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Anupam Naskar
Himachal Pradesh , INDIA
05/22/2022
02:30 am

Equipment Details:

Camera: Nikon D7500,
Lense Tokina: 11-16 mm f 2.8 ( pic taken in 11 mm)
Stand: Manfotto

Post-processing Details:

Sequator, Lightroom, Photoshop.

Image Details:

The beauty of the night sky, the Milky Way also called “Akash-Ganga” as per Indian mythology. Snapped this cosmic beauty at a remote village above on the Himalaya mountain. It’s Lake Nako along with a Buddhist Monastery which is situated at an altitude of 3625 mtrs. It is at trans-himalayan region in India.

Beautiful galactic core lies 26 light years away, where as the arm Sagittarius & Perseus are seen with core. The Dark Horse Nebula running from the core and it’s one leg touches Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex where the brightest star of the Scorpius constellation Antares is seen.

Sagittarius is seen at left side of the Milky Way core. If we see straight towards core from the star Kaus Borealis of Sagittarius, we can see Lagoon Nebula & Small Sagittarius star cloud just like patch of purple. Above the hill some stars formed like Kings's crown which is the constellation named Corona Australis.