Night sky photography with the satellite dish at the Project Diana site.
This image is a composite of two images
These are the two original images. Each were processed in Adobe lightroom before combining using GIMP
The images were taken on 2/2/2018 at 9:20pm (air temp 19 degrees)
Dish
Stars
Camera settings
Camera Nikon D5000
ISO 2540
f 3.8
Exposure 1sec
Focal length 20mm
Lense DX 18-70mm kit lense
Lightroom settings
Exposure 1.64
Contrast 0
Highlights -89
Shadows -49
Whites 45
Blacks -70
Temp 7660
Tint -5
Vibrance 0
Saturation 0
Clarity 26
Dehaze 0
Camera settings
Camera Nikon D5000
ISO 2540
f 3.8
Exposure 25sec
Focal length 20mm
Lense DX 18-70mm kit lense
Lightroom settings
Exposure 0
Contrast 65
Highlights -100
Shadows -100
Whites -100
Blacks -100
Temp 4150
Tint 5
Clarity 94
Dehaze 100
Although the moon was rising and about 96% illumination it was still low enough in the sky that the stars had not yet washed out.
Location: Project Diana site at Camp Evans in Wall, NJ
more information about project Diana can be found at this site
https://infoage.org/project-diana-at-camp-evans-helped-launch-space-exploration/