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The Milky Way center is a field rich in
nebulosity and clusters. The enormous amount of stars would send us a lot
of light if there were not the dust clouds that absorb it. In fact the
geometrical Milky Way center is in a field with a little stars, at top-center.
The two major costellations visible in the image are the Sagittarius (at
left) and the Scorpius (at right).
The image is a mosaic of two frames.
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| Optics | Photographical objective |
| Focal Lenght | 50 mm |
| Focal Ratio | f/2,8 |
| Exposure Time | 7 min exposure |
| Film | Kodak E200 |
| Developement sensibility | 200 ISO |
| Location | Colle del Nivolet (AO, in the Italian Alps) at 2600m |
| Date and time of exposure start | 9 july 1999, 22.20 UT |
| Mount | Meade 8" |
| Tracking | Manual at 166x |
| Notes | It was developed at only
200 ISO instead of 640, even if I recommend it to the photo lab...
Diffusor filter. |
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