Tried stacking both sets together but it came out horribly distorted, so this is just 8 x 150 second subs from the 8th, 20 minutes of data. Used a borrowed STM lens at 5.0, think it's a bit better than my kit lens.

Very happy with the colours in this one but I'd welcome any feedback.

You really do need a wide view to fit in all of Cygnus.

And here's the busy region at 50mm.

[Mike73]

Very nice!

[Tzitzis]

Awesome images!

Thanks for sharing!

Tzitzis

[laudropb]

Lovely images. Thanks for posting.

[jambouk]

Lovely and thanks for labeling it; it is a bit like going to a dark site and looking up, and being totally lost as the usual asterisms are swamped by background stars you never knew existed.

Lovely.

James

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

very nice indeed, lovely wide field shots

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Thanks all, glad you like them.

Lovely and thanks for labeling it; it is a bit like going to a dark site and looking up, and being totally lost as the usual asterisms are swamped by background stars you never knew existed.

I know what you mean, I've struggled to find the constellations from a dark site and in busy widefield.

[Dave In Vermont]

Summer is my favorite season. And your wonderful images exclaim why loud and clear!

Thank you,

Dave

[JamesF]

Very nice

James

[Alien 13]

Nice images, how responsive is the focussing on the STM version I have the IS 2 and it is good for AP but not the best mechanically?

Alan

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Nice images, how responsive is the focussing on the STM version I have the IS 2 and it is good for AP but not the best mechanically?

Alan

I'm not sure I'm afraid, I borrowed it so I've only used it for AP. I think the other advantage is that it focusses silently, so it's good for video.

[Alien 13]

I'm not sure I'm afraid, I borrowed it so I've only used it for AP. I think the other advantage is that it focusses silently, so it's good for video.

Sorry I meant how does the focus feel in manual mode I know my nifty fifty STM has much better focus resolution and feel over the old one more like the focus range of the old manual lenses.

Alan

[davefrance]

Great images, shows the difference a modded camera makes to the red bits (excuse the technical language). My pics are predominently blue in those regions.

[Ruud]

Very beautiful!

[MartinB]

Lovely images.  I especially like the top one and the way you've kept the stars in check.  Top work!

[orion25]

Love it! One of my favorite regions of sky 

Reggie

[seo]

Nice job and beautiful widefield ! 

[callisto]

Nice image, gives you a good idea of the sizes for the NAN and the Veil 

Mark

[Scott Tilley]

Wow, cracking set of images. thanks for sharing!

Scott

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Thanks again all.

Sorry I meant how does the focus feel in manual mode I know my nifty fifty STM has much better focus resolution and feel over the old one more like the focus range of the old manual lenses.

Alan

It felt less sloppy than the manual focus on my fit lens, but found it confusing that there is no indication which way is towards infinity.