Milky Way (Tim Ellison)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Aquila (Aql) · Contains: 19 Sgr) · 3 Lyr) · 34 Sgr) · 35 Oph) · 38 Sgr) · 50 Aql) · 53 Aql) · 53 Cyg) · 55 Oph) · 60 Oph) · Al Janah (ε Cyg · Eagle Nebula · Fidis · Gienah Cygni · IC 4715 · Kaus Meridionalis · M 16 · M 24 · Media (δ Sgr · NGC 6611 · NGC 6960 · Part of the constellation Capricornus (Cap) · Part of the constellation Cygnus (Cyg) · Part of the constellation Delphinus (Del) · Part of the constellation Hercules (Her) · Part of the constellation Ophiuchus (Oph) · Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr) · Part of the constellation Serpens (Ser) · Reda (γ Aql · Sadira (σ Sgr · And 18 more.

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This shot was a bit of an accident. I had set up on the beach to try to photograph the core region of our galaxy hanging above the sea. I set the timer going to take what I thought was a set of ten exposures of two minutes each. But when I came back a bit later I discovered that I must have fumbled the settings, and it was taking one continuous exposure of indefinite length. It had been running for about 22 minutes by the time I realised this and switched it off.

You can imagine my surprise when I looked at the result and saw how (relatively) good it was. The polar alignment must have been a lot more accurate than I imagined!

AstroBin seems to only want to provide very minimalist labelling of the picture, so with apologies I will leave you to figure out what it shows!

If only I could do something about the severe murkiness in the lower part of the picture. Of course I know the answer to that - travel further south!

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