Night among the Goblins - a photo on Flickriver

The galactic center of the Milky Way starts making its seasonal appearance in the northern hemisphere around mid-February, with the best visibility in May. Here the core has reached its highest in the sky for this date at this location in Goblin Land (an official dark sky site- www.darksky.org). The most dense portion of the galactic center is still to the right of the photo. Jupiter has just risen above the horizon on the far right side, and Altair has just cleared the rock spire of the figure in the middle.

The rock formation in the foreground is called a variety of things, but my favorite is the Chess Pieces, for their resemblance to bishops or pawns, though I think the Three Sisters is more popular.

This is a compilation of 13 shots, one for the light painted foreground (iso 800, 30 seconds) and 12 for the night sky (iso 4000, 15 seconds) compiled using Starry Landscape Stacker.

Taken in: United States / Utah / Hanksville (show map)

Taken on: February 25, 2020

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Night sky

Milky Way

Chess pieces

Three Sisters

stars

starry sky

Jupiter

dark sky

Utah

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Sets appears in: • Colorado Plateau • Night scenes

Groups appears in: • Night Images • Utah Landscapes more » • Night Photography • Astronomy • The American Southwest • Utah • Southern Utah • Red Rock • Nocturnes - Night Photography • Colorado Plateau • Rockforms • Universe Today • Into the Night Photography • Night Photography and Long Exposure « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/3.2, 15 sec, 21mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	E 21mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	15
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	4000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2 (Macintosh)
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