Roof Trails

Clear skies, dry conditions and mild temperatures (53 degrees) produced this photo-stacked image of the eastern sky from 9:33-9:45 PM, Monday, October 3, 2011. The image is a product of three four-minute exposures. The bright object just above the roof (left center) here on Brentwood Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the -2.85 magnitude planet Jupiter. Settings to achieve this picture included an f/3.5 aperture, 200 ISO and 18mm focal length. The two bright streaks at upper left are the stars Almach (left) and Mirach in the constellation Andromeda.