| NOTES |
DATE:
|
Thursday,
September 13, 2007 |
TIME:
|
9:49
pm CDT
|
CAMERA:
|
Canon
EOS 300D Digital Rebel (unmodified) |
EXPOSURE:
|
5
minutes @ ISO 800 |
LOCATION:
|
Jim
Edgar Panther Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Dark
Skies Star Party |
INSTRUMENT:
|
18 -
55 mm Zoom Lens (set at 18 mm) |
PROCESSING:
|
Levels
and curves adjusted with Adobe
Photoshop 7.0
|
COMMENTS:
|
The
Cygnus Star Cloud is the bright oval patch above the
center. Separating the star cloud and the other half of the Milky Way
is the Great Rift. The Rift extends all the way to the constellation
Sagittarius. |
