Sky Line

It was a celestial lineup late Friday night, June 6, 2014 as seen here from Power Plant Road at Lents Bottom Road, about 1.6 miles NW of Palo, Iowa. The bright object at upper left is the 0.21 magnitude planet Saturn, 0.96 magnitude star Spica at center, -0.37 magnitude planet Mars at right center and the half-moon. This image looks south and is an 8-second exposure at f/3.5, 2000 ISO, 18mm focal length.