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Summer Milky Way 2020, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
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Summer Milky Way 2020

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Summer Milky Way 2020, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
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Summer Milky Way 2020

Acquisition details

Dates:
April 30, 2020
Frames:
60×60(1h)
Integration:
1h
Avg. Moon age:
7.03 days
Avg. Moon phase:
46.24%

RA center: 17h05m46s.7

DEC center: -20°4729

Pixel scale: 35.197 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -9.937 degrees

Field radius: 28.884 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 5000x3332

File size: 15.7 MB

Locations: HAS Dark Site, Columbus, TX, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

Celebrating annual re-appearance of the best part of the night sky!

Quite low above the horizon here in Texas, so I had to fight lots of strong parasitic gradients. Still worth it IMO.

Dreaming of imaging this area from Southern hemisphere someday!

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Summer Milky Way 2020, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura