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deemsters570 (OP) User ID: 70274856 ![]() 06/30/2016 03:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | attempting to get views would be linked to my portfolio. the mans smart, I mostly do portraits or landscapes, with a 20mm lens, thats only a segment of the milky way, and I don't research it that much. so yeah I am LAZY, thats breaking down a lot of the observable universe, what better way than asking someone that is knowledged? I'm a shark and a turtle, waiting on a sign from god or nod from hell. |
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Dr. Astro![]() Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 ![]() 07/01/2016 05:09 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In general we do not allow callout threads; if you've put another user's name in your subject heading or opening post, the thread will most likely be removed. In this case since it's just a simple question I go ahead and answer it but in the future please do not call out individual members or mods. I was on some back roads tonight, just killing time, photographing the skies. Quoting: deemsters570 when I got home and uploaded these, I noticed what to me seems like two distant galaxies beyond part of the milky way. they are located there in the top left quadrant. [link to imgur.com] do you know what they are, or does anyone else know what they are? Galaxies are much dimmer and more diffuse. Those are two bright stars distorted by edge-of-field effects in your lens. In this case, the stars in question are Altair and Tarazed in the constellation Aquila. [link to nova.astrometry.net] The optical distortions of your lens at the edge of the field of view mean that the astrometry and constellation diagrams do not line up well at those stars at the edge, and it's also why the stars themselves look elongated in your image, but that's what they are. Hope this helps. ![]() |