Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
Star Field, John Massey
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I imaged this at 3.30 am in the wee small hours of the morning ( apologies to Frank Sinatra ) back in August this year - when we were still blessed with clear skies - and it wasn’t too cold either ! The authorities here in Basingstoke UK obligingly extinguish the housing estates street lighting for 3 hours each night, but the particular ISO, shutter speed & Aperture mix, as well as a little help from image enhancement, using the ‘Darkroom’ app, has resulted in a dramatic lurid glow to the wispy cloud bank - courtesy of the not too distant motorway lights. I used just my D7200 dslr for this image, fitted with an 18 - 300mm zoom lens set not too much above 18mm focal length.

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Star Field, John Massey