In November 1996 I traveled to Florida to do some low latitude astronomy, which included taking pictures with my Nikon FE2.  But in this case I aimed higher and got a picture of the central rift in the Milky Way between Aquila and Cygnus, which is the overlooked area of Sagitta and Vulpecula.  Our view is centered on Collinder 399 (Brocchi's Cluster), the globular cluster M71, and the Dumbell Nebula, M27.  The Milky Way on the eastern side of the rift (left on the image) falls off rather evenly in brightness as you move out toward Delphinus; the western side, however, is more complex in that the galactic band widens as a spur of the band pushes out toward Ophiuchus and even Hercules (off the right edge of the picture).  Unannotated image, Back to Constellations