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Milky Way taken with whole-sky camera

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Released date: Sep 10, 2004
Revised date: Jan 14, 2025


Brief Description   An all-sky fisheye lens captures the summer and winter Milky Way as it crosses the night sky. On the left is the summer Milky Way, captured when the Great Triangle in summer reaches its zenith, making it the most spectacular sight to see throughout the year. On the right is the pale winter Milky Way that crosses Orion and other lively constellations.

Photography Condition
Date & Time
   (Left) Jul 2 2022, from 24:52 to 25:10 JST(+0900), 6min.×4shots
   (Right) Oct 29, 2022, from 26:49 to 27:14 JST(+0900), 5min.×6shots
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-a portable Equatorial
Digital Camera... Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled)
   (ISO800, recorded in 14bit CCD-RAW)
Location... (Left) Tamura city, Fukushima pref. (Right) Furudono town, Fukushima pref.




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