The night sky
It’s been so long since I stared for hours at a starry sky and realized how truly insignificant we are. The light pollution and distractions of the city make it difficult to appreciate what’s up there. This past weekend ‘Nes, some friends and I made a trip up to my family’s cabin to do just that—stare at the sky.
The weather was perfectly clear and uncharacteristically calm and I got the chance to take some long exposures of the stars (I’ve been wanting to do that for so long!). A few actually turned out decent:
Facing south; Milky Way visible through the center of the sky
South again at a wider-angle; Jupiter is that bright spot above the cabin
Looking north over Lake Traverse; light pollution from a small town
We spent a lot of time looking through Jeff’s telescope and imagers (I’m really fighting the urge to go out an buy one!). It was so dark and clear the Alex was even able to pick out the Andromeda galaxy with his naked eye. I really hope to return soon and do some more exploring.
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