Observation by Callum Potter: Milky Way - looking north

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Callum Potter

Observer

Callum Potter

Observed

2021 Sep 13 - 23:22

Uploaded

2021 Sep 14 - 19:40

Objects

The Milky Way

Equipment

Canon 600d, Samyang 14mm lens, fixed tripod

Exposure

30s, ISO 1600, f/3.5

Location

Rerwick, Orkney

Title

Milky Way - looking north

About this image

Milky way extending to the North. Pleiades and Auriga just peeking over the horizon.

Files associated with this observation

mw1_20210913_rerwick lo.jpg (838.1 kB)

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Comments

Neil Morrison, 2021 Sep 14 - 20:50 UTC

Glad to see that despite the passage of time the Milky Way can still be seen clearly from Orkney as I remember it from my Child hood there some 65 years ago when at the age of 10 saw my first Comet Arend-Roland observing from a site on the Ex Fleet Air arm camp site at Hatston.

Callum Potter

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