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Sagittarius/Scorpius

This is a view into the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy, the constellations of Sagittarius (the Archer) and Scorpio (the Scorpion). We are looking at vast clouds of gas and dust obscuring the heart of our galaxy beyond. This picture shows many deep sky objects, including M11, M16, M17, M18, M26, M8, M20 (just), M21, M23, M25, M6, M7 as well as many lesser well known NGC/IC objects.

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Date/Location: Mt. Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands (elev. 7700ft) / October 2003  
Equipment: Vixen GP Photoguider mount / Zuiko 28mm lens @ F4  
Camera/Exposure: Olympus OM1 35mm camera / E200 slide film / 1 x 20 min exposure  
Processing: Scanned with Minolta D'Image Scan Duall II @ 2700dpi, post processed  with Photoshop 7  
Notes: Quite low on the horizon when this picture was taken, a low wall shows at the bottom of the picture  

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