Moonset under the Milky Way

The Observatory of Saint-Veran (French: Observatoire de Saint-Véran) is a French astronomical observatory located on the Pic de Château Renard in the municipality of Saint-Véran in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the French Alpes. At 2,930 meter altitude, it is one of the highest observatories in Europe.

The Observatory is managed by the French amateur astronomy association and was built in 1974 as a branch of the Paris Observatory.

In 1990 amateur astronomers were granted use of its 62 cm Cassegrain telescope. The main-belt asteroid 48159 Saint-Véran was discovered at and named for the observatory and its hosting village. Presumably, it was the first discovery made at the observatory on 16 April 2001, synchronous with 264476 Aepic.

Presented in this wide filed image you can see the moon setting in a amazing backdrop of stars and out Milky way. The images taken at the moment before the moon set behind the mountains.

This panoramic view, is a 180° FOV.

Photo taken with a Canon 5D MKIII and lens Samyang 24mm f/1.4 on tripod.
35 photos composed this photo. Each photo is a single exposure of 13 seconds, 8000 iso and f//2.8.
Place : Observatory of Saint-Véran (Hautes-Alpes / France).

Copyright: Jeff Graphy