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The Milky Way (1)


The Milky Way (1)
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Copyright: Shahar Ben Varon (shaharbv) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 53 W: 3 N: 29] (133)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-21
Categories: Sky
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 II
Exposure: f/2.5
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-04-23 7:17
Viewed: 1168
Points: 6
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The Milky Way

Photo information:
The photo was taken in the Negev, which is mostly uninhabited desert and thus it has good sky clearness. The photo was taken using a "Barn Door" device for tracking stars (Earth's) movement. This photo is one of my first impressive astrophotography and I expect that more and better will come.
You can also look at my moon photo here
You can also look at the Workshop of this photo, which includes the objects numbers from Messier's catalog.

About the Milky Way (from Wikipedia):
"The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy of the Local Group. Although the Milky Way is but one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe (between 1×1010 and 8×1010), the Galaxy has special significance to humanity as it is the home of the Solar System. The Greek philosopher Democritus (450 BC–370 BC) was the first known person to claim that the Milky Way consists of distant stars.
The term "milky" originates from the hazy band of white light appearing across the celestial sphere visible from Earth, which comprises stars and other material lying within the galactic plane. The galaxy appears brightest in the direction of Sagittarius, towards the galactic center. Relative to the celestial equator, the Milky Way passes as far north as the constellation of Cassiopeia and as far south as the constellation of Crux, indicating the high inclination of Earth's equatorial plane and the plane of the ecliptic relative to the galactic plane. The fact that the Milky Way divides the night sky into two roughly equal hemispheres indicates that the solar system lies close to the galactic plane."

Post-Processing:
1. Levels
2. Curves

Additional EXIF information:
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
DateTime - 2007:04:21 02:25:39
ExposureTime - 242 seconds
FNumber - 2.50
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExifVersion - 0221
ApertureValue - F 2.50
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 1.80
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 50 mm
ExifImageWidth - 160
ExifImageHeight - 120
ExposureMode - Manual
Macro mode - Off
Self timer - Off
Quality - Normal
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - MF
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - High , +1
Sharpness - Normal
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Manual
Focal length - 50 - 50 mm (1 mm)
White Balance - Sunny
Image Type - CRW:EOS DIGITAL REBEL CMOS RAW
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Single word to express - Beautiful

TFS
Karthek

amazing and impressive shot, shahar! :-)
i guess there are not many shots from the milky way here on TN.
terrific details - and that with 50mm and 242 seconds exposure time? i am not familiar with the technique though, have to do some "research" on that.
great job & looking forward to the ones to come, thorsten.

Hi Shahar,
This is beautiful and mighty! Very fine and impressive photo.

Regards, Peter

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