Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4701  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 7  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6383  ·  NGC 6475  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6604  ·  Part of the constellation Capricornus (Cap)  ·  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)  ·  The constellation Scutum (Sct)  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star Ascella (ζSgr)  ·  The star Kaus Australis (εSgr)  ·  The star Kaus Borealis (λSgr)  ·  The star Media (δSgr)  ·  The star Nunki (σSgr)  ·  The star Sabik (ηOph)  ·  The star ζOph  ·  The star τSco  ·  rho Oph nebula
Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park, Kurt Zeppetello
Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park
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Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park

Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park, Kurt Zeppetello
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Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park

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The next stop was in Glacier National Park. This provided another opportunity to image the Milky Way. As before, I used the standard Canon 18-55mm lens set at 18mm but also took a total of eleven 30 second exposures and stacked them in DSS. However, the image color was way of whack - I tried playing around with it but just could not get it look as pleasing as the single exposure. Oh Well!

While I was imaging these I was scanning the heart of the galaxy with my 10 x 50 binoculars and was amazed at the clusters and nebulae that we usually just image. As shown on the annotated version, lots of objects are visible in this image. Although the color is not there when looking at them live with the binoculars, they incredibly stunning and glisten in the sea of stars.

MW-3 and MW-4

Location: Glacier National Park, MT

Date: 7-24-19

Camera: Canon T3i/600D modified

Lens: Canon EF 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Focal Length: 18mm

f/3.5

Mount: iOptron SkyGuider Pro on a Manfrotto Tripod

Filter: none

Autoguiding: none

Exposure: 1 x 30s

ISO: 1600

Processing: Photoshop, Lightroom, PixInsight

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Milky Way Images - Glacier National Park, Kurt Zeppetello