Mars in the Milky Way

NOTES DATE: Thursday, May 17, 2001 FILM: Kodak LE400 EXPOSURE: 60 minutes LOCATION: Texas Star Party (Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas) INSTRUMENT: 28 mm lens @ f/4 piggybacked on 10" LX200 PROCESSING: Negative scanned with Epson Perfection 3200 scanner.  Further enhancements made with Adobe Photoshop 7. COMMENTS: Our home galaxy as seen within. The bright red "star" near the top is the planet Mars. To the left of Mars is the Lagoon Nebula (M8). The red glow at the bottom is the result of TSP observers moving around in the dark for one hour using red lights.