The sky was a nice deep blue color yesterday afternoon, and there wasn't thaaat much haze on the horizon. So, after getting home from work and feeding the dogs, I packed up my gear and headed out to a new spot out in the back boondocks of Bonaire, to try to get a good image of the Scorpius part of the summer Milky Way.
Well, the skies were indeed dark and transparent, but there were also tons of clouds floating by. I stayed out 'till around 11pm and managed to get one good four minute long exposure. My goal had been 20+ five minute exposures so I could combine them and get a nice clean picture. But this one shot will have to do, for now.
In the image to the left, I've drawn in some lines showing the main stars in Scorpius and Sagittarius. This area is chock full of interesting things to look at with binoculars or a telescope. A number of them are visible in this picture, if you view the larger size version. I didn't label them so you'll have to get out your handy dandy star atlas if you want to identify them.
Well, the skies were indeed dark and transparent, but there were also tons of clouds floating by. I stayed out 'till around 11pm and managed to get one good four minute long exposure. My goal had been 20+ five minute exposures so I could combine them and get a nice clean picture. But this one shot will have to do, for now.
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