Sunday-morning stars over Stellenbosch

Astronomy, astrophotography, Earth-and-Sky, Stellenbosch, Moon, Milky Way, deep sky objects.

Auke Slotegraaf

Stellenbosch.

Canon ESO 30D, 18mm, f/5, 50 seconds at ISO 1000.

2010 February 28, 00:47 SAST

With the Full Moon high in the northern sky, the two trees in the foreground were brightly lit. They ground and provide contrast to the odd-looking blue sky, tinted that shade by the bright moonlight.

At lower left, alpha Centauri just peaks out from behind a branch. Over a dozen deep sky objects can be spotted in the image.

Camera generously on loan from Dieter Willasch.