Nebulae and Stars above Lake Sonoma
The brightest part of the Milky Way with the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) and the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) and and and several hundred thousand individually visible stars on a clear night in August.
The photo is a stack of 32 frames with 20 seconds exposure time per frame. The field of view is about 15 by 10 degrees. Near the center of this 4000×2667 pixel version of the photo stars up to about magnitude 14 are identifiable.
Nebulae and Stars above Lake Sonoma
The brightest part of the Milky Way with the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) and the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) and and and several hundred thousand individually visible stars on a clear night in August.
The photo is a stack of 32 frames with 20 seconds exposure time per frame. The field of view is about 15 by 10 degrees. Near the center of this 4000×2667 pixel version of the photo stars up to about magnitude 14 are identifiable.