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Sagittarius with City Glow

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 259 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/20/2003

Cygnus and Lyra with City Glow

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 432 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/20/2003

Ursa Major with City Glow

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 268 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/20/2003

Lyra and friends

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Canon 28-135MM F5.6 IS Zoom Lens, piggybacked on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 281 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/20/2003

M22 in the Milky Way Starfield

M22 was shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 82 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/23/2003.

M4 and Antares in Scorpius

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 68 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/23/2003

 

M20 - Trifid Nebula

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tamron 300MM F2.8 Telephoto Lens, with an effective focal length of 480MM f2.8. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced  on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 37 seconds at f2.8 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/23/2003

 

Cygnus and Lyra with Scope tube

Shot from the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Canon 10D Digital Camera, Tokina 19-35MM F3.5 Zoom Lens. The camera was piggybacked and counterbalanced  on a wedged Meade 10" LX200. Exposure is 117 seconds at f5.6 - ISO set at 1600  -  Image Date 7/23/2003

 

   

Images of Astronomical related subjects by Professional Photographer, Michael Overacker