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Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shutter Speed: 299/1 second
F Number: F/4.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Date Picture Taken: May 12, 2007, 5:39:30 PM

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The Milky Way Galaxy lives up to its name in the summer skies just outside of Landers, CA. This ghostly band of light stretches across most of the sky - the combined light of billions of stars sliced down the middle by the Great Rift of opaque dust and gas that may fuel the formation of future stars eons from now. From May through September, the central bulge of the Milky Way - in the constellations of Sagittarius and Ophiuchus - rises just above the southern horizon. The radiant planet Jupiter shines just to the west of a dark formation known as the Pipe Nebula while reddish Antares - the heart of Scorpius and rival of Mars - lies just inside the lower right edge of the frame.

5 minute exposure at ISO 800. Canon 300D (unmodified), Takahashi Teegul Sky Patrol II tracking mount.
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thats well cool :)

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Amazing! You must have so little light pollution!

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Yo mama\'s so fat, that from some line of sight, she\'s gravitationally lensing a quasar.
WOW That's just great :)

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Stunning.

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One of the greatest galaxies seems to be our own =D

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lucky us :D

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Yeah. Too bad we need some crazy apertures and moving tripods to see it properly.

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