Milky Way Over the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia (Van H. McComas)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Cheleb (βOph) · Eagle Nebula · IC 4701 · IC 4715 · M 16 · M 24 · NGC 6611 · NGC 6727 · Part of the constellation Aquila (Aql) · Part of the constellation Corona Austrina (CrA) · Part of the constellation Ophiuchus (Oph) · Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr) · Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco) · Part of the constellation Serpens (Ser) · Small Sgr Star Cloud · The constellation Scutum (Sct) · The star Ascella (ζSgr) · The star Cebalrai · The star Kaus Australis (εSgr) · The star Lesath (υSco) · The star Media (δSgr) · The star Nunki (σSgr) · The star Rasalhague (αOph) · The star Sabik (ηOph) · The star Shaula (λSco) · The star εSco

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Milky Way Over the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

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Milky Way Over the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

I have waited over a year for the conditions to be right and on Wednesday morning, May 15th, 2019 “all the stars aligned” and I was able to get this image. I had to wait for the 84% Moon to get below 20 degree in the west and the Milky Way to rise and then I had about an hour window for imaging. I only used 30 minutes, starting shooting at 3:20 am and finishing up at 3:50 am. I had to drive 150 miles (241 km) to get to this spot on the Blue Ridge Mountains (38° 4’ 7” North - 78° 48’ 9” West) but it was worth it.

I used the Modified Canon T7i with the Rokinon 16 mm lens, f/2.4, ISO 800, 30 seconds. I shot 21 images but only stacked the last seven where the sky was the darkest.

I hope you enjoy this image of an early morning spring Milky Way.

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RA (center)	18h06m59s.9
RA (top/left)	19h16m29s.6
RA (top/right)	16h50m09s.5
RA (bottom/right)	16h43m25s.4
RA (bottom/left)	19h38m38s.1

Dec (center)	-08°13′06″
Dec (top/left)	+21°23′52″
Dec (top/right)	+19°59′00″
Dec (bottom/right)	-37°37′54″
Dec (bottom/left)	-36°08′03″

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