Summer's Milky Way taken with whole-sky camera


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Date & Time: Jul 2 2022, from 24:52 to 25:10 JST(+0900)
Composed 4 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: SIGMA f=4.5mm EX Circular DC, stop: F2.8
with IDAS LPS-P2-FF light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with EYEBELL CD-1 portable Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
Location: Sendaihira, Tamura city, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
Sensitivity...ISO800



When the Summer's Triangle has the meridian transit around the zenith, the Summer's Milky Way crosses the sky wholly. We can appreciate and enjoy its most magnificent view throughout the year. This whole-sky picture shows you the mid-summer night skies captured under fine weather at a highland.




Scorpius & Milky Way in Summer

Dark lanes around the Great Triangle in summer


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