Cygnus region of Milky Way. First experiment with wide-field.

[Taman]

Cygnus region of Milky Way, centred on Deneb. Showing NGC 7000 the North America Nebula and the area around Sadr.

Camera lens test and my first experiment with wide-field. 

I normally image at 1700mm or longer, so I thought I'd try 70mm with a camera lens. The camera was piggybacked on top of the SCT, unguided.
The only problem I had (apart from Starlink satellites), was some blue colour fringing around the stars, which I reduced in Photoshop camera raw. The image has not been sharpened at all.

Next test will be around 300mm, possibly with a different lens.

40 x 120s, with darks and bias.

Canon Eos 550D (not modified), Canon EF 70-300mm IS USM lens at 70mm, wide open at f4.

Edited August 10, 2020 by Taman