Milky Way Through Sagittarius and Scorpius
The brightest parts of the Milky Way pass through Sagittarius and Scorpius. The Chiricahua Mountains are seen in the foreground.
Technical Details
- Object: Milky Way Through Sagittarius and Scorpius
- Date/Time: 2012 Jun 15 at 07:42 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: MilkyWay12-404w.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.
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