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The Color Balance of the Night Sky

Night sky over the Altiplano. Composite image of two exposures: One with and one without the star tracker. Nikon D850, 28 f/1.4 G at f/2, 30 seconds.

On a recent trip to the Altiplano of Bolivia and Chile I took along a star tracker. This was appropriate for a place, world famous for deep-sky astronomy, star gazing, and night-sky photography. The air is dry (at around 10% relative humidity), there is very little light pollution and the cold temperatures at altitudes above 4000 m prevent air stratification. In addition, the night-sky on the Southern hemisphere contains interesting objects, such as the Magellanic Clouds, and the Omega Centauri Cluster.

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