This is a most beautiful region of the sky. We are looking toward the center
of our galaxy, the Milky Way. There are numerous nebulae and star clusters in
this direction.
The dark shadow near the lower left edge of the image is the top of a tree.
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• Date: July 29, 2003
• Exposure: 30 + 30 minutes
• 50 mm lens @ f/4 piggybacked on LX200
• Guiding: SBIG STV
• Camera: Olympus OM-1
• Film: Kodak Supra 400 (non-starburst)
• Scanned: Hewlett Packard S20
• Processing: Images combined using RegiStar, adjusted curves and levels in Adobe Photoshop 6, noise reduction with SGBNR
• Ambient conditions: 59° F, 79% R.H.