New York to London Milky Way, by Alessandro Merga, recently featured as NASA's Astronomy photo of the day.
Bright stars of Sagittarius and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy lie just off the wing of a Boeing 747 in this astronomical travel photo.
The stratospheric scene was captured earlier this month during a flight from New York to London, 11,000 meters above the Atlantic Ocean.
Of course the sky was clear and dark at that altitude, ideal conditions for astronomical imaging.
But there were challenges to overcome while looking out a passenger window of the aircraft moving at nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour (600 mph).
Over 90 exposures of 30 seconds or less were attempted with a fast lens and sensitive camera setting, using a small, flexible tripod and a blanket to block reflections of interior lighting.
In the end, one 10 second long exposure resulted in this steady and colorful example of airborne astronomy.
Entities 0 Name: New York Count: 2 1 Name: London Count: 2 2 Name: Atlantic Ocean Count: 1 3 Name: Boeing Count: 1 4 Name: Alessandro Merga Count: 1 5 Name: NASA Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1vveh6F Title: Photograph of the Milky Way Taken Out the Window of an Airplane Above the Atlantic Description: One of the standard cliché Instagram shots that gets ridiculed on occasion is the plane wing photographs, usually accompanied by some clouds or a sunrise or sunset. And while we agree that taking a photo out the window of your commercial airplane is tacky and overdone, the photo above by astrophotographer Alessandro Merga is a big fat beautiful exception.
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