Fisheye: Milky Way - Midnight
This full-sky (circular fisheye lens) image shows the southern Milky Way in the early evening just astronomical twilight ends (oriented with North up) from northern Chile in mid-April. The diagram to the right identifies key features in the photograph.
The brightest part of Milky Way passing through Sagittarius and Scorpius corresponds to the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The very bright "star" above the Milky Way is the planet Jupiter which passes through opposition on May 8.
The section of the Milky Way running through lower right is only visible from the Southern Hemisphere. It includes the constellations of Centaurus, Crux (Southern Cross), and Carina. The fuzzy patch on light near the southern horizon (bottom) is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Around the horizon is the faint greenish glow of airglow, a faint emission from Earth's atmosphere.
Technical Details
- Object: Fisheye: Milky Way - Midnight
- Date/Time: 2018 Apr 16 at 04:52 UTC
- Location: Atacama Lodge, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
- Mount: iOptron iEQ30 Pro GEM
- Lens: Sigma 8mm Circular Fisheye f/2.8
- Camera: Nikon D750
- Field of View: 180° x 180°
- Exposure: 1 x 240s, f/4, ISO 1600
- File Name: FishEye18-1032w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Lightroom): White Balance, Curves, Noise Reduction
- Original Image Size: 4016 × 4016 pixels (16.0 MP); 13.4" x 13.4" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2018 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.