Gegenschein from New Mexico (14mm 5DII)

The Gegenschein in the springtime evening sky from the northern hemisphere, from New Mexico, March 2013. It is the glow left of centre in southern Leo, and is sunlight reflected off comet and meteoric dust in the inner solar system but outside Earth’s orbit.

This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute tracked exposures with the Samyang 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. trails from flaring geostationary satellites are below the Gegenschein, near the opposition point.

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