Southern Milky Way

This is the Southern part of Milky Way visible from Northern Italy (lat. +45°). Thanks to the darkness of the sky it's visible the bulge of our galaxy, in Sagittarius, and also the bifurcation of the Milky Way in Aquila. The brightest object low in the horizon is Mars, near Antares.
You can also see this image at higher resolution 1600x1000 pix (300Kb).

See also the detail of Mars and the Scorpion imaged with a 50mm.
 

Technical Data
Optics Photographical objective
Focal Lenght 16 mm
Focal Ratio f/4
Exposure Time 20 min exposure
Film Kodak E200
Developement sensibility 320 ISO
Location Colle del Nivolet (AO, on the Alps, ITALY) at 2600m
Date and time of exposure start 20 july 2001, 23.00 UT
Mount Meade 8"
Tracking -
Notes The red lights in the right-bottom corner are from the telescope of my friend Giampiero.


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