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 12 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 341 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 the full resolution of the original scan,
but of course are limited to a smaller size of 255 x 255 pixels, equivalent to
3o x 3o in the sky.