Brief Description   This image shows you a star field of southern skies when the Scorpius had meridian transit. The Milky Way around here includes complicated dark lanes, we can enjoy it with binoculars.

Photography Condition
Date & Time... Apr 27, 2012, from 25:08 to 25:33 JST(+0900)
   4 shots composed with 8min. exposed
Optical... TAMRON AF 17-50mmF2.8 (f=17mm, F3.2)
   with Kenko PRO Softon A filter
   Autu-guided with EYEBELL CD-1 portable equatorial
Digital Camera... Nikon D80 (Remodeled)
   (ISO800, recorded in 12bit CCD-RAW format)
Location... Koumi town, Nagano pref.