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Cygnus widefield My first foray into SLR Photography with an unmodified EOS 450D. This is a widefield shot of Cygnus the Swan. North is (approximately) at 1 o'clock and the three bright stars across the top of the image are the Swans wings (Gamma Cyg top center). 5 x 300s + 1 x 200s (no in camera noise reduction applied) Link-words: Star

Cygnus widefield

My first foray into SLR Photography with an unmodified EOS 450D. This is a widefield shot of Cygnus the Swan. North is (approximately) at 1 o'clock and the three bright stars across the top of the image are the Swans wings (Gamma Cyg top center).

5 x 300s + 1 x 200s (no in camera noise reduction applied)
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Filename:DPP_0001_all_darksubtracted_27mins_p1.jpg
Album name:RobertM / Constellations and Star Fields
Rating (2 votes):33333
Link-words:Star
Image date, time and location:June 21st 2008 22:30 at Psilli Amos on Samos, Greece
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS Zoom Lense set at 53mm@F5.6
Camera and filters used:Canon EOS 450D Unfiltered
Processing applied:Dark subtracted and stacked in DSS and mild levels and curves in PS
Filesize:241 KiB
Date added:Jun 27, 2008
Dimensions:2145 x 1428 pixels
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