The Pleiades from Aosta Valley

[AbsolutelyN]

The Pleiades from Aosta Valley on Christmas Day. Sony A7r3 with Canon 20-35 (hence bad coma) -  15 sec at 2.8 3200iso
https://www.astrobin.com/bkc01k/?nc=user

Blended with a 30 second exposure

Edited December 28, 2019 by AbsolutelyN

[tooth_dr]

Lovely image.  I actually didnt immediately notice the coma, as the trees draw the eye into the middle and to M45.  It's only when I read the text I saw it.  Doesnt detract.

[AbsolutelyN]

Cheers, the trees certainly do help. Coma is pretty awful in high res file and regret not taking my. Sigma 14-24 2.8 which would have fared much better. Morphological transformation has also been used to try to improve centre of frame stars. It was also actually a 15 second exposure rather than 30 sec. Second version posted above with a 30 sec exposure blended which just reveals the California Nebula.

[Singlin]

Where are you in the Aosta Valley?

I live in the Aosta Vallev.

 

[AbsolutelyN]

46 minutes ago, Singlin said:

Where are you in the Aosta Valley?

I live in the Aosta Vallev.

 

Embarrassingly Unfortunately in the UK, we were skiing at Pila over the Christmas week. It's a very inspiring location surrounded by such huge mountains, you are very lucky to live in such a wonderful place. Hope to visit again soon. 

[Singlin]

I live in Cervinia.

If you ski over here let me know as you can have access to my Observatory.

I had the Interski Instructors staying here for  tecnical course for 4 weeks  at the beginning of the season.(They are based in Pila)