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Alexandru Barbovschi
Between Cobusca Veche and Cobusca Noua, Republic of Moldova
08/12/2021
11:30 pm

Equipment Details:

Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount
Sony A7S (ISO3200, 30s)
Nikon 50mm 1.4D @ f/2.8

Post-processing Details:

Pre-processed using dark and flats in Siril
Stacked 366 out of 396 frames in Siril
Initial pre-processing in Sirl (BE, CC, SCNR, AS)
Further post-processing in RawTherapee
StarFixer
Final tweaks in RawTherapee
Meteors put back in using GIMP

Image Details:

My home country was very lucky this year for the Perseids annual meteor shower, as its peak was between 19 and 22 UTC (and we are currently in +3 timezone). With perfect weather and very nice location (not super dark, Bortle 3, but dark enough to enjoy the show), we were bound to catch quite a few meteors. The busiest area turned out to be the Cygnus constellation, which means it was the right call to point one of my cameras there. I was dreaming about assembling such a composite image for years and here it is, in all of its glory! You can check it out in 4K resolution here: https://flic.kr/p/2mhri9W

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