GeorgeBo wrote:
One other thing I noticed in this dark sky site... You cannot take a shot or even look in the sky without seeing satellites in every direction.
Nice shot, George!
I don't want to sound like a "grumpy old man" (which, of course, I can be at times), but thanks to Elon Musk and the pandemic, we have loads of satellites in the night sky and younger folk in their Mercedes Sprinter van campers working remotely from national park campgrounds.
It used to be that, at least in these parts, the busy times in the parks aligned with kids' summer vacations constrained by people having to work in-person at their place of employment - i.e., 4th of July through Labor Day. After that, the parks would empty out and us older, retired people would have the place more or less to ourselves. That's what I looked forward to as I got older. Boy, how things have changed!!!
I will say, though, that up here, one can still have reasonable peace and quiet in the parks (and not in the National Forest where people are shooting anything that moves right now) after the fall weather changes and a little snow falls. That clears out all the "beautiful people". So, I have invested in more cold(er) weather gear and I have enjoyed many fewer people during the last few trips to Glacier. However, something to "bare" in mind, the bears are more hungry at this time of year!
Cheers
Doug
PS - stacking with programs like Starry Landscape Stacker or Sequator does remove the satellites
