Another image made at Cherry Springs, this one is a close up of the part of the sky covered by the last image. Deneb, the brightest star in the constellation Cyngus, is to the lower right. To the left of Deneb is NGC 7000, also known as the North American Nebula. It is the pinkish area the bottom of which looks like the Gulf of Mexico.
If you draw a line between Deneb and the Xi Cygni, gold star off the California coast, it will pass through New Jersey, the state which I call home.
Further more, all of the stars you see here are in the Milky Way galaxy, which is of course our home galaxy.
3 comments:
Paints a beautiful canvas we must agree.
I'm just in awe of these photos. How long was your exposure to capture all these stars?
@ klsbear: This shot was ten minutes.
And again, thank you both.
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