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Milky way in Cygnus, 12th August 2007

 

72 of the photos I took for the Perseid meteors have now been processed together through GRIP's astro-process to make a composite image. The result shows the Milky way quite clearly, including dark areas caused by interstellar dust clouds:

Photo of Milky way in the Cygnus region

Canon EOS5D 24-105mm lens @ 24mm 72 x 30s f/4 ISO400 2007:11:07 20:26 - 20:42

Here is a diagram to help interpretation of the photo above:

Diagram of prioncipal stars in the photo above
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