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I played with Stellarium a bit again. Found this surprising scene in the southwest sky at around 8:30 PM. It's not the MW (in the southeast at around 4:00 AM), but probably another farther-fainter galaxy. I wonder if anyone had captured before or even it's uncapturable?

Finally, I think the ZL was there when I tried catching on 3-12. I used DT to process one of the original shots and came up with a though-fainted light cone (still barely visible) up to the tilted solar plane. I guess LP is the primary factor for visualizing the ZL (more than MW). Still waiting...

It seems no luck for me here:(  I use Stellarium today to see if the Z light is visible here. Starting at 6:00 PM while Sun is still above the horizon, I fast forward and view the western sky until after 8:00. No Z-light ever shows up! Only seeing the bright Mars shinning up there. To make...

Thanks. Maybe the place (San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, an outskirt area from town) isn't the ideal true dark area, but surely much better than inside the city. To the west view, almost no city light can be seen. All lights in the photos taken were the remnant of sunset. I stay...

Here is a note (March 31, 2021) from Andrew Fazekas in National Geographic's "The Night Skies" coverage: "The Ghostly Zodiacal Light: Tonight and for the next two weeks, keen-eyed skywatchers across northern latitudes get a chance to witness the ghostly glow of the zodiacal lights for about one...

d3500 2021-04-03

As they blossom on Easter, the legend of the dogwood trees stays on... (4 petals resembling the Cross with smaller transverse ones, the center resembling the thorn crown as turning dark after Easter, each petal indented at the tip with a darkened shape resembling nail mark and blood wound, the...

This one was far and high in the sky. The original shot looks like:

#3 D3500 2021-03-12_12-18-52 F.L. 82mm iso 2500 shutter 1_2500 Aperture f4.8

D3500 Date & Time: 2021-03-20_16-31-15 F.L. 300mm iso 1250 shutter 1_2500 Ape f6.3

We had a Samoyed named Willie who passed away 19 years ago. Since then I was so sad that couldn't take any other for replacement. Yet he is still here in my office with me all the time. Sorry, intrude into your thread.

Pelicans in Jurassic Park?