Solstice Sky Glows
Taken by Alan Dyer on June 23, 2017 @
near Gleichen, Alberta
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Date Taken: 2017:06:23 10:57:27
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A 360° panorama of the summer solstice sky, taken from home at latitude 51° North, at 1:00 a.m. on the night of June 22/23, 2017, with an abundance of sky glows:
- The yellow and blue glow to the north, at centre, of perpetual twilight (the sky never gets astronomically dark)
- A minor display of northern lights adding green and magenta to the north
- Some faint green bands of airglow to the west (far left) and east (right of centre)
- And the Milky Way arching across the sky from NE to SW.
- Light pollution lights the clouds yellow from sodium vapour lamps.
However, there were no noctilucent clouds this night, which would have addded another form of solstice skyglow.
Highlights include:
- The Big Dipper and Arcturus are at far left - a satellite pierces the handle of the Big Dipper
- Polaris is left of centre
- the Summer Triangle stars are at right of centre straddling the Milky Way
- Saturn is at far right above the horizon in the Milky Way
- the Galactic Centre is in the south at far right low on the horizon as it is from this latitude
- the Andromeda Galaxy is rising in the NE at centre.
This is a stitch of 6 segments, each with the 12mm Rokinon full-frame fish-eye lens, horizontally framed, on the Nikon D750, all 40 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui. Shot from home in southern Alberta.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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