Photography by Steven Sharpe

Showing northern Sagittarius and southern Serpens. The centre of the Milky Way is at the very bottom centre; the Lagoon is at the bottom right with the Trifid just above it; the Omega nebula is at centre left and the Eagle is above it. Photographed from my back yard.

Miranda Auto Sensorex EE, Auto Miranda EC 50mm F1.4 lens wide open, Fujichrome Provia 400F; around a 20 minute exposure piggybacked on a motorized Celestron 5 telescope; image drastically cropped, cleaned up and levels adjusted with Photoshop Elements 2.

(C) copyright 2005 by Steven Sharpe

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