The Milky Way
RA:-- -- --, Dec:+-- -- --, mag: -.-, Size:--'x--', Dist: ---- l.y.
The Milky Way in Cygnus.
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The Milky Way in Sagittarius.
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Animation of The Milky Way in Sagittarius (about 30s between each frame).
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| Object: | In the summer the Milky Way can, in the northern hemisphere, be seen running through Cygnus down to Sagittarius quite easily if the skies are reasonably dark. The Milky Way is our home galaxy, the milky way being the spiral arms and the dust lanes. The whole galaxy is about 120,000 ly across, with the Sun being about 30,000 ly from the centre - the bright core of the galaxy. (The bright "star", lower left in the Sagittarius images, is Jupiter.) | |
| Exposure: | 13x20s, ISO: 1600 | |
| Equipment: | Canon 40D (unmodified), Sigma 28mm lens. Fixed tripod. | |
| Location: | 24th Jun. 2008 21:00 UT, Island of Symi, Greece. | |
| Processing: | Images aligned in MaximDL and stretched in PhotoshopCS. | |