Gosh, thanks for the compliments, everyone. A bit more info: I was fumbling around with equipment for awhile in the bitter wind. This photo was actually taken after the commencement of astronomical twilight. Notice the orange horizon? And yet, the zodiacal light was still very bright. Had I not had problems, the ZL might have shown up much better. At about 5:30 when I arrived at the spot that I'd previously chosen from which to photograph, the zodiacal band was clearly visible to a point on the central meridian where it intersected the Milky Way and, coincidentally, Mars. Further west, the haze and lights of Sanpete Valley made it difficult to spot. Rob, great pic of the Geggenschien! I've set that as one of my goals for the coming year. What are the details of the photo itself? Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Fisher Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:48 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Zodiacal light Kim, Really a great wide-angle photo. This time of the year through November 15 is when I usually see from the Unitas, the really stunning zodical light reaching from the eastern horizon up to two-thirds of the way to the meridian. In your great photo, I can see: 1) The outline of Leo 2) Venus and Saturn 3) The keystone of Cancer 4) Open cluster M44 in the keystone of Cancer 5) and a bit of open cluster M67 exposed near alf Cancer - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net ______________________________________________________________________ Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 5:44 PM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 5:44 PM