Terence Galuszka Astrophotography
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The Galactic Centre
Interested in a Print?
Can you spot the Galactic Kiwi? Hint... he's upside down and his
beak is top centre. Clearly...
Our northern hemisphere friends refer to this dark nebula as the pipe
nebula. Also visible in this photo is the tail of scorpius, M7, M16 and
many other celestial highlights. However due to scale and bright dust
clouds, these stars get washed into the dust clouds of the milkyway.
Behind the dust clouds is a super-massive black hole known as
Sagittarius A. Sgr A.
This shot is an example of wide angle digital astrophotography in the
most simplest form. I mounted a Canon 300D to the dovetail rail of a
C11, pointed towards the galactic centre and took a 1 minute exposure.
No darks, bias or light frames. There's a lot of noise and more than a
few dead pixels, but I hope a few of you will think about giving this a
go. Taken with an very average $200 digital SLR, this represents the
cheapest and easiest way to capture images of the night sky.
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Technical Details
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Date |
August 2009 |
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Location |
Phoenix Astronomy Clubrooms Ahiaruhe Wairapara |
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Optics |
35mm camera lense |
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Mount |
Celestron CGE |
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Camera |
Canon 300D |
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Filters |
SN/A |
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Exposure |
1 minute light |
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Acquisition |
By Eye |
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Processing |
Photoshop CS3 |
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