Milky Way Mosaic - Aquila Through Cygnus
The Milky Way from Aquila through Vulpecula and Cygnus is captured in this multiple image mosaic. The dark rift running down the center of the Milky Way is due to interstellar dust in the plane of our Galaxy. This section of the Milky Way is best seen during the summer and early fall, and can only be appreciated from a dark sky location.
The bright star near the top is Vega in the constellation Lyra. Together with Deneb (in Cygnus) and Altair (in Aquila), the three stars form the asterism known as the Summer Triangle (see diagram to the right).Another view with a 20mm wide angle lens ia available as Milky Way Through The Summer Triangle - 2 .
For another view of the same region see Milky Way and Bifrost Observatory. The above image is part of a larger Milky Way Mosaic - Sagittarius Through Cygnus.Other Milky Way mosaics include Sagittarius Through Scutum and Scutum Through Vulpecula.
Technical Details
- Object: Milky Way Mosaic - Aquila Through Cygnus
- Date/Time: 2012 Jun 14 at 07:56 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Mount: Losmandy G-11 German Equatorial Mount
- Lens: Nikkor AI 35mm f/2
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i)
- Exposure: 4-Frame Mosaic, each consisting of: 2 x 240s, f/2.8, ISO 800 and 120s, f/2.8, ISO 800 with Cokin A830 Diffusion Filter
- File Name: MilkyWayMos12-03w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Average Images, Curves, Opacity (with diffusion image)
- Processing (Autopano Pro): panoramic stitching software
- Original Image Size: 7900 × 5200 pixels (41.1 MP); 26.3" x 18.0" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2012 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
Milky Way Photo Galleries
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