Wide Field Gallery

Gemini Widefield - M35
From Harrington Beach. Canon DSLR with red sensitive chip, with L series 24-105 lens, shot at 105. 8 * 2 min. Processed with Nebulosity.
Mar. 2018
Photo by: Tom Schmidtkunz

Heart & Soul Nebulas
Canon T3i DSLR Piggyback on B-Scope. Lens: Canon 200mm F2.8 lens stopped down to F4. ISO 1600. 16 exposures at 4 minutes, total 64 minutes. Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop. Feb. 2018
Photo by: Paul Borchardt

Andromeda Galaxy
Taken from Bartlett Lake, Arizona. Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV. 112 subs, each of 15 seconds. 28 minutes total exposure.
Nov. 2017
Photo: Arun Hegde

Orion Nebula
Taken from Chandler, Arizona. Camera: 5D Mark IV, Lens: 400mm at f/5.6. iOptron Skytracker Pro. 76 x 16 seconds.
Dec. 2017
Photo: Arun Hegde

Horsehead and Flame Nebulas - Arun Hegde

Horsehead and Flame Nebulas
Taken from Bartlett Lake, Arizona. Camera: 5D Mark IV, Lens: 400mm at f/5.6. iOptron Skytracker Pro. 159 x 15 seconds.
Dec. 2017
Photo: Arun Hegde

North American Nebula by Tom Schmidtkunz

North American Nebula
Canon Rebel-XT camera with IR filter removed. 5 3-minute exposures. Processing in Nebulosity.
Sep. 2017
Photo: Tom Schmidtkunz

Milky Way Sagittarius Region by Jason Doyle

Sagittarius Teapot Region
Camera: Sony A500 DSLR, 50mm F/1.7 lens set at F/2.5. ISO 3200, 7 Sec Exposure, 30 shots = 3.5 Minutes total exp. Stacked and edited in PS.
Jul. 2017
Photo by: Jason Doyle

NGC 6960 / 6992 - Veil Nebula
Canon T3i piggyback on B-Scope. ISO 1600, f/5.6. Total exposure: 60 minutes. 20 exposures at 180 seconds. Stacking done in Nebulosity and processing done in both Nebulosity and Photoshop. Oct. 2016
Photo: Paul Borchardt

Sharpless 171
Canon T3i and a Canon 200mm telephoto stopped down to F4 with a light pollution filter mounted piggy back on B-scope, no guiding. 31 4 minute exposures for a total of 124 minutes. Processing was done in both Nebulosity and Photoshop. Oct. 2016
Photo: Paul Borchardt

Milky Way
From the North Woods StarFest. DSLR at 1600 ISO with a 50mm lens stopped down to F2.8. Unfiltered. Image is a stack of 20 three minute exposures. Stacking and post processing done in Nebulosity and Photoshop. There were no filters used on any of these images. Field size 21d x 17d. Aug 2016
Photo: Paul Borchardt

Northern Cross Region
From the North Woods StarFest. DSLR at 1600 ISO with a 50mm lens stopped down to F2.8. Unfiltered. Image is a stack of 20 three minute exposures. Stacking and post processing done in Nebulosity and Photoshop. There were no filters used on any of these images. Field size 21d x 17d. Aug 2016
Photo: Paul Borchardt

NGC 7000
Remote from NM. TAK FSQ-ED 106 refractor, and SBIG Universal camera
Sept 2015
Photo by: Tom Schmidtkunz

Scutum Star Cloud and Milky Way Galaxy�
Digital photo taken with a Pentax DSLR from the MAS Campout in August 2010. 55mm F2.8. 14 @ 30 seconds each stacked for a total equal to a 7 minute exposure. Center of the 17 x 25 degree field is RA 18hr 45min, Dec. -12 degrees.�
Look for M16 and M17 in the lower right of the image and M11 can be seem near the upper third.

Photo by: Paul Borchardt

Sagittarius star cloud
50 mm f/4, ASA 400, 30 min exp.
Haleakala, Maui, HI
May 2000

Photo by: Paul Borchardt

NGC 3372 - Eta Carinae
120 mm f/2.8, ASA 200 slide, 25 min exp.
Haleakala, Maui, HI, May 2000
Photo by: Paul Borchardt

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