Milky Way in Scutum to Sagittarius


Date & Time: Jul 4 1998, 25:52 JST(+0900), 15min. Exp.
Optical: MD Rokkor f=50mm F1.4, Aperture: F2.8
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera: MINOLTA XD
Film: Ektachrome E200
Location: Subashiri halfway up Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka pref.


 This image has captured the Milky Way from northern Sagittarius to Scutum with a standard photo-lens. A bright region in center has been called the "Star-cloud in Scutum", our eyes can detect that the region looks like a bright but dimmed cloud. Several dark nebulae have been distributed in north and south of the clouds, an interesting field viewing through a portable binocular.



The flowing Milky Way in summer
Milky Way & Rising Dawn Moon

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