Milkyway and Antares (AKA ज्येष्ठा / ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಾ / Jyeṣṭhā)

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Photographer:

Prabhu

Location of Photo:

Pinnacles National Park, CA USA

Date/Time of photo:

06/18/2023 Sunday night 11pm - midnight

Equipment:

Olympus E-M10MarkII with Sigma Prime Focus lens 16mm 1.4f

Description:

Cloudless and moonless night with fairly good dark skies (Bortle class #3 - #4 : https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/light-pollution-and-astronomy-the-bortle-dark-sky-scale/), offered a nice opportunity to take Milkyway pix, as the galactic core rose above the hill and tree tops. Antares (AKA ज्येष्ठा / ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಾ / Jyeṣṭhā traditionally in Indian astronomy), can be seen in the constellation Scorpius (वृश्चिक / ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ / Vṛścika) around the middle of the right border of the picture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares Prabhunandan Murthy CA, USA