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MILKY WAY CORE - Visible in this image is the bulge at the center of our home galaxy. When this part of the Milky Way rises up from the southeast, we can explore some of the most interesting objects to be found in the night sky. There are luminous star clouds, star clusters as well as dark, emission and diffuse nebulae. Run your cursor over the image to see the location of the Galactic Core. The morning I took this image, there had been a fierce lightning storm earlier that night. Once the clouds lifted, the sky presented with such clarity that I was able to get a terrific shot. This was one of those nights when the glow of the Milky Way cast shadows.
I 'piggy-backed' my Canon 10D digital SLR on my Takahashi FS 102 and set the exposure for about 6 minutes at ISO 800 and 90mm at f/5.6 Processed in Photoshop Imaged May 6th, 2005 at Zodiac Ranch Observatory, Ft. Davis TX
STAR CLOUDS IN SAGITTARIUS - Looking towards the center of our home, The Milky Way Galaxy, we can see some dense star clouds. The brightest star near center is Kaus Meridianalis, a red giant nearing the end of it's lifetime. There are some dark nebulae obscuring light from sections of the star clouds. North is to the left. This image is a good example of a "happy accident". I wanted to experiment with using a regular camera lens on my CCD camera instead of a telescope to get a wider field of view. I used a 50mm 1:1.8 Zuiko lens. The aperture of the 50mm lens was not enough to fully resolve the millions of stars in this image, so they clumped up a bit. L15/R15/G15/B15 no binning Imaged at Zodiac Ranch Fort Davis, TX May 2003
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