| Views of the Milkyway - our own Galaxy |  |
| Size (at maximum): 3° x 30' Magnitude (at maximum): 0.00 |
| Scope: | 200mm f/6 Newtonian on German Equatorial Mount - piggi-backed 50 mm f/5.6 photo lens |
| Imaging Method: | prime focus |
| Camera/CCD: | Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel) |
| Location: | Newcastle, Australia |
| Condition: | Seeing: 6/10 - Transparency: 7/10 |
| Exposure: | The camera was piggybacked for 2 x 5 min. exposures of Milky Way at ISO200. Then camera was hand held at the end of the telescope tube for a 30-sec exposure at ISO1600 from inside my observatory. The image was then composed over the Milky Way image to give an image that shows the actual size, orientation, and placement of the Milky Way at the time the images were taken. |
| Description: | no filters. All images stacked with Photoshop, quarter Moon setting |
| Photographer: | Paul Mayo, 21.08.2004
photo ranked: 7.16 with 58 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50) |
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