Figure 1: Southern Milky Way, imaged August 19, 2023 at Lac Teeples.
This image is of the Milky Way, captured from the waterfront on my cottage property on August 19, 2023. A month ago I captured a similar image from the waterfront across the lake from my property but I was fighting light pollution. That image was washed out by light pollution but the larger distance to the forest allowed imaging of targets further south. This image has less pollution but starts more to the north and key parts are missing (Large Sagittarius star cloud, among others).
This part of the Milky Way is in the southern sky and is highest in the sky when it is due south. That peak time will soon be in the evening before sunset, so there is only a short window remaining to view this. In fact I was viewing through a window between the trees which lies to the South-West so I was not able to see these objects at their peak but I was able to view them a bit longer.
I was outside from 10pm to nearly midnight trying to get a good image. It was after 11 before it really got dark enough and there were intermittent clouds ruining things. There was no moon. I also had to wait for the target to get in position between the trees.
I can process images in different ways, so a second image is shown. This one was treated more aggressively to reduce the background lighting.
Figure 2: Another view of the Southern Milky Way, imaged August 19, 2023 at Lac Teeples.
The third image is the same as the first but with the names of objects added.
Figure 3: Annotated image of the Southern Milky Way, imaged August 19, 2023 at Lac Teeples.
Milky Way images captured at Lac Teeples on August 19, 2023. Total integration times of up to 4 minutes. Camera was the ZWO ASI-294MC, with the Canon EFS 24mm pancake lens. The camera was mounted on a small tracking tripod oriented north by compass. Subframes were 32 seconds long. A ZWO duo-band filter was used to enhance the red nebulae.
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