The Cygnus Milky Way
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 The number
            of deep sky objects in this image is staggering. Centered on
            Gamma Cygni, this huge field spans from Cepheus on the left,
            to Aquilla on the right. The brilliant summer Milky Way crosses
            the center of this image, and the dark dust lane runs down its
            center. Clearly seen are the large red nebulosities such as IC1396
            on the left, the North American Nebula just left of center, Gamma
            Cygni nebulosities middle and the deep yellowing of the galactic
            stars on the right edge from dust extinction. The bright star
            at top is Vega, in Lyra.

            
This is the longest
            integration Ive done so far of Cygnus, running nearly 3 1/2 hours
            in length. It was started just as the field cleared the trees
            near the horizon and ended as the first glows of twilight came
            in the morning.

Optics:  Canon 17mm f/4
Platform:  Televue GEM 
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  41 x 5m = 3h 25m
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  6/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  73 - 53F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Images Plus 3.82
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