===== Night Sky Images - 18/09/2021 =====

Mainly clear skies; very light cloud cover but a significant amount of moonlight (2 days away from Harvest Moon). Some clearer images from this night, including very bright images of Altair, Vega and Deneb just above the tree-tops in the garden.

Gear:
  * Canon EOS 200D
  * Tokina AT-X Pro SD 11-16mm f/2.8 (IF) DX
  * Tripod

Weather:
  * Clear

Location:
  * Garden

Software
  * [[https://www.rawtherapee.com/|Rawtherapee]] - RAW file importing, optical correction & image processing
  * GIMP - RAW/TIF to JPEG, cropping

==== Images ====

Unaltered JPEG images (embedded in RAW originals) on the right, processed images from the RAW files on the left.

Looking West/South-West, **Altair** visible between the tops of the top branches of the two central trees. //F/2.8, 11mm, ISO400, 20s exposure, RAW+JPEG shooting//:

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Over-head shot of Altair, Vega and Deneb. //F/2.8, 11mm, ISO800, 20s exposure, RAW+JPEG shooting//:

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Looking West/South-West, another image of the Summer Triangle, a little less light pollution this time. //F/2.8, 11mm, ISO800, 20s exposure, RAW+JPEG shooting//:

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Looking back east at other constellations. //F/2.8, 11mm, ISO800, 20s exposure, RAW+JPEG shooting//:

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