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Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India

09/09/2021
09:00 pm

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Equipment Details:

Nikon D5600, Laowa 100mm, ioptron skyguider pro

Post-processing Details:

Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw

Image Details:

Rise of the other Galaxy.

This is my first attempt at deepscape images. This image of andromeda rising over a coconut tree was capured on 9th September 2021. The light pollution of Kolkata wouldn't allow me shooting such images when the deep sky object is at the horizon. I had to choose a lower vantage point to allow andromeda rise a bit higher in the sky while having a foreground in the image.

Such deepscape images are a good reminder about the apparent sizes of different deep sky objects which we can't see with our naked eyes. Andromeda galaxy (AD: ~3°10') appears almost six times larger than a full moon (AD: ~33') in the night sky.

Image details:
Tracked/Stacked/Blend
Sky: 80×15 seconds, f/4, ISO 800, 100mm
Foreground: 6×8 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 400, 100mm.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!