First Milky Way Wide Field

[NickRose2006]

Last night while doing another imaging session I also decided to put my Canon 1D Mark3 on the tripod and get some wide field of the Milky Way. The reason I decided to do this was because the other nights I could swear I saw a hint of the Milky Way which I thought was impossible in Millbrae, CA since the dark site says we are in a White/Red zone. But the wide field pictures confirm what my eyes saw. A little info on the location, to the East and North we have the San Francisco International Airport and parts of the west has light from Millbrae and San Bruno. But to the South it is nice and dark since in that area its only residential, so not a lot of light pollution.

Target: Milky Way Galaxy

Lens: Canon EF28-105mm 3.5-4.5 II USM

Mount: Tripod

Unguided

Camera: unmodded Canon 1D Mark3

Subs: 54x13s lights at ISO 3200, 11x13s Darks