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Community photo entitled  by Alexandru Barbovschi on 08/12/2021 at Between Cobusca Veche and Cobusca Noua, Republic of Moldova

On 08/12/2021 11:30 pm by Alexandru Barbovschi| Between Cobusca Veche and Cobusca Noua, Republic of Moldova

My home country was very lucky this year for the Perseids annual meteor shower, as its peak was between 19 and 22 UTC (and we are currently in +3 timezone). With perfect weather and very nice location (not super dark, Bortle 3, but dark enough to enjoy the show), we were bound to catch quite a few meteors. The busiest area turned out to be the Cygnus constellation, which means it was the right call to point one of my cameras there. I was dreaming about assembling such a composite image for years and here it is, in all of its glory! You can check it out in 4K resolution here: https://flic.kr/p/2mhri9W

Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount
Sony A7S (ISO3200, 30s)
Nikon 50mm 1.4D @ f/2.8

Pre-processed using dark and flats in Siril
Stacked 366 out of 396 frames in Siril
Initial pre-processing in Sirl (BE, CC, SCNR, AS)
Further post-processing in RawTherapee
StarFixer
Final tweaks in RawTherapee
Meteors put back in using GIMP