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Object Info
Area The Central Milky Way
Constellation Scorpius(left), Sagittarius (center), Serpens (right)
Image Field 52 degrees diagonally
Object Notes A 3-part mosaic
Taken from: 2007 Queensland Astrofest
Camp Duckadang, Queensland



Image Info
Lens 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss Distagon T* ZS
Focal Length 70 millimetres
Telescope guiding None
Telescope control Orion EQ1 with RA motor drive only
CCD camera QHY-8 - One Shot colour
Camera cooling Unregulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 3032 x 2016 x 7.8um
Image scale 44.3 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with: Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop
Exposure 15 minutes (15 x 1-minute) for each mosaic tile
Image Calibrations None