Pico de la Cruz Milky Way Panorama

Details

In June 2022 I flew again to La Palma to take new pictures of the night sky. The third time on La Palma I finally had a valley filled with clouds! A really special sight and especially beautiful to photograph!

Recording

Camera

Sony a7s astromodified

Lens/Telescope

Sigma 40mm f1.4, set to f1.4 during shooting

Tripod/Mount

Rollei c6i / Skywatcher Star adventurer Pro Pack

Filter

Rollei Astroklar Filter + Astronomik 12nm Sony clip in H-Alpha Filter

Exposure

9 panels for the sky with 8×30 seconds single exposures each (4 minutes total) + H-Alpha exposures for the nebula areas with 15min exposure each

6 pannels for foreground with 30 seconds exposure each

Editing

Stacked and calibrated with flats, darks and bias in Astropixelprocessor

Edited with Pixinsight and Photoshop