Exploring the Night: Astrophotography and Nocturnal Visions

A variety of images featuring the starry skies and intriguing nightscapes.

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Reflecting on the Andromeda Galaxy

A view of the Andromeda Galaxy from Merrit Reservoir shows just how low the light pollution is in this part of Nebraska. Small light domes from Valentine and surrounds show up on the horizon here, but I have found very few locations dark enough for Andromeda to be so visible. They have a pretty famous star party here every year for astronomy fans, I can understand how it got so popular now. Wow!

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