Cygnus Region

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Comment by Alistair Symon on October 17, 2011 at 11:36am

Yes it's a lot of work to do mosaics but it is fun

Comment by Luc Delisle on October 17, 2011 at 5:19am

Great FOV, and nice details!

Comment by Greg Marshall on October 16, 2011 at 11:02pm

Thanks for the info, Alistair. I haven't tried any mosaics yet, but do have a "wide field" setup using various camera lenses up to 200mm. This area would fit pretty nicely with that lens and my QSI 583 camera. The mosaic approach almost certainly produces a sharper image, but it's SO much work!

Comment by Alistair Symon on October 16, 2011 at 9:05pm

Greg, There were 7 images in the mosaic. Each image had between 4 and 10 hours of H-alpha data and 30 mins in each color channel. So the RGB data is really just being used for the skybackground and to give the correct star colors.

Comment by Mark Roberts on October 16, 2011 at 7:15pm

Amazing details. Another awesome image Alistair, well done!!

Comment by Philip A Cruden on October 16, 2011 at 7:07pm

Amazing mosaic Alistair, well worth the time you put into it for such a beautiful final presentation. A true inspiration.

Comment by Greg Marshall on October 16, 2011 at 6:30pm

Very impressive. Could you provide more details? Especially, how many images in the mosaic?
Thanks!

Comment by Alistair Symon on October 16, 2011 at 5:42pm

Thanks for the kind comments!

Comment by Steve Coates on October 16, 2011 at 3:55pm

Incredible image Alistair, well worth all the time you put into this.