Earlier in the week, I went down to the Negev to do some stargazing--part of my bit for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope.
There's a spot I go to down near the Egyptian border along the 4,000 year old Caravan Spice Road. Extremely dark and quite--except for IAF flyboys practicing low level contour flying.
In addition to observing the Jovian Moons, my pet project for the year 400, I also wanted to check out the Galactic Center. I guess I needed verification that the earth moves around the sun, the sun moves about the galactic center, and Barach Obama ain't in it.
In this image, the galactic center is stable but the wall is in movement.
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Fantastic shot!
How did you take that wonderful photo? If I trek to someplace with no light pollution, unlike central Memphis, TN, could I come close with my poor 5" refractor?
Again, stupendous photo.
You bet you can. I took this with my Canon 20D piggy back to a 85mm refractor. Of course, you'll need a motor drive on the mount to let the photons from across the galaxy saturate your CCD chip. That way you can collect "them photons" for about 6 to 7 minutes.
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