The skies of Desengano Dark Sky Park in Brazil (Igor Borgo)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: 21 Sco) · 23 Sco) · 26 Sco) · 34 Sco) · 35 Sco) · 7 Sco) · 8 Sco A) · Akrab (β1 Sco · Al Niyat (τ Sco · Cor Scorpii · Girtab (θ Sco) · Graffias · IC 4592 · IC 4604 · IC 4628 · Iclarkrau (δ Sco · Kalb al Akrab (α Sco · Lesuth (υ Sco · Part of the constellation Ara (Ara) · Part of the constellation Lupus (Lup) · The constellation Norma (Nor) · The constellation Scorpius (Sco) · The star Acrab · The star Alniyat II · The star Antares · The star Dschubba · The star Larawag (ε Sco · The star Lesath · The star Mula (κ Sco) · The star Sargas · And 4 more.

The skies of Desengano Dark Sky Park in Brazil, Igor Borgo

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The skies of Desengano Dark Sky Park in Brazil

The Desengano State Park (PED) is located in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro and, due to the exceptional conditions of observation and preservation of the night sky, it recently received the title of Dark Sky Park. It is the first place in Latin America to receive this title, something that will certainly help boost the embryonic astrotourism in the region and also in the country.

To get an idea of the quality of the skies there, we can analyze the richness of detail contained in this image that was obtained in April 2022, in a brief moment of cloudless sky, in the protective boundary zone of the PED. With only 10 minutes of total exposure, it's amazing to realize how much information it is possible to get with so little capture time! Not to mention the beauty of this region of the sky that encompasses the beautiful colored nebulae around the star Antares and also the dense central part of our galaxy's disk.

Dark skies are our heritage and preserving them is keeping our connection with the Universe alive.

CANON 6D (BAADER MOD)
NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4
10x60s ISO3200 f/4
SQM 21.46 mag/arsec²
04/04/2022 01:21
Santa Maria Madalena - RJ

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