Cirrus 'n' Saturn

Drifting nighttime cirrus clouds are accentuated in this 16-second exposure at f/3.5, 500 ISO and 18mm focal length. This west-looking image was captured just before midnight from the grounds at Echo Hill Presbyterian Church in Marion, Iowa on Friday, June 24, 2011. The bright object at center is the planet Saturn, accompanied at its 2 o'clock position by the fainter 3.43 magnitude star Porrima in the constellation Virgo. The 2.12 magnitude star Denebola in the constellation Leo is seen at far right.