North America Nebula Region in the Constellation of Swan

Details

After 4 years of astrophotography I finally managed to take a good picture of this region! I wanted to do it right this time and therefore I used a complete summer night for about 4h. 

The result, I think, turned out very well 🙂 

Recording

Camera

Sony a7ii astromodified

Lens/telescope

Samyang 135mm f2, set to f2.5 during shooting

Tripod/mounting

Rollei c6i / Skywatcher Star adventurer Pro Pack

Filter

RGB (Bayer Matrix) + Astronomik 12nm Ha-Filter (Clip in Sony Version)

Exposure

210Ă—30 seconds for RGB (1.75h)
210Ă—30 seconds for H-Alpha (1.75)

Editing

Stacked and calibrated with flats, darks and bias in Astropixelprocessor

Processed with Astropixelprocessor, Pixinsight and Photoshop

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