Sometimes you have to settle for what you get, rather than what you want. The clouds on Monday night were taking a long time to clear out, so I just went with it. The clouds add some extra drama in contrast to the normal clear-sky shots. Sky brightness was sqml=21.5 when free of clouds.
All images were taken with an Olympus E-M1iii + Laowa 7.5mm f/2 lens + Hoya Sparkle-6 filter.
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| Southerly view |
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| Arcturus and the Big Dipper hanging low over Bristol Head |
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| Milky Way overhead |
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| The southern Milky Way revealed |
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| Saturn rising over Snowshoe Mountain |
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| Saturn is accompanied by Neptune (circled) |
Neptune is the most distant "official" planet — Pluto is now classified as a "dwarf planet". At magnitude 7.8, it should be visible in reasonably-sized (e.g., 7x50) binoculars. This is the shortest-focal-length (7.5 mm) lens that I have used to capture an image of Neptune.
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