#360, #Astro, #Winter
Winter panorama on Schafberg
Most of the time, the area around the Schafberg is covered with low-hanging clouds, making it difficult to see the night sky. Not so on the mountain itself. Therefore, in January 2024, after nightfall, we set out with snowshoes just above the tree line to capture the Milky Way. In winter, you won't find the familiar core of the Milky Way in the night sky, but rather a subtle band of stars. This part of the Milky Way includes many well-known constellations, nebulae, and galaxies. You might be able to recognize the Andromeda Galaxy (which is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located 2.5 million light-years away and visible to the naked eye on dark nights), the Orion Nebula, or the Pleiades constellation. It was also possible to capture the many H-alpha regions (the reddish regions in the sky) with my astromodified camera.