Start Date/Time: July 17,2010 10:15pm PDT
End Date/Time: July 18, 201012:17 am PDT

Location: St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Central Saanich, BC, Canada

This wide field photo of the tail end of Cygnus was taken from a church field as a test for a potential dark site. Yard lights and heavy dew proved to be a challenge. The dew in particular meant I had to eliminate half the shots taken during the session. Despite these obstacles, the resultant photos turned out amazingly well.

This photo is the full frame from the original showing (L to R): NGC7000 region: North America Nebula, IC5070 Pelican Nebula. Sadr region: IC1311, IC1318, NGC6888 Crescent Nebula

Imaging
Camera: Hutech-modified Canon T2i dSLR utilizing an IDAS UIBAR-III filter
Telescope/Mount: Canon 70-200mm L series zoom operating at 70mm f/4, Astrotrac tracking mount on a Manfrotto 055 tripod.
Exposures: 24x1min light frames; 15 dark frames;
ISO: 1600

Processing

Canon Digital Photo Pro 3.8.1.0 - digital development from RAW to TIFF
ImagesPlus 3.82 x64: Calibration using Colour at Capture WB + dark frames; Normalize; Grade; Align: semi-auto shift/rotate; Combine - Excluded Min/Max Average. Digital Development: modest contrast stretch.
ACDSee Pro 3: Convert to jpg