Gigapixels of Milky Way: a 4K voyage across the galactic center

PRINTS AVAILABLE AT: - up to 2 meters (78“) in width! Instagram: - follow me for more astrophotography! View the image in full size in your browser: --- Contents --- 00:08 - Introduction 00:48 - Image tour 06:36 - Behind the scenes 07:22 - Credits --- Technical data --- Telescopes: 2x Takahashi Epsilon 130D (focal length 430 mm, f/3.3) Cameras: 2x Nikon D810A Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding & exposure control: Lacerta MGEN Location: Tivoli Astro-Farm, Namibia Date & time: 13th May 2021, from 0h15m to 4h30m Exposure: 110 x 4 minutes at ISO 400 bias and flat frames Processing: DeepSkyStacker, MS ICE, Photoshop CC Massive thanks to Maciej Pawłowski for letting me use his telescope for this project, as well as putting together the amazing background track for the video. Maciej’s channel: