Subject: The sky at 1:30 in the morning showing the Milky Way, the sky glow of
Phoenix ,and the Gegenshein
which is seen only in the darkest and clearest skys. The bright bulge just right of the center is the Gegenshein
which is in an area completely away from the Milky Way and tapers off both directions along the ecliptic.
Exposure: 240seconds
Processing: 6 JPEG images stacked in Registar, processed in Photoshop CS3
Photographic
Instrument: 15mm Canon fisheye at f3.5 ISO 800 with a Canon 5D body.
Mount:1200GTO mount and Losmandy camera mount
Guiding : AP 1200GTO
Location: KOFA mountains
Date: 10/11/07
Notes: Taken during an extremely clear night the Gegenshein was easily visible
to the naked eye. The Gegenshein is reflected sunlight from
dust in space at the anti-solar point or 180degrees from the Sun in the sky.
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