I visited the wonderful mountains of West Virginia during the May new moon period. Two locations were on tap and both are in the Monongahela National Forest. Dolly Sods Wilderness Area is a premium destination for hiking on the east coast. It is pretty dark there, too. Brent Maynard, and his son Cameron, joined me for some astrophotography one night in Dolly Sods. Please see the YouTube video for a bit more background on this experience. I then spent a few nights at Experience Learning Center on Spruce Knob. The visit to the forest is best presented in the YouTube video. Here are the images from the trip. If you need more details on the images, please visit my Astrobin page linked in my “contact info” page. Clear skies.
Milky Way rising over the Eastern Continental Divide in Dolly Sods Wilderness Area
Milky Way over Forest Road 75
Enchanted Tree in Dolly Sods Wilderness Area
Head of Scorpius
IC 4592 Blue Horse Head nebula
IC 4604
Sunspots 3023 and 3024 on May 31, 2022
Filament and Spicules on the solar limb on May 31, 2022
M8, M20, and M21 in Sagittarius
M8, M20, and M21 in Sagittarius