Milky Way Through Summer Triangle - 2
The Milky Way passes through the center of the Summer Triangle. This asterism is defined by the three bright stars Altair, Deneb, and Vega, being the brightest stars in the three constellations of Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra.During the summer months, the Summer Triangle is overhead around midnight from mid-northern latitudes.It is also visible during spring in the early morning, and during autumn in the evening sky.The dark rift running down the center of the Milky Way is due to interstellar dust in the plane of our Galaxy.
Another view with a 16mm full frame fisheye lens is available as Milky Way Through The Summer Triangle - 1.
Technical Details
- Object: Milky Way Through The Summer Triangle - 2
- Date/Time: 2012 Jun 15 at 08:42 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Mount: Losmandy G-11 German Equatorial Mount
- Lens: Nikkor AI 20mm f/2.8
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i)
- Field of View: 58.3° x 40.9° at 40.5 arc-sec/pixel (web version: 227 arc-sec/pixel)
- Exposure: 2 x 240s, f/2.8, ISO 800 and 120s, f/2.8, ISO 800 with Cokin A830 Diffusion Filter
- File Name: MilkyWay12-407w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Average Images, Curves, Opacity (with diffusion image)
- 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.
Milky Way Photo Galleries
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