Fluidr / astrothad's "Astrophotos from Botswana" set

Zodiacal light in Leo 2

N 0 B 561 C 0 E Jul 16, 2011 F Jul 16, 2011

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24s exposure with dark subtracted; shot from northeast shore of Sua Pan, near Nata, Botswana on 2011 July 1 0511 UT;
at the bottom left is Mercury and its reflection in the water in the pan; just above Mercury is a fuzzy patch -- this is M44, the Beehive Cluster in Cancer; shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T1i at 3200 ISO; processed in Deep Sky Stacker and GIMP 2.6

The Milky Way near the Southern Cross with LMC

N 1 B 627 C 0 E Jul 15, 2011 F Jul 15, 2011

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Stack of 16x10s exposures; shot from the eastern end of the northeast side of the Sua Pan near Nata, Botswana on 2011 Jul 1 0530 UT; the Large Magellanic Cloud is the small, fuzzy region at the bottom; also visible are Alpha and Beta Centauri, Omega Centauri (giant globular cluster), and the Eta Carina Nebula. Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T1i; processed with Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop Elements and GIMP 2.6.

Mercury and the Beehive Cluster, M44

N 0 B 440 C 0 E Jul 16, 2011 F Jul 16, 2011

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I decided to go a bit more artsy with this one, as this was the most detail I could get. The sky is from a 12s stack, and the trees are from one 1.6s shot in that stack. There is a bit of zodiacal light visible below Mercury and the Beehive Cluster. Also, some of the best shots in the stack had a plane go through. Shot from Maun, Botswana on 2011 Jul 6 0515 UT with a Canon EOS Rebel T1i. Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and GIMP 2.6.

Zodiacal light in Leo 1

N 0 B 303 C 0 E Jul 17, 2011 F Jul 17, 2011

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24s exposure with dark subtracted; shot from northeast shore of Sua Pan, near Nata, Botswana on 2011 July 1 0503 UT;
at the bottom left is Mercury; just above Mercury is a fuzzy patch -- this is M44, the Beehive Cluster in Cancer; shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T1i at 3200 ISO; processed in Deep Sky Stacker and GIMP 2.6

Mercury and the Beehive Cluster (M44)

N 1 B 402 C 0 E Apr 1, 2012 F Apr 1, 2012

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Now that I have adequate computing power, I am re-visiting the larger photos I shot in Botswana this past summer. The sky was processed with Nebulosity 3, and the landscape and sky were combined in GIMP 2.6. The sky is from a stack of 27 exposures that had dark frames subtracted. The moon was in 1st quarter phase and provided a gentle light to the landscape.