Milky Way

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Sky Location

The chart above shows where this image sits on the night sky. The yellow outline is its field of view, with the picture itself drawn at its true orientation; north is up and east is left. Click the chart to zoom in, and use "open full resolution" for the full-size chart.

Image Details

Moon Phase:Waxing Crescent
Camera:Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics:160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Filter:NoFilter
Date:2026-05-21
Number of images:682
Exposure per image:20 s
Total imaging time:3 h 47 min

PixInsight Processing

  1. Fast Integration
  2. Drizzle Integration
  3. BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)
  4. GraXpert (gradient removal)
  5. Spectrophotometric Color Calibration
  6. NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise)
  7. Multiscale Adaptive Stretch
  8. SCNR
  9. Curves Transformation

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Annotated Image

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Sky Location

The chart above shows where this image sits on the night sky. The yellow outline is its field of view, with the picture itself drawn at its true orientation; north is up and east is left. Click the chart to zoom in, and use "open full resolution" for the full-size chart.

Image Details

Moon Phase:Waxing Crescent
Camera:Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics:160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Filter:NoFilter
Date:2026-05-21
Number of images:682
Exposure per image:20 s
Total imaging time:3 h 47 min

PixInsight Processing

  1. Fast Integration
  2. Drizzle Integration
  3. BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)
  4. GraXpert (gradient removal)
  5. Spectrophotometric Color Calibration
  6. NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise)
  7. Multiscale Adaptive Stretch
  8. SCNR
  9. Curves Transformation

Click the image to zoom in (4 steps), then again for full view · open full resolution

Image Details

Moon Phase:Waxing Crescent
Camera:Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics:160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Filter:NoFilter
Date:2026-05-21
Number of images:682
Exposure per image:20 s
Total imaging time:3 h 47 min

PixInsight Processing

  1. Fast Integration
  2. Drizzle Integration
  3. BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)
  4. GraXpert (gradient removal)
  5. Spectrophotometric Color Calibration
  6. NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise)
  7. Multiscale Adaptive Stretch
  8. SCNR
  9. Curves Transformation

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