Leica M11 summilux35mm asph Milky Way stack from pre industrial skies In British Columbia

[JOE58BC]

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Stack of 10 short exposure images with no star tracking. Amazing you get the snow illuminated in the mouintains just from sky glow as there is no light pollution in this area of BC

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[gbealnz]

Splendid. I'd always assumed that the 35mm (and many others) would suffer from coma etc, especially in the corners. Was this wide open or stopped down?

Wonderful shot.

[JOE58BC]

Down one stop. I could have corrected the small amount of star trail and coma in Pixinsite getting sharp stars but left it. It is the illumination of the mountains from skyglow and milky way that impressed me. 

[stuny]

Lovely

[KateStarr]

Lovely! I still use my Sony for astro photos, but would love to use my Leica instead. Did you edit to B&W because of the color noise? What program did you use for the image stacking?

Thanks!

[JOE58BC]

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Did you edit to B&W because of the color noise? What program did you use for the image stacking?

I am working on another version. First this is from the M11M so no conversion and full 60mp. Single image is not bad it is just with short exposures to minimize star movement I thought stacking would be fun. I did mess up a bit I think I could have pushed the ISO more with this camera. I used Pixinsite to stack sky the as I have done lots of actual astrophotography in the past. I will post a more polished image and one in color from my M10.