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The Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years across and is a spiral galaxy. Our solar system, which is home to our earth, lays on one of the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way. In this picture we are looking straight back into the centre of our galaxy.

This picture was taken in Australia on a cattle farm about 200 km north west of Sydney. The cattle farm is 25 km² and its dark sky location makes it a very good location for Astrophotography.


Date                     6^th October 2004 9.15 pm

Exposure Time              2 minutes

F-stop                   5.6

ISO                       1600

Camera                 Canon EOS Kiss

Scope / Lens              55mm Canon EFS

Method ? Piggy backed camera on motor driven mount. Images processes and enhanced in Adobe PhotoShop.