pleiades and witch head nebula

[Ben]

The Pleiades

 

Acquisition details:

• 140 x 30 sec subs @ ISO1600 f4.5 1 x flat frame
• Nikon Ai ED IF 300/4.5 lens
• Sony A7rII
• Skywatcher - Star Adventurer 
• Shot in star park Eifel @ Vogelsang - Germany (bortle 5) on 30th of December 2016 from 1910h to 2220h

[Ben]

The Witch Head Nebula

 

Acquisition details:

• 110 x 30 sec subs @ ISO1600 f4.5 1 x flat frame
• Nikon Ai ED IF 300/4.5 lens
• Sony A7rII
• Skywatcher - Star Adventurer with counter weight
• Shot in rural Germany (bortle 6/7) on 29th of December 2016 from 2000h to 2150h

I was happy to see some nebula details until I saw the NASA version. Focus was slightly off and I think that is the reason I was not able to bring out better star colors. The lateral chromatic aberrations mixed with the actual star color to form one single and false color disc. I hope you like it despite my errors in the field.

 

[porterbasset]

Pretty cool that you captured the nebula.

 

The Pleiades​ shot is fantastic!