The Dark Snake In The Sky

This is probably my favourite image that I have captured so far in my 3 years in doing astrophotography! I loved how it all came together. I found a cool looking area of the Milky Way while exploring my star app (SkyGuide). I was excited to see if I could capture the dark dust lanes with a bright moon overhead. I was getting good five minute subs with amazing guiding as well. Look at all those stars! The moon was at 75% waxing gibbous no filter needed!
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LDN 66 or also called the snake nebula is laying in wait 649 Light years away inside the vast sea of stars from our Milkyway galaxy!

(Gear)
📷Canon T8i
ISO 1000
F/5.6
448mm
31 5min exposures total 2.5hr
🔭Svbony 503 80ed
🔭mount Skywatcher Staradventurer GTI
Zwo ASIAIR mini
asi120mm guide cam/scope
Dithered every 3 frames
25 dark,flat,bias frames
31 light frames

Stacked in deep sky stacker
Processed in Siril,Lightroom and snapseed.