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MrJackDog OP t1_iu2g2ix wrote

Cygnus Setting - Albemarle County, Virginia - October 24, 2022

Cygnus the Swan setting in the West, marking the transition to the Winter constellations taking over from the summer. For this image, I used a hydrogen alpha filter to highlight the enormous area of star birth in this part of the Milky Way. You can see many prominent nebulae in this widefield image, including the Veil Nebula Complex and the North American Nebula.

EXIF - Sky: 45 x 45s RGB, ISO200, f/2.8; 45x60s 6nm Ha filter, ISO800, f/1.4; (replaced Red channel w/ Ha during processing)Land: 1x120s, ISO400, f/1.4

Gear - Sony A7III (Ha Mod by Kolari Vision); Sony 35mmGM; Astronomik 6nm clip-in Ha filter

Tracked/Stacked/Blended

For more astrophotography, check out my Insta: brennangilmorephoto

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Jobes16 t1_iu2gz8c wrote

Absolutely incredible, thanks for sharing

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RayneMal t1_iu2iy8d wrote

This looks like Vader. The top right looks like his helmet/respirator.

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Doobie_Princess11 t1_iu2me0e wrote

I live here. Is this picture super edited? I can never seen cool stuff like this with my eyes ☹️

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eanda9000 t1_iu2qo0i wrote

I know this is a bit off-topic, but is there a place in Virginia where the naked eye can see the Milkyway? We live in DC and my kids think the sky has 5 stars in it :(. I would drive 6 hours to get to a decent dark site.

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MrJackDog OP t1_iu2u308 wrote

Replying to eanda9000 (#275,017)

There are many places in Virginia to see the Milky Way, although the brightest part (the galactic core) won’t be visible again until Spring. By far the best place within a few hours drive of DC is Highland County, Virginia. A lot of national forest to explore and the darkest skies in East until you get to Maine. Check out https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ and you can see where the darkest parts of the state are. Bortle 4 and below and the Milky Way is clear, even in winter although fainter parts.

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mrtnjv t1_iu2xmsv wrote

Replying to MrJackDog (#273,374)

I'm not a photographer so i don't understand the specs you listed. how long is the exposure to capture a photo like this? how long before you start to see stars as streaks?

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IDontLikeRylee t1_iu2yjnr wrote

nice!!! where exactly is this? i've shot from the blue ridge parkway before, wondering if this spot is close to and better than mine

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Slurm818 t1_iu2z9cu wrote

Is that Book 2: Hemispheres I see?

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Grantuseyes t1_iu2zkg0 wrote

Chills. These photos always remind me how irrelevant we really are in terms of the universe

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Keyboard-King t1_iu31juj wrote

Replying to eanda9000 (#275,017)

It’s impossible to re-create what is in this photo with the naked eye (it’s heavily edited). Although, less light pollution = more stars than you’d be able to see in a big city (like D.C), however.

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snowglobe0 t1_iu32a6a wrote

This literally took my breath away.. wow… what I’d give to see that in person 🥹

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malachai926 t1_iu32qrv wrote

In the constellation of Cygnus, there lurks an invisible and mysterious force: the black hole of Cygnus X-1.

BWAHHHH!

Six stars of the northern cross BWAHHHH! in mourning for their sister's loss, in a final flash of glory, nevermore to grace the night.

BWAHHHH!

rumbling noises

...... doooo DOOO do dah DAH!

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Madrugada_Eterna t1_iu33lnh wrote

Replying to mrtnjv (#276,114)

The sky was taken using a tracking mount so the stars won't trail. A separate photo of the landscape was taken and the sky was replaced with the tracked image.

Multiple photos of the sky were taken and stacked together to reduce noise and bring out the the faint details.

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armitage2112 t1_iu33v6j wrote

Replying to mrtnjv (#276,114)

Ill answer for them. They are using a startracker, meaning the camera rotates at the same rotation of the earth meaning they won't ever get star streaks.

