Monday night at the Nebraska Star Party (NSP), the days storm moved through revealing a blazing Milky Way. The star filled sky was spectacular, the detail in the Milk Way stunning. My first taste of the NSP sky and I was mesmerized, it had been many months since I had seen a sky this good. That first hour I spent more time enjoying the wonder of the night sky than polar aligning my scope.
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Photograph Information | |
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Date | 07.20.2009, 23:33 |
Location | Nebraska Star Party, Merritt Reservoir, by Valentine, NE |
Lens | Canon 24mm f2.8 @ f2.8 |
Camera | Canon 5D Mark II |
Exposure | 30 seconds at ISO 3200 |
Notes | Outstanding transparency, temperature around 62°F, good seeing. Initial RAW conversion in Lightroom 2.0, additional processing in Photoshop CS2. |