Change of Perspective

The Milky Way core season will soon be over. That's however no reason to despair or to start sleeping at night. There are many other highlights in the night sky.

 

Autumn is the time when Orion, one of the most beautiful constellations, becomes visible again. The blue supergiant Riegel and the red supergiant Betelgeuse are hard to miss and M42, the Orion Nebula, can be seen by naked eye as well. If your skies are really dark, you can capture the elusive Barnards Loop, the red Meissa Region, the Flame Nebula or the Horshead. In the adjacent constellations there are more red gems, like the Rosette Nebula, the Christmas Tree Cluster or the Monkey Head Nebula.

 

Reason enough to stop on the way home from our Trona Pinnacles session at some interesting rocks. Not only the night sky can change. It was amazing to see how much the landscape differs a few miles away. Instead of tufa spires, the rocks here reminded me of Joshua Tree NP.

 

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EXIF

Canon EOS 6D astro modified

Samyang 24mm f/1.4

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Low Level Lighting

 

Sky:

5 x 45s @ISO3200 f/2, tracked

Foreground:

5 x 60s @ISO3200 f/2

Done