What was the time when you took that image? I was out yesterday at 22:00 UTC, but didn’t see anything, despite good weather conditions. I’m wondering if I was too early.
It was a little after midnight locally, so 0600 UTC, in a Bortle Class 2 dark sky location.
It was very much visible with the naked eye, but only after I got someplace properly dark and let my eyes adjust for 20-30 minutes.
Thanks for introducing me to Bortle classes.
Hello, OP! Please include ALL acquisition and processing details.
Bortle Class 2 dark sky location in a remote part of rural Wyoming
6 second single exposure with an iPhone 14 Pro Max held by hand
Taken a little after midnight locally
Minimal processing, contrast and saturation boosted <10% in RAWpower and a bit of denoise applied.
You have some steady hands.. can't see any tracing on the stars
Thanks!
The iPhone does a lot of the work, though. The long exposure mode has some pretty trick gyro compensation algorithms.
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