Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4628  ·  IC 4701  ·  IC 4715  ·  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 24  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  Part of the constellation Ara (Ara)  ·  Part of the constellation Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Sargas (θSco)  ·  Small Sgr Star Cloud  ·  The constellation Telescopium (Tel)  ·  The star Alnasl (γ2Sgr)  ·  The star Girtab  ·  The star Kaus Australis (εSgr)  ·  The star Lesath (υSco)  ·  The star Media (δSgr)  ·  The star Sabik (ηOph)  ·  The star Shaula (λSco)  ·  The star αAra  ·  The star εSco  ·  The star κSco

Image of the day 05/07/2020

Milky Way (Carl Chan), Chan Yat Ping Carl
Milky Way (Carl Chan)
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Milky Way (Carl Chan)

Image of the day 05/07/2020

Milky Way (Carl Chan), Chan Yat Ping Carl
Milky Way (Carl Chan)
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Milky Way (Carl Chan)

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Description

For full resolution, pls refer to http://www.gigapan.com/embeds/UfioCu4jGkw/

This is mosaic image composed of 110 panels. As the photographic trip was not long enough, 2 telescopes were mounted on NJP together for time efficiency.

Telescope:Takahashi FSQ-106 (530mm, F5)

and Epsilon-160 with digital corrector used (530mm, F3.3)

Equatorial mount:Takahashi NJP Temma 2

Camera:SBIG STL11002M (for Epsilon-160), Astro 6D (for FSQ106)

Guiding:OAG with QHY5L-II

Exposure:Mosaic of 10 X 11 Panels,30 minutes each. Both scopes contributed 3 X 5 minutes respectively

Processing:Photoshop CS6,PixInsight

Photographer:Chan Yat Ping (Hog Kong, China)

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Milky Way (Carl Chan), Chan Yat Ping Carl