Without a startracker, the wider your lens, the longer you can take a photo for. You can divide 500 by your focal length (lets say 20) and you'll get how long you can shoot in seconds for that focal length, so 500/20 = 25seconds is the longest before you get streaks using a 20mm lens. In practice this is a bit too much in my experience but, it's close enough for napkin math.

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tucci007 t1_iu348m1 wrote

Life is old there

Older than the trees

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Victier t1_iu37gqx wrote

Wish that were me

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octopaws t1_iu39m8n wrote

Link, the blood moon rises

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EChaseD35 t1_iu3bqrk wrote

Wow, imagine if we could see this with our eyes!

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Hephaestus_God t1_iu3bu8j wrote

To think people used to see these orrery much everywhere. smh.

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hellorobby t1_iu3ifqt wrote

is this in any way visible to the naked eye

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khvojdysko t1_iu3kt5h wrote

portal in 'stranger things' 😂

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DirtayDane t1_iu3m3ye wrote

Looks like an evil space cloud. Pretty

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DrivenAssimilator t1_iu3nyg6 wrote

This is incredibly beautiful.

Also, I can hear the image, "Frame Shift Drive Charging."

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Swampxdog t1_iu3qhxi wrote

That's the cigatrix maledictom!

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_Peavey t1_iu3qvbn wrote

I hope it's Shenandoah River. 10/10.

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yash13 t1_iu3ulyx wrote

Unreal colors. My first thought was that it's photoshopped.

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mediasamarillas t1_iu3utdt wrote

Replying to eanda9000 (#275,017)

If you go a bit further west, there are some very unlit counties in the West Virginian Appalachians that make for amazing views of the milky way. I'd name Monroe County and Pocohontas County off the top of my head. I'd expect near Davis, WV there'd be great views too.

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sac02052 t1_iu3vry0 wrote

should be in /r/spaceporn

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RWDPhotos t1_iu3ytzy wrote

Replying to Madrugada_Eterna (#277,050)

Thing is with these foreground composites is that it creates a false impression, as if to say that’s what that area should look like under perfect circumstances, but the relative fov of the sky shot may not necessarily mix with the foreground, and it all just seems rather arbitrary to include a foreground at that point. Would just rather see the sky comp than an arbitrary foreground add.

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MillieBirdie t1_iu3zl48 wrote

Replying to eanda9000 (#275,017)

In the late 90s-early 2000s I was able to see the milky way on Assateague Island. The area has been developed a bit more since then so I'm not sure if you still can, but the park and beach should still be quite dark.

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dhoepp t1_iu44bjj wrote

What time did you take this?

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DOMZZAS t1_iu45879 wrote

Hold on csn you see this with The naked eye or is this from a telescope

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StayTheHand t1_iu47gf5 wrote

Upvote for my favorite constellation.

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IndigoGrunt t1_iu496fe wrote

Drove through Virginia to Tennessee and the mountain views near the blue mountains made the drive much more enjoyable. I wish I had more time to drive the parkway, it is definitely on my list for the future.

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MrJackDog OP t1_iu4b0ne wrote

Replying to RWDPhotos (#281,180)

Fair point, and to each their own. Sometimes I’ll just keep the sky alone, but I go to lengths to represent the land and sky as astronomically correct — always same focal length, optics, tripod position — ensuring the final sky integration matches single shot in terms of astronomical position. So, it’s not arbitrary in the sense that this was the landscape under Cygnus as it set on the night I was imaging. It’s not a single shot itself and that is its strength and weakness depending on what you like.

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MrJackDog OP t1_iu4bcx7 wrote

Replying to Alice710 (#280,722)

The red is because of the specific wavelength of light of hydrogen alpha ions. Most of the Star forming and dying regions of space are awash in hydrogen alpha and so are dominantly red.

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Denseflea t1_iu4bxgb wrote

If you look closely, you can see it as a man facing towards you but running backwards.

