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Object Info
Object Name	The Milky Way Galaxy
Type	Spiral Galaxy
Centered at	RA: 17h 49m 27s Dec: -28°55'49"
Constellations	From Norma (South/Left) to Scutum (North/Right)
Distance	Approximately 26,000 light years from the galactic center
Image Field	Approx 75.5 x 18 degrees
Image scale	28 arcsecond per pixel
Notes	A 28-tile mosaic taken over six nights.
Taken from:	2004 Queensland Astrofest. Camp Duckadang. 153:23.54E 25:56.8S
On:	9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th-08-2004.

Image Info
Lens	50mm Asahi Super-Takumar down three stops.
Focal Length	50mm
Mounting	Losmandy G11
Computer control	Astrometric Instruments Skywalker II
CCD camera	SBIG ST10xe
Camera cooling	Regulated Thermoelectric with dry 2nd-stage.
Camera pixels	2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Processed with:	Mira Ap 6, Maxim DL, Photoshop
Mosaic component exposures	28 tiles @ 30 minutes each
Number of images per mosaic tile	6 x 5 minute sub-exposures
Total Exposure Time	14 hours
Image Calibrations	Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.
Processing	Rotational tile alignment with Photoshop