The image was obtained with a usual mechanical camera and lens of normal focal length (50mm).
Guiding was done on a Super Polaris mount. The place is in the Hakos mountains
of Namibia, southern Africa.
Processing
The conventional photography was digitized to about 20 megapixels and a color depth
of 3 x 12 Bits.
Digital image processing improved the quality of the image dramatically.
The main steps are the subtraction of the terrestrial skybackground and following contrast enhancement.
Image Size and Resolution
Shown are reduced resolutions with a size of 512 x 342 pixels and 1024 x 683 pixels.
If you are seriously interested in higher resolutions and accept our
copyright, feel
free to contact us by
email.
The special object sections do have a higher resolution, but are
are limited to a smaller size of 255 x 255 pixels,
equivalent to 3o x 3o in the sky.
