Group Challenge : Wide-field Milky Way  
The Milky Way

The Milky Way(John W. O'Neal, II)

Acquisition Date : July 4th, 2009
Camera : Canon 30D w/Canon EFS 18-55mm kit lens at f/3.5.
Camera Settings : 5x180 second exposures, ISO 1600
Telescope : No telescope was used but camera was piggybacked on an Orion 8" f/5.0 Newtonian Reflector.
Mount : Losmandy G-11
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Orion Skyglow filter attached to front of lens with 58-49mm stepdown ring.
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Stacked in Deepsky Stacker and histogram strethed in Adobe Photoshop CS-3
Web Site : http://www.onealwebsite.com
NOTES : I shot this image at the Charlotte Astronomy Club's Observatory in South Carolina

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