Same place, different night sky. While the summer night sky offers some amazing views of the Galactic Center, the winter sky hosts some amazing nebulae such as the Orion Cloud Complex.
This short comparison is composed by two images captured this 2021 from the same location, at Pla de la Guàrdia (Prades, Tarragona, Catalonia – Spain).
Full image details:
“Milky Way, last chance“
“Orion’s Belt behind Pla de la Guàrdia widefield“
Image Details
Milky Way, last chance
Landscape: 2 pane mosaic 2×30″ 2500ISO f/2.8
Sky: Stacking of 34×30″ 2500ISO f/2.8
Calibrated with: darks, flats and dark-flats
Total exposure: 18 minutes.
Data acquisition: 26th of October 2021.
Location: Pla de la Guàrdia, Prades (Tarragona, Catalonia – Spain).
Darkness: 21.20 mag/arcsec2
Orion’s Belt behind Pla de la Guàrdia widefield
Landscape: 1 single image 30″ 2000ISO f/2.8
Sky: Stacking of 40×30″ 3200ISO f/2.8
Total exposure: 20 minutes and 30 seconds.
Data acquisition: 13th of March 2021.
Location: Pla de la Guàrdia, Prades (Tarragona, Catalonia – Spain).
Darkness: 21.50 mag/arcsec2
Equipment
Lens: Samyang 135mm
Camera: SonyA7S mod
Mount: SW Star Adventurer
Software
APP, PIX, LR, PS, TPZ.
Aleix Roig – Prades (Tarragona, Spain), March vs October 2021.