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Andy Dungan
Near Cotopaxi, CO USA
10/23/2023
05:15 am

Equipment Details:

Canon R full spectrum Sigma 150-600C@600mm 120sec f6.3 iso12800 15shots + flats
Star Adventurer 2i to track

Post-processing Details:

Affinity Photo 2 to stack and process Starnet2 to separate stars.

Image Details:

I took the shots for this photo a week ago while the moon was gone in the morning. I took something like 60 or more photos, but due to my mistakes (a given in astrophotography) I only got 15 good ones. And, that was enough. Next year I will see if I can improve on the photo. Honestly it turned out pretty good. I was excited because I wanted to post this for Halloween. I realized the Witch Head nebula really looked like a witch (see the nose and chin) about 2 months ago, but again waited for Halloween.

There is humor in deep space as well.

Happy Halloween!!!