Milky Way Panorama - 1
This Milky Way panorama was captured using a series of 7 photos shot with a 20mm lens and merged into a single image via Autopano Pro software. Bifrost Observatory is seen in the foreground.
Technical Details
- Object: Milky Way Panorama - 1
- Date/Time: 2012 Jun 22 at 05:02 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Tripod: Manfrotto/Bogen 3001 with Nodal Ninja NN3 MKII RD16 panorama head
- Lens: Nikkor AI 20mm f/2.8
- Camera: Nikon D7000
- Field of View (single frame): 43.1° x 61.1° at 44.6 arc-sec/pixel
- Field of View (panorama): approximately 60° x 141°
- Exposure: 7 x 30s, at f/2.8, ISO 3200
- File Name: MilkyWayPan01v.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Autopano Pro): panoramic stitching software
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Curves, Cropping
- Original Image Size: 6092 × 14350 pixels (87.4 MP); 20.3" x 47.8" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2012 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.