Auriga, Taurus, and Perseus - a photo on Flickriver

            Stack of 15 60 s exposures, tracked on an omegon Mini Track LX2; taken from Red Rock Canyon State Park in California.

There was more light pollution from Ridgecrest than I had anticipated. It took a fair bit of work to remove most of the gradient from that. 

This image shows the Milky Way from the Double Cluster in the upper left, through the California Nebula (NGC 1499) and the Pleiades, and into the emission nebulae and star clusters in Auriga. The bright star toward the lower left is Capella, and Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster are toward the lower right. The dark area in the middle is the Taurus Molecular Cloud -- one of the closest star forming regions to our solar system.

Initial processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop.

Taken on: November 30, 2023

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astronomy

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Milky Way

Perseus

Taurus

Auriga

Capella

Aldebaran

The Pleiades

The Hyades

Double Cluster

California Nebula

Taurus Molecular Cloud

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/4.0, 62 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Lens:	18.0-135.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	62
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.7 (Windows)
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