Hunting for zodiacal light from Montauk Point, NY in Oct 2018 (Alexandr Zaytsev)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: Extremely wide field

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Hunting for zodiacal light from Montauk Point, NY in Oct 2018

Revision title: Higher ISO exposure to highlight the cone of zodiacal light better

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Hunting for zodiacal light from Montauk Point, NY in Oct 2018

Revision title: Higher ISO exposure to highlight the cone of zodiacal light better

October is the perfect time to attempt to catch the zodiacal light, and Montauk Point is pretty much the only location on Long Island, NY where it is not destroyed by light pollution, since it rises in the direction of the ocean. Relatively low humidity and moonless (for the pre-dawn time) night is needed to see it stretch up to 45-50 deg above the horizon.

This images is take 2h before sunrise on Oct 22, 2018 using a single 15sec ISO500 f/2 exposure with stationary camera on a tripod (f=24mm in 35mm equivalent).

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Title: Zodiacal light reaching up to M44 just 20min later

Description: (Single 40sec ISO640 f/1.4 exposure with stationary camera on a tripod.)

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Title: Higher ISO exposure to highlight the cone of zodiacal light better

Description: (Single 15sec ISO1000 f/1.6 exposure with stationary camera on a tripod.)

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Title: Longer exposure of the same scene for maximum contrast (but with star tracks showing up)

Description: (Single unguided 80sec ISO500 f/2 exposure with stationary camera on a tripod.)

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RA (center)	10h28m35s.10
RA (top/left)	11h13m22s.1
RA (top/right)	07h54m24s.7
RA (bottom/right)	09h58m19s.5
RA (bottom/left)	13h16m38s.3

Dec (center)	+11°08′19″
Dec (top/left)	+52°05′14″
Dec (top/right)	-05°20′02″
Dec (bottom/right)	-29°55′20″
Dec (bottom/left)	+22°06′00″

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Revision title: Higher ISO exposure to highlight the cone of zodiacal light better

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