Object: The Central Milky Way Galaxy - Right Side
Exposure: Single 45 minutes
Processing: Film processed and scanned at PDQ in Las Cruces
Telescope: Meade 10" LX200 (piggyback platform)
Guiding: SC modified webcam and GuideDog
Camera: Pentax 6x7medium format camera using a Pentax 105mm f/2.4 lens @ f/4.
Film: 120 Kodak E200 (pushed one stop)
Location: Texas Star Party - Ft. Davis, Tx
Date: 5/5/05
Processing: Adjusted levels and curves in PhotoShop and boosted the color saturation 20%.
Comments:  This is the right part of the hub of our galaxy. The bright regions are the countless stars that make up the center of the galaxy.  The dark areas are clouds of dust obscuring the stars behind them.  The bright red regions are emission nebula and the multicolored region at the top is a mixture of reflection and emission nebula centered around the star Antares.

© Dave Dockery 2005