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Dark side of the Milky Way

Started Feb 6, 2020 | Discussions thread
Marco Nero
Marco Nero Veteran Member • Posts: 7,582
Re: Dark side of the Milky Way
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EF-M32mm @ 3.2, 67x30s, ISO 1600

As an Australian, I recognized the Southern Cross immediately.  And the coal-sack nebula (the dark patch to the left).   You appear to be located in Vietnam.. does the this region of the Milky Way show up higher in the sky for you there?.
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The crimson hue in the Carina Nebula is normally not that visible (saturated) without modifying the sensor (on a Canon Mirrorless camera).  But the colors are indeed visible, even with the tungsten WB (if used). It's interesting that the 32mm lens is more likely to pick up on this over lenses like the 11-22mm which, whilst less sensitive (presumably due to the aperture), is unable to produce much color.
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With the EOS M6, I tend to use around ISO 1600, 2000 and 2500 as there's very little noise for me to deal with - yet I get quite an improvement on sensitivity. The M6 II obviously has its own rules. Great shot. Nothing beats a nice image of the night sky!
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I tend to take singular exposures without a tracking mount... but your image details suggest you've stacked  67x 30 second frames together to produce this image.  Is that correct?

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