On the Border (Perseus & Cassiopeia)!

Amazing what can be captured in 22 minutes in Bortle 3.5-4.0 skies at 7600 ft (2300 m). This is another image from just outside of Santa Fe taken with my Canon nifty fifty camera lens. The nifty fifty is actually a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens and it is surprisingly good for medium to wide field astrophotography especially considering the price. In this image are lots of star clusters, emission nebulae, and dark nebulae. The highlights for clusters is the Double Cluster (NGC 869 & 884) in the center but many others are scattered throughout such as the Lawnmower (NGC 663), Yin-Yang (NGC 659), Fuzzy Butterfly (NGC 654), and Dragonfly (NGC 457). Two gorgeous emission nebulae, The Heart (IC 1805) and Soul (IC 1848) are just north of the Double Cluster. In addition to these emission nebulae, there are a few very dark regions composed of molecular gas and dust, these are the dark nebulae.

I really like how it came out but I would have been able to pickup more photons had I set to a lower f-stop than f/4 (I forgot to change it), however, the stars probably better shaped because the high f-stop.

On the Border (Perseus & Cassiopeia)!

Camera: Canon T3i/600d modified
Telescope: Canon 50mm f/1.8 Lens

Aperture: f/4
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 50mm
Focal Reducer: None
Mount: iOptron Skyguider Pro
Filter Wheel/Drawer: none
Filter: none
Focuser: none
Autoguiding: none
Exposure: 22 x 60
Gain/ISO: 1600
Processing: PixInsight, Photoshop, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator
GradientXTerminator, BTX.

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