if you ever need a nice view to the south over the delaware bay can be nice if the humidity is down once again out of your range:-(
The Perseids cometh
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It was cloudy for most of the time early this morning. It also started to rain around 1:30 AM, but for fifteen minutes there was an open area of sky. I managed a rushed photograph of the Milky Way over Warren Grove, but didn't capture the four meteors that we managed to see through the thinner spots in the overcast. A clear fall early morning should be a great time to photograph the night sky at Warren Grove or Stafford Forge. Please overlook the noise in the photograph, I didn't have time to tweak my settings.. The red blotches in the lower right corner is light reflected off of the clouds.
It wasn't very long, just twenty-five seconds, f/4, and with an ISO of 1600. My 15mm wide angle lens isn't fast but it is crystal clear when wide open. I also forgot to lock the mirror which helps with the noise with my camera.
I knew that couldn't be naked eye in NJ
I have seen it like that on top of Dolly Sodds but unfortunately never in the Barrens.
I have seen it like that on top of Dolly Sodds but unfortunately never in the Barrens.Manu, you can see it with the naked eye. It looks more like smoke blowing off a camp fire than the Milky Way. The photo I posted was taken from the "compass" pad just off of Range Road. I was behind the trees so that the hi-power lamps on the base didn't hit the camera directly.
Atlantic City really pumps out a lot of light pollution I'm about 18 miles away and the Eastern sky is very bright all night long. It depends on cloud cover though, sometimes its worse than others. But I can wander around the woods at midnight on a moonless night and see by the reflected sky light. I can see the milky way sometimes though. When I first moved here I thought it was really dark at night. But if you sit outside for a few minutes until your eyes get accustomed, there's a lot of light.
I'm surprised you saw so much from Atlantic City though, you were about 36 miles away. Just think about how much energy is wasted lighting literally thousands of square miles of the landscape through reflection.
I'm surprised you saw so much from Atlantic City though, you were about 36 miles away. Just think about how much energy is wasted lighting literally thousands of square miles of the landscape through reflection.
Wow...
Gotta remember to go out later this evening and have a look. Moon rises around 1:20, so it sounds promising.
Gotta remember to go out later this evening and have a look. Moon rises around 1:20, so it sounds promising.
It was very clear tonight and I was out for several hours. It was still early, and meteors were few. These two photos are RAW converted to JPEG directly off of the camera. If I stacked either of them or processed them through Lightroom, they would be much more vivid. The quality of the images change much more than I like when I reduce their size.
This one is for Boyd. Atlantic City on the horizon.
The Milky Way over Atlantic City. A Perseids went directly through my view finder, as I was setting up. Isn't it always that way.
This one is for Boyd. Atlantic City on the horizon.
The Milky Way over Atlantic City. A Perseids went directly through my view finder, as I was setting up. Isn't it always that way.
Very cool - thanks for posting!
I went out for about 10 minutes myself, it was pretty clear here too. I saw one meteor, but it was just a quick flash and not very dramatic. I was tired and have already gotten too many mosquito bites in the past few days so I called it a night.
I went out for about 10 minutes myself, it was pretty clear here too. I saw one meteor, but it was just a quick flash and not very dramatic. I was tired and have already gotten too many mosquito bites in the past few days so I called it a night.