The forecast was for cloud cover until past midnight, but at 11 pm there were large sections of clear sky. This image was obtained a half hour before midnight as the Milky Way was rising over the ridgeline of Snowshoe Mountain.
Sony A7iii camera and Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 Nikon-AE lens. ISO 1600, 30 sec.
There is some green airglow blending with the red star clouds of the Milky Way. In the upper left are the Eagle (M16) and Omega (M17) nebulas. Moving down to the right there is the Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) and then the Trifid (M20) and Lagoon (M8) Nebulas (or Nebulae, for the traditionalists). The star cluster M23 is near the top middle edge.
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| The Trifid (M20) and Lagoon (M8) Nebulas |
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