The Iris Nebula with no telescope
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I'm learning how to process images with delicate and dusty features. I remembered how much dust I saw in an old photograph of the Iris Nebula, so I tried it out. This is the 3 hours of 60-second exposures with my Sony Alpha mirrorless (unmodified) camera and Samyang 12mm f/2 lens. And my best effort to process it all.
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Image details
| Telescope: | Sony ILCE-6300 | |
| Length: | 135mm | |
| Aperture: | 72mm | |
| F-stop: | f/1.63 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-07-23 to 2023-07-23 | |
| Lights: | 180 | |
| Exposure: | 60 | |
| Total exposure: | 3 h | |
| Ra: | 21h 2m 17.8s | |
| Dec: | +67° 41' 4.369 | |
| Size: | 486.426 x 312.799 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 4.819 deg | |
| Scale: | 3.1 arcsec/pixel |
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