Milky Way with annotation

[MarkS]

Part of the Milky Way near Sagittarius.  Taken at Riberac 6 August 2010.

Unmodified Canon EOS 400D with Nikon 35mm lens at F4 on unguided CG5 mount.
10 x 3 minute exposures.



Larger version:
http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/mw06082010annotated.jpg

Mark

[RobertM]

That's lovely Mark, there's something special about these Milky Way vistas.

[Fay]

Mark you are going from strength to strength!!!
I would like to get one of these in france

[Tony G]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100831.html

What a coincidence with todays APOD. APOD checked our website, and were astonished at the great image that Mark had taken, and so set about trawling through their archives to find an image to match or better that of Mark, but to no avail.

Great image again Mark, and I still believe yours is a better image.

Tony G

[MarkS]

Tony,

Wow, you're right - that really is a weird coincidence!

I've also got an annotated Cassiopeia almost ready for the gallery - I wonder if APOD will beat me to that as well?

Mark

[Tony G]

I've also got an annotated Cassiopeia almost ready for the gallery

Mark,

As you are now aware, APOD watch this site, and so letting them know what images you may be putting on here in the near future, may jeopardise who's image is shown first.....................but at least we know who's will be the better image.

Tony G

[Mac]

Na, its just their way of getting back at Fay, you'll probably find its one of Fays image's that they
have posted and called their own.

very detailed image.

Mac.