Aiming at the Milky Way

Part 2 Sceneries in dark night

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Date & Time:	May 4 2022, 25:47 JST(+0900), 1min. exposed
Optical:	SIGMA 15mm EX Fish-eye, stop: F4.0
Digital Camera:	Nikon D810A
Location:	Koumi town, Nagano pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(7360×4912)
	Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
	Sensitivity...ISO1600, White Balance...Daylight

I took this snap on a midnight of early May when the summer Milky Way had the meridian transit. In that night, I was taking star-field images with equatorial mounts; all cameras had aimed at the Milky Way in lower southern skies.

Arcturus in the evening sky

Rising Orion over Pacific ocea

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