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The constellation Cygnus (with the Northern Cross outlined), and Vega
(right). Stars down to magnitude 8.0 can be seen, but the Milky Way
is barely visible. Lack of a remote shutter release meant I had to
hold the shutter button down throughout the exposure, producing the
slight wobble in the star trails even with a tripod. An
otherwise-identical exposure at ISO 200 didn't quite reach the same
magnitude limit, so I guess the high ISO setting is useful.

7:59pm, Sept. 9 2001.
60 sec., f2.6, ISO 800.
Cropped, but not subsampled, constellation lines added.