Panoramic View from Hornisgrinde

Black Forest, Southern Germany, 1164 m

Date:	04.09.2022	Time:	22:20 UT
Exposure:	10 x 15 s and 11 x 30 s downward	Field of view:	360^o x 180^o
Camera:	Canon EOS1D IV at ISO 3200	Optics:	15 mm, f/2.8 and f/4.0 downward
Place:	Hornisgrinde, Black Forest, Southern Germany	Author:	Till Credner

The brightness in the zenith was about 20.95 mag per arcsecond² at 23:20 CET, 04.09.2022. This is 2.7 times more bright than the natural clear and moonless sky due to light pollution. Therefore the sky is brightened by 170 % by all the lights of the Rhine-valley, i.e. Strasbourg, Offenburg, Karlsruhe, ...in the directions west and north. In the eastern and southern direction lies the Black Forest with a much darker sky. Until 1:54 CET it darkened a bit to about 21.11 mag per arcsecond². Measurements were obtained with SQM-LU-DL, serial number 2030.