Southern Milky Way at Anza

 

     The southern section of the Milky Way Galaxy is always a treat to see visually as it contains the brightest and central core section of our galaxy.  Under very dark skies the Milky Way overhead can cast a shadow from one body against the ground.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
Sigma 28mm f2.8 @ f4.5 Nikon F PMZ1000 30 min Piggybacked on 10" SCT Minolta Scan Dual II Levels in PS Anza (OCA site), CA 3/24/01

Comments: Fair seeing.  Nice to relax and not have to fight the challenges of long focal length guiding for a change!