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The Backbone of Night

Normally you can't see the Milky Way this clearly from a backyard in the city. But I took 20 exposures of 20 seconds each and combined them with 6 dark frames in DeepSkyStacker and then converted the resulting 32-bit TIFF into an 8-bit JPEG using Photoshop's HDR function.

 

This section of the Milky Way is at the zenith, or directly overhead from 44° N.

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Uploaded on August 9, 2007
Taken on August 9, 2007