The Zodiacal Light of a late autumn/early winter morning faintly visible amid the moonlight from the waning crescent Moon, at ce
The Zodiacal Light of a late autumn/early winter morning faintly visible amid the moonlight from the waning crescent Moon, at centre here as the brightest object, flaked by three planets: Venus the brightest below, Mars, just above the Moon, and Jupiter, the bright object at top. The Moon and three planets define the morning ecliptic line and the angle of the Zodiacal Light which follows the ecliptic. Taken from Quailway Cottage on Dec 6, 2015 when shooting Comet Catalina, from Arizona but here looking east to New Mexico. Airglow adds the bands of red colour. Spica lies just below and to the right of the Moon. This is a stack of 3 x 2 minute exposures, tracked, for the sky and 2 x 2 minute exposures, untracked, for the ground. All at f/4 with the 15mm lens and ISO 1250 with the Canon 6D. A short exposure was blended in for the Moon to reduce its overexposure.
Size: 5400px × 3569px
Location: Quailway Cottage, Arizona, United States
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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