Pico de la Cruz Milky Way Panorama

Details

In June 2022 I flew to La Palma again 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/mounting

Rollei c6i / Skywatcher Star adventurer Pro Pack

Filter

Rollei Astroclear 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 15 minutes exposure each

6 panels for the foreground with 30 seconds exposure each

Editing

Stacked and calibrated with flats, darks and bias in Astropixelprocessor

Edited with Pixinsight and Photoshop