Scorpius & the Milky Way
[Milky Way]
NOTES
DATE:
Thursday, May 9, 2002
FILM:
Kodak LE400
EXPOSURE:
15 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:
Scorpius the Scorpion and the central bulge of the Milky Way majestically rise above the Davis Mountains in West Texas.  The constellation Sagittarius is also visible in this photograph as well as countless nebulae and star clusters.  The red lights are from fellow TSP observer's flashlights.