A Glimpse of the Milky Way

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This glimpse of star-filled skies features a dense part of the Milky Way.
Telescope:   Sony ILCE-6300
Length:   16mm
Aperture:   4.57mm
F-stop:   f/4.0
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2021-10-16 to 2021-10-16
Lights:   20
Exposure:   4
Total exposure:   1 m
Ra:   18h 51m 42.1s
Dec:   -5° 13' 26.297
Size:   2932.728 x 2293.676 arcmin
Radius:   31.026 deg
Scale:   24.69 arcsec/pixel

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A shot of the Milky Way from the Oregon coast.
Wide angle shot using the Star Adventurer Mini (SAM).
The Milky Way looms over a field by the Paint Mines in Colorado.
The Milky Way rises over the horizon across from the Hornbeck Homestead in Florissant, Colorado.
Venus is partially covered by clouds. To the left rises the core of the Milky Way.
I live in Bortle 7 as of this picture and therefore cannot see the Milky Way even in a single exposure. However, using a high end tracking mount I was able to combine 89 2-minute exposures and resolve the Milky Way through stacking.

Objects in frame:

NGC6611 M16 Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr) IC4715 Part of the constellation Aquila (Aql) Part of the constellation Serpens (Ser) The star ηSer The star νOph IC4701 The star λAql The star Nunki (σSgr) The star πSgr The star τSgr The star Cebalrai Cheleb (βOph) The star δAql The star θAql The constellation Scutum (Sct) The star ξSer Eagle Nebula Small Sgr Star Cloud M24
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