Object: Dust Clouds in the Galactic Hub
Date: 6/07/08, 1-2am CST
Location:Texas Star Party - near Fort Davis, Tx.
Guiding: Camera was mounted side by side on a G11 mount with a TV85 refractor guided using an ST10.
Camera: Modified Canon 350XT using a Canon 100mm lens stopped to f/3.5
Exposure: 12 x 5 minutes, ISO800
Processing: Registered and stacked (Sigma Clipped Median) in ImagesPlus. Final levels and curves in PS. 
Comments: This is an amazing area of the summer sky looking into the heart of our galaxy. The dark area running across the image is a band of swirling dust known as the Great Rift. The dark area in the upper left part of the image is part of the Pipe Nebula.

© Dave Dockery 2008