Milky Way from IDSSP

NOTES
DATE:
Thursday, September 13, 2007
TIME:
9:23 pm CDT
CAMERA: Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel (unmodified)
EXPOSURE:
4 minutes @ ISO 800
LOCATION:
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Dark Skies Star Party (IDSSP)
INSTRUMENT:
18 - 55 mm Zoom Lens (set at 18 mm)
PROCESSING:
Levels and curves adjusted with Adobe Photoshop 7.0
COMMENTS:
Overall, the skies at IDSSP are indeed dark.  However, annoying light pollution is clearly visible to the southwest from the town of Jacksonville.  It spoils this view of the central bulge of the Milky Way.