Cygnus Complex Nebula (12 Panel Mosaic Hst Palette)

[Aggelos Kechagias]

This is a 12 panel mosaic that i made with a simple nikon 50mm lens and atik 428ex ccd mono camera. I have also take oiii and sii with a sigma 20mm lens to avoid the mosaic on these filters.

I made the mosaic through photoshop's photomerge.

Hope you like it.

info:

Location : Filippaioi Grevenon - Greece

Constellation : Cygnus

Telescope : Nikon lens 50mm at f/4 & Sigma 20mm (oiii-sii)

CCD : Atik 428ex

Temperature of ccd : -10 celcius

Mount : Synta Eq6

Guided : Orion finder guider scope

Focal Reducer/Flattener : -

Image scale : 18.68 arcsec/pixel

Field of view: 10.03° x 7.54°

Filters : 2" Baader 

Filter Wheels : Manual bs astro (4 filters) 

Sub-exposures : 

Ha bin 1x1 2x900sec x 12 panel mosaic

Oiii bin 1x1 10x900sec

Sii bin 1x1 10x900sec 

Calibration frames : Darks - Flats -Bias

Calibration : Maxim DL 5.24

Capture : Nebulosity 3

Process : Photoshop CS6

Tracking : Eqmod

[Tzitzis]

Great capture fellow Greek! The panhellenic star party at Grevena was great I suppose. Too bad I didn't have the money or the way to come.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Absolutely stunning. I don't think I have ever seen a better Cygnus wide-field shot.

[Pan Euro]

Amazing photograph.

[xtreemchaos]

thats mindblowing mate,  i think its the best ive ever seen. well done x12.  thanks for posting  charl.

[PhotoGav]

That's a total beauty, well done! I'm amazed by only two Ha subs per pane as well - that isn't very much data, yet it looks great on my iPad. How is it full size on a proper monitor? Lovely processing too, the colours are very subtle and tasty!

[Barry-Wilson]

Excellent image of this fascinating and nebula rich constellation.

[laudropb]

Wow. An excellent image. Thanks for posting.

[Scott]

remarkable. I was unaware that such a short camera lens would work with a ccd. And as Gav has pointed out, only 1 hr of Ha...amazing

[Herra Kuulapaa]

VERY impressive image!

[toxic]

cracking image 

[jambouk]

Astonishing.

Can you do the rest of the sky please?

James

[JeremyS]

Simply stunning: well done!

Jeremy

[ultranova]

What a cracker, You definatley went outside the box to get this

I like it lots.

Well done

Paul

[symesie04]

Wow I certainly have never seen Cygnus looking like this. It certainly is pretty. Just one thing though is that just maybe a bit of processing error around the right edge of the North American? The slightly green area seems to have what looks like a blur to it, but still really amazing image sir.

[Stardust]

Stunning image looks amazing,very well done

[MattJenko]

This is wonderful.