Milky Way over Tatra Mountain

Image Title: Milky Way over Tatra Mountain

Copyright: Water mark is already included in the photo

Date image was taken: April 29, 2025

Location: Łapszanka

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Image Description and Details: Picture shows the Milky Way Center rising over the Tatra Mountain in the Łapszanka pass in southern Poland. For night sky enthusiasts visiting this place at least once a year has probably become a kind of custom in Poland. For me, it is also a form of "Tradition". However it's a very pitty as this wonderful place is being year by year more polluted by lights and I am afraid in a couple of years astrophotography from this place will not be possible any more. Anyhow we can admire here beautifully glowing red Nebulas in the milky way center and the most colorful area of the night sky, Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex with Rho Ophiuchi nebula and majestic Zeta Ophiuchi nebula ( right top corner ). This picture is a fragment of a larger panorama consisting of three sky panels and three foreground panels taken with Sigma Art 50mm f1.4(f2.8).
Additionally, I applied a layer of hydrogen on it, which at this focal length did a really great job, especially on Zeta Ophiuchi.

Equipment Details: Canon R mod
Sigma Art 50mm f.1.4 (f2.8)
Sky, 3 panels, each 3x20s, ISO3200, f2.8.
Foreground 3 panels, each 2x45s, ISO8000, f5.6
Sky Ha 1 panel, 12x180sec, ISO3200, f2.8.
Tracked by - MSM Nomad

Name: Marcin Rosadziński

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