Milky Way and Bifrost Observatory - 1
The summer Milky Way rises high in the sky at midnight during June and July. It passes through some of the brighter summer constellations including Scorpius, andSagittarius.In the foreground are the Chiricahua Mountains and Bifrost Observatory in southeastern Arizona. During the exposure, Bifrost was briefly illuminated by a car's red tail lights.
Technical Details
- Object: Milky Way and Bifrost Observatory - 1
- Date/Time: 2012 Jun 16 at 09:45 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Mount: Losmandy G-11 German Equatorial Mount
- Lens: Nikkor AI 16mm f/2.8 (full frame fisheye)
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i)
- Exposure: 60s, f/2.8, ISO 3200
- File Name: MilkyWay12-513w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Curves
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2012 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.