Swan above Triglav

Cygnus region fading above highest peak in Slovenia, Mt. Triglav
In astrophotography we usually try to find and interesting object to compliment the sky,...
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Cygnus region fading above highest peak in Slovenia, Mt. Triglav
In astrophotography we usually try to find and interesting object to compliment the sky, but in this case I tried to do it in reverse by importing google earth files (landscape) to Stellarium and then I just changed the time do see which object will appear in this region, so I took my chances and went out shooting. Beside Cygnus, I noticed that I will have a chance to photograph Andromeda from the exact same spot.

Data:
Landscape: Nikon D610 & Tamron 70-200@200mm, f2.8, ISO 2000, 30sec. 9 shots stacked for noise reduction
Sky: Nikon D7200 astromodified & Tamron 70-200@200mm, ISO 3200, f4, 90sec 13 images stacked in Sequator.

Tracked with Sky watcher Star Adventurer.

I am actually surpised how much H-alpha I was able to capture in such short time, and yet on the other hand I stuggle like an idiot with Barnard's loop, when Orion is high in the sky.
Post was done in Photoshop.
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