Globe at Night, Part 2

My son and I collected some more sky brightness measurements on the night of February 9, 2016 in the vicinity of the small town of Bedias, Texas. Bedias is located in a rural area, surrounded by flat pastureland. There are many areas with views down to the horizon, or nearly so. Regretfully, there are several light domes that spoil what would otherwise be a spectacular view. Still, the skies there are fairly dark, at least at zenith.

The following two images were taken with the same equipment and settings as those in the previous post.

For reference, here is an image of the Orion constellation taken from my house the same night as the Bedias trip:

Orion at the ObservaRory

This image was taken on a county road near the western edge of Walker County, just a few miles east of Bedias.

A few miles east of Bedias, Texas. The red line to the left was from a passing aircraft.

The light dome of Houston, Texas and surrounding cities dominated the sky to the southeast. The light dome of Huntsville was visible to the east, and Madisonville's light dome was barely visible to the north.

While not as dark overall as the sky near Weldon, the view was very nice, with many faint stars visible to the naked eye at zenith, and the Milky Way clearly visible.