Milky Way & a Shooting star


Date & Time: Jul 24 1995, 24:30 JST(+0900), 30min. Exp.
Optical: SIGMA MF f=24mm F2.8, Aperture: F2.8
Auto-guided with VIXEN New-Polaris Equatorial
Camera: MINOLTA XD
Film: Fujicolor Super G Ace 400
Location: Satomi vil., Ibaraki pref.


 A bright meteor with a brightness of about -2nd magnitude appeared crossing the Milky Way in summer beyond the thin clouds. We can appreciate many meteors in summer night represented by the Perseids meteor shower.



Cygnus to Sagittarius
Central Region in the Galaxy

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