Jeddah Astronomy monitors stars for Milky Way streak over the week

Sky-watching enthusiasts in the Arab world are waiting for a week from today to see the Milky Way with the naked eye, as the moon will be in a new phase, after which the Milky Way, which contains the sun and many galaxies’ stars, can be seen. The chairman of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, engineer Majid Abu Zahra, said that at this time of year, a flat, foggy plane appears at the beginning of the month before midnight local time. The president said that the chairman of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, engineer Majid Abu Zahra, said that at this time of year, a flat, foggy plane appears at the beginning of the month before midnight local time. The chairman said that the chairman of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, engineer Majid Abu Zahra, said that the chairman of the Jeddah Astronomical Society,

He said the monitoring must be done in a sufficiently dark location away from cities and street lights, and no special equipment or instruments need to be used, just the naked eye, as the streaks of stars will appear dividing the dome of the sky at high altitudes. A magical view at midnight.

Abu Zahra stresses to those who want to take photos that the best lens aperture is f/2.8 to let in a lot of light, and if the available lens aperture does not reach f/2.8, use the smallest lens aperture possible in addition to the light sensitivity (ISO) (3200), which will make the camera sensor more sensitive to light than usual.

He noted that because of the 30-second exposure time, the camera needed to be stabilized on a tripod to prevent vibration, and that the camera’s Selfie had to be used to prevent vibration, and that one had to remember that when taking long exposures at these settings, any movement of the camera, no matter how small, would cause the image to distort.

It is worth noting that many bright stars can be seen in the sky, and the transit of some satellites and the fall of some bright meteors can be monitored, while every star seen by the naked eye in the sky belongs to the Milky Way.