Gigapixel Milky Way Panorama
See also the 360° panorama version.
Technical information
| Date & time | 2021 May 12th, 03:38 ~ 04:37 CAT |
| Location | Tivoli Astro-Farm, Namibia |
| Optics | Sigma A 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM |
| Camera | Nikon D810A |
| Mount | Rainbow Astro RST-135 |
| Tripod | Avalon T-Pod 90 |
| Composition | 37 pane mosaic in cyllindrical projection: 4 rows of 9 panes spaced 40° apart azimuthally and aimed at altitudes 0°, +25°, +50°, +75° 1 pane aimed at zenith |
| Exposure | Bottom row: 15 seconds per pane, ISO 1600, 0.5x tracking speed Second row: 1 minute per pane, ISO 800 3rd & 4th rows: zenith: 2 minutes per pane, ISO 200 40 mm, f/2 49 minutes total |
| Calibration | 100 bias frames 50 flat frames |
| Processing | DeepSkyStacker: calibrate Microsoft ICE: compose mosaic Adobe Photoshop CC: ACR filter |
| Original resolution | 31624 x 31624 pixels |
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