Last night's Milky Way between Altair and Vega.
For a change, the sky was absolutely clear with no haze or fog or humidity etc. I hated to leave it eventually and go in for the night. I couldn't decide what to try to take a picture of, but settled on a wide shot of the Milky Way. Always a favorite! The Canon SX100 does better at wide shots anyway. We'll see what the new Panasonic LZ8K likes when it arrives today.
I learned many new things last night, but two of them were more important than others:
- When setting your equipment up in a bean field, first be absolutely sure that the bean pickers are done for the night. Otherwise you end up running for your life with telescope, chair, and camera dragging behind.
- Always carry toilet paper in your telescope backpack!
