2023-03-31 C14 Double Cluster

What you see here is the effect of a 75% Moon at +40° degrees Azimuthal (top left glow) while shooting a target that is just above the floodlight that is Bergen City (bottom right glow). This area, Reksteren, gets Bortle Scale 4 or 5 on a moonless night, so this was just bad timing.

But, while I lost the eternal struggle for good astrophotography conditions this time we can still see the Double Cluster clearly in addition to a faint Heart and Soul Nebula, so I made a new attempt the next day!

• Double Cluster
• Heart and Soul Nebula

Metadata

• Location
  • Name: Reksteren, Norway
  • Lat Long: 60.04, 05.42
  • Datetime: March 31st 2023, 00:00
  • Bortle Scale: Class 5
  • Moon Phase: 75%
  • Moon Azimuth: +40°
• Gear
  • Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
  • Lens: Fujifilm 35mm f/1.4
  • Tracking: None/Tripod
• Exposure
  • Aperture: f/2.0
  • Focal Length: 35mm
  • Shutter Speed: 8/1s
  • ISO: 1600
• Processing
  • Light Frames: 39
  • Raw Conversion: RawTherapee
  • Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
  • Total Exposure: 5min 12s
  • Editor: GIMP