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The S-ALTOIG cruises through Berkeley with a trio of GEs leading a long cut of marine boxes and eight autoracks for the Port of Oakland.
Berkeley California. Where the hippies and intellectuals are up on the hill and the bums and rotting industries are near the water....and highways and railroads. A San Joaquin from Bakersfield is zipping west through town on the former SP Cal-P in the early afternoon.
Berkeley 51 is a trumpler (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_classification) class III 3 p open cluster approximately 6-12,000 light-years away in Cygnus.
PN K 3-57 (PN G072.1+00.1, PK 072+00 1 and others) is a planetary below center near the left edge of the image. This one looks like an odd-colored, blobby star.
Luminance – 24x300s – binned 1x1 – 120 minutes
RGB – 8x180s – 24 minutes each – binned 2x2
182 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 2 minutes
Imaged August 29th, 2022 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
I've been looking for this lineup location for about a year. It took me a long time to find it because of the eucalyptus trees in the way! While I'd like a clear view of the Campanile and the San Francisco skyline, I also like the interesting silhouettes of the eucalyptus trees.
It's been HOT here in Berkeley - I think it's 90 degrees today. These hot days make for beautiful balmy evenings, though. I love the Bay Area's indian summer!
Canon 5D Mk II, Canon 100-400L, f/11 @ 25s, ISO 50. No filters.
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