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monkeybomb t1_iu4c290 wrote

Replying to MrJackDog (#283,647)

I'm trying to understand the process a bit. In the pre-composite sky image, do you have a blurry forest? Edit: I should say, pre-composite after stacking the sky images. I'd be interested in seeing a progress video.

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Unicorny_as_funk t1_iu4dobd wrote

I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure I used to see this when I lived in WV. Of course, it looked like a weird cloud-shaped glowing spot in the night sky. Nothing compared to this. But it was still really cool

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emkay99 t1_iu4jy2h wrote

I've always been amused by the way photos of our galaxy are nearly always presented as if it were a far-away object, like some star. When actually, the photos are necessarily taken from the inside, since Earth's system is a part of the Milky Way.

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Roboticsammy t1_iu4k2l5 wrote

That part of the galaxy seems as if it's been taken over by an ancient evil, and we're just sitting here looking at it in awe!

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jfVigor t1_iu4pdib wrote

Looks like its time of the month again

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RWDPhotos t1_iu4r8td wrote

Replying to MrJackDog (#283,647)

Well, I mean, kinda like in that instagram link you posted in a different comment, it doesn’t really line up (the sky comp was cropped in a decent amount, so the effective focal lengths were changed). And it can’t really- because of the tracking, so something has to give to fit it in. I think there could be a way to do it where it blends more mildly, but that’s def not your aesthetic.

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honey_rainbow t1_iu4rd5f wrote

I am at a loss for words as to how truly beautiful this is.

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RWDPhotos t1_iu4s6ug wrote

Replying to MrJackDog (#287,204)

Ok, preference aside, my point being that the sky view isn’t proportional to the foreground. Obviously so, like by 200%. And you’re trying to deny that improportionality. I mean it’s totally fine if you say it’s just part of your aesthetic, but to say that it’s an absolute recreation in terms of proportion is just plain false, which is what I’m arguing on here

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WhiteWolf1005 t1_iu4xrid wrote

That's breathtaking FR. Where in VA I'm in Virginia too. And near the blue ridge mountains.

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persuasian t1_iu4xrs2 wrote

This is gorgeous. One of the few things I miss about living in Albemarle.

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i_icical t1_iu4ycgq wrote

What a beautiful place 😍

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wolftamer9 t1_iu51xvc wrote

Replying to Madrugada_Eterna (#277,050)

Man, I've been driving to the mountains on clear nights every once in a while and taken star photos with my dad's camera (and sometimes just my phone), I can't imagine taking to this hobby enough to pay for a proper tripod and camera tracking mount. Let alone, say, an actual telescope with a camera mount or something? That would be cool to have but it doesn't seem worthwhile to buy.

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Alpha_Tan t1_iu55mmt wrote

Great shot(s) and fantastic colours.

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Jackal000 t1_iu56na1 wrote

Replying to Grantuseyes (#276,396)

Not true tho we are significant actually. On a scale of 0 (plancks length) to 10( size observable universe. An average human is around a 6. So the universe is smaller than it is larger. Still its unfathomably large tho. However there will be a time that the universe has so much expanded that this statement will be false.

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CoQ11 t1_iu5c92s wrote

Anyone know what that bright red dot is at the bottom of the formation? Or what star it is?

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brmR01 t1_iu5ifzp wrote

More beauty out there than down here

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gleefulSwift t1_iu5o66n wrote

Evertime I see such pictures I wonder if it even true and can I see it myself

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AKGBOperative t1_iu62fd3 wrote

So when I look up at the dark night sky, could I ever see something similar to this? It's on my bucketlist

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ChiefFirestarter t1_iu64575 wrote

WOW that's amazing! I'm guessing this is some kind of long exposure?

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merrymarymarried t1_iu64zpm wrote

That is absolutely stunning. Sometimes I'm so mesmerized by the beauty

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drelll24 t1_iu6rjju wrote

Es impresionante lo bello que es nuestro universo

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