Constellations - Lyre and Cygnus
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While up very very early, photographing the Moon, I noticed the Summer Triangle up and thought I'd try to photograph the Cygnus/Lyre region (two corners of the Triangle), though I had to stop photographing relatively quickly because the Sun was rising. A lucky and unexpected catch was a fainter part of the Milky Way Galaxy.
| Object | Constellations - Lyre and Cygnus |
| Common Name | The Lyre and The Swan |
| Date, Time, & Moon | June 17, 2006, 4:00 AM; 63% Waning Moon |
| Location | SBO Telescope at CU Boulder |
| Optics | 24 mm lens; f/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon Digital Rebel 350D XT; ISO 100 |
| Exposure Time | 960 seconds total; 3 360-second exposures stacked (one image was with diffraction spikes) |
| Optical Correction | Dark- and Flatframe-Correction |
| Camera Position | Normal Camera Lens |
| Guiding | Passive Clock Drive on Equatorial Mount |
| Processing Details | PhotoShop CS - Aligned and averaged color channels; Levels, Curves, and added star glow |
| Image Size | approx. 52° 53' 29" by 35° 15' 39" |
| Magnitude Depth | Approx. 9th magnitude |
| Notes | This was captured just before (and partially during) sunrise as a last-minute thing ... so I'll get a much better image at some point later on, hopefully this summer